The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1897-08-26
AMATEURS PLAY TODAY.
No League Game-Umpire Haskell Is
OverruIed.

Overruied.
There will not be a league game at Lex
ington park today the grounds having been
engaged for the benefit of the Womans Monu-
ment association. Teams representing the
city hall and court house offices respectively,
will meet in base ball game. with Manager
Comiskey, of the st. Paul team, as umpire.
There will be some amateur bicycle races,
the track having been repaired especially for
this occasion.
Kline succeeded Spies in the beginning OF
the seventh inning but did not come to bat
at all, and had no display work behind the
bat.
The new man Marshall, is from Mortified,
Mimi, and is touted an excellent utility
man.
1t is said that Manager Comiskey contem-
plates giving trial TO Jimmy Page, the
Brainerd short stop, who has been playing
brisk game in the Red River Valley league
during the season. That league disbanded
a few weeks ago.
eye.
Brady wore a sweater with big B, which
might have been woven in by the needles of
some fair admirer. 1t was not mascot yes
terday however.
Still the Isbell batting average is climb
ing. He will be up in the front bunch If
he keeps up the good work until the end of
the season.
Mondays game between St. Paul and Grand
Rapids will certainly be thrown out but
whether in time to be played over this week
depends entirely upon President Johnson S
speed in sending in his decision. 1t is prob
able it will get here today or tomorrow. If
it comes in time two games will be played
on Sunday afternoon. Mr.. Johnson said to a
Chicago Tribune reporter that the point
was determined by rule SO, which the G | o b e
has already quoted, but that he would not
make formal decision until he received the
letters of Manager Comiskey and Umpire
Haskell. The play as it occurred was wired
to N. E. Young. president of the National
league, and he answered that the run counted.
or course President Johnson will coincide
with Mr.. Young, as the latter is regarded as
the highest authority base ball rules.
With the run counted the score of the game
was to Z, and must be played over. In
fact, 1t must be thrown out whatever the
score. as the umpire's decision was incorrect
and involved all the subsequent play of the
game.
1t is plain that there is ledge of rock very
near the surface at short at Lexington park
that causes the ball to bound very high there
occasionally. If Sammy Gillen wants to save
his family from want, he had better dig up
the ledge and sell it to the capitol commits
sion.
Glenalvin gave his ex-colleagues a great
exhibition of how to bat singles doubles and
triples.
Mckinney and Feer gave a great exhibition
of how not to field. The former is a queer
specimen, who appears to work his right arm
only from the shoulder.
In President Johnson's last bulletin, Just
out, there is the following notice: ''In the
interest of the Western league, and to pre-
serve its good name. it is imperative that
the belligerent spirits of the organization
should be suppressed. From this date, If a
player strikes a fellow player during the
Of h.
Should he be guilty of a second offense he
will be suspended for the remainder of the
season.
Delehanty has been released by Detroit.
Ollie Beard will hereafter captain the team.
Arson is being rather harshly criticised at
Chicago for taking Jimmy Conner out of the
game and putting Pitcher Callahan at second
in his place.
Tim Hurst would willingly lay down the
Indicator and cast aside the blue dictionary
If he could secure berth manager of a
major league team AS manager Tim
might be the champion boxer of his team
but the Queensberry ethics as applied to
management would be far from a striking
success.-Washington Post.
Arthur Irwin is out with a suggestion that
ought to prove moneymaker for the play
ers If it is put into practical execution" says
Earl wagner: Arthur suggests that the
leagues should get together and play series
OF games on the identical lines followed by
the pennant winners of the old American
association and National league"
A fair estimate of the profits of the Bos
ton club this season can be CLEANED from the
fact that the two series of games PLAYED
by Boston with New York and Baltimore will
pay the running expenses of the team and
all moneys in the other games will figure as
so much velvet" Earl Wagner estimates
that the trio of beaneatng club owners will
split $4,000 on the season.
1t is reported that Manager Watkins will
manage the st. Louis team next season If
is more likely, however, that the present
indianapolis team will wear ST. Louis uni
forms in 1898. Philadelphia gossips also saw
that Mr.. Watkins will succeed George Stall
lngs as manager of the Quakers.
There are enoguh policemen at the base ball
park to maintain order, but none of the
coppers could be induced yesterday to sta
ton themselves at the north end of the right
field bleachers to squelch Hogriever and nut
a stop to his riotous language and abuse of
the spectators, although one of the lieuten
ants on the force was requested to station a
man there. Hogriever is a brainIess ignor
anus whose profane language while on the
field has made him conspicuous all around
the Western league circuit and it is time he
was Observation-Disclosures Sentinel