The Saint Paul globe., 1897-08-29
STANDING OF THE CLUBS.


GAMES SCHEDULED FOR TODAY.
Grand Rapids at St. Paul two games).
Milwaukee at Columbus
At the end of the first half Of the
sixth inning yesterday the score was
II to in st. Paul's favor. At the
end of the eighth inning it was IL to IL,
and faVors were split.
Learned mathematicians and astron-
omers can tell to a second when the
shadow of a sidereal body is going to
impinge on the illuminated aspect of
another, but mathematics, astronomy
and even astrology are at loss when
it comes to predicting the result of d
ball game or the explosion of sup
posed pitching phenomenon.
In five innings yesterday the Grand
Rapids team got five hits off Fricken,
of which over half were scratches. In
the sixth alone they got nine, and ev-
cry individual who came to bat for
long series lined out a drive, almost
invariably safe.
When the Bobolinks had batted
around, and only one was 'owit yet"
as a bleaching fan expressed it, Jack
Glasscock tried to persuade Fricken
that. in the language of the street, he
vas oil lIlIOuSL I1Cheu, however,
was not yet convinced of his entire
helplessness before such a cannonad-
ing and remained for two more hits
and a long drive to Isbell. Then Man
ager Comiskey took the reins in his
own hands, peeled a natty white jacket
off the rangy form of Roger Denzer,
and started the LIE Sueur boy toward
the pitchers box Fricken took the
hint then ROGER had troI 10
with the third man, but finally let him
go out on fly to William George.
The score at this time was IL to g.
People who had calculated on going
home decided that it might be worth
while to linger. The Grand Rapids
team also decided to linger. Roger
rather had the best of them in the
succeeding inning, second base being
about ten feet farther than any of
them got, but in the eighth two of them
found him for safe hits. Two others
he famed out, but the fifth batsmen
was self-conscious young man nam
ed Griffin, who had been batting the ball
like carpet cleaner, and this young
man started a long fly to left field
While Isbel was watching the ball
with his eyes, he was not carefully
measuring the topography Of the outer
garden with his feet, and in a few
moments he was doing funny COM
posite sketch that embodied much of
the beauty of a circus cart wheel, with
the careless abandon of a song and
dance break down. By the time he had
gathered himself out Of the sand and
again located the direction of the ball
the little Griffin was we'll around and
the other two base runners had already
registered at Heine Spies corner of the
grass plat. Griffin managed to inscribe
his name before Isbell had thrown the
ball more than 25O feet or so, and the
score was tied
Ihe ninth inning was a goose egg
each way, but in the tenth, Driscoll
muffed fy-a hard one it is true but
a muff nevertheless, and lost his tenn
per as we'll as Barnett's game That
as at least, he started the loss of the
game Others contributed in some
measure later, but anyway, DriscolPs
error let IN the opening run of the trio
In the tenth, which would have won
the game, as it turned out, even had
there not been two mates to assist in
1t.
Talk about luck. 1t is not usual for
Pny one but the loser to talk about it
but yesterday it was too conspicuous
The looser says, "a fool for luck" and
the winner, if he recognizes the support
of unforeseen circumstances, admits
that there's a divinity that shapes
our ends" etc.
In the tenth yesterday, Isbell made
a slide under Driscoll's arm that all
the gymnasium practice in the world
could not make certainty. But it
Faved double play, and perhaps, the
loss of the game, as there is no telling
what Grand Rapids might have done
had eleventh inning been available.
1t was an uninteresting contest dur
ing it's early portions. Two outfield
flies had retired as many Apostles when
GlasscOck was presented with a base
and went to third on Georges clean
hit to right field. Then Jack and Bill
worked the double steal, and Glasscock
scored before Gillen was thrown out
by Mckinney
Fricken gave Slegle a base before he
found the plate, and Twineham sacri-
feed, a nice bunt to Fricken. The next
two, however, sent Mcbride beauties,
and no one scored.
Page opened the second with
warm hit to left and after Isbells
fly to Campau, Barnett filled the sacks
with eight wild balls. Mcbride smash
ed the first ball pitched to him for an
orportune drive to left field, a clean
three-sacker, but which he stretched
into nome run, with the assistance of
Twfneham's failure to stop Griffin's
bad throw in the relay scheme from
the outffeld. That made it five to moth
ing. The singles by Glenalvin and
Glasscock were inconsequential, the
former being caught trying to make
third on the other hit. George flew
out to Slagle, and Grand RaDids had
another chance.
Mckinney and Griffin opened with
singles, the former a scratch which
bounded high for Glenalvin, while
Fricken filed the sacks with a base for
McKibben. Driscoll gave Gillen a, pom
up, but Barnett hit foul fly, which
Glasscock had to make hard run for.
Mckinney tried to score on the throw
in, but Jack made pretty liner, and
caught the third basefnan at the plate.
GiIIen and Page sent McKibben flies.
and Isbell, after safe hit was caught
trying to steal second. Slagle opened
the third with another safe hit, but
was doubled out on Twineham's
grounder to Glenalvin, and Page let
Campau's warm one through both his
hands Camel, however, flew out to
Isbell and ended the inning.
Spies hit to Mckinney, who fumbled
Fricken was given a base, and Barnett
threw McBrides grounder to third,
cutting Spies off. Glenalvin and Glass
cock, however, both hit safely, scoring
the two runners, and the second base
man was then enabled to score later,