The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1897-09-10
BASE BALL NOTES.

isbell's chump play in the sixth had some
thing to do with the loss Of the game He
let Myers hit get through him with the view
of letting the Brewer make a try for sec
ond He called the bluff got away with it.
and finally scored on a short fly to center.
McBrides fielding average for the day was
1873. He made one catch, muffed a fly and
let grounder get through him. Besides
this, he made enc very yellow throw to
the plate which doesn't go into the record.
Every error that St. Paul made affected
the score, the first six Milwaukee runs being
due to them. The Brewers errors, on the
other hand, were made in innings in which
no scores were made
All the luck of the contest was with the
visitors.
But seven more games are to be played
IN st. Paul, two each with Milwaukee and
Minneapolis, and three with Kansas City.
st. Paul's base running was bad in the
nth, else more than three runs would have
resulted from two bases on balls and four
singles.
Gillen's home run in the seventh was one
OF the longest ever seen on the grounds Had
it been made in the fifth it would have won
the game.
Myers pretty stop and throw in the sec
ond prevented a run from getting over the
plate.
This is the last ladies' day of the season.
The last game in St Paul this year will be
played next Thursday afternoon.
Columbus has nine games to play with
Grand Rapids. This is sure to insure second
place to Columbus and last place to Grand
Rapids.
There will be a hot time in Ind annapolis
r,axy Mod,
plays two games there on each of those DAYS.
Columbus has won eleven of the sixteen
games SO far played.
OF the thirty-four games INDIANAPOLIS has
lost, Columbus and st. Paul have wen TWEEN
ty-one. The other five teams have, there
fore, won but thirteen among them.
Rip Van Wrinkle is doing sports for the
Minneapolis Journal. For several DAYS now
he has kept Boston at the head Of the Ma
tional league Est in spite of the fact that
Baltimore is leading by several points.
Manager Charles Comiskey. CT the ST Paul
club, was i'll the city yesterday. He says The
Tribune's account CT the riot at II dianapo:is
last Saturday was correct. and that the St
Paul players were cnly saved from ser:cus
injury by the police. This has been a gooi
year for the man who once managed The
four,tre w:nner<-tha st. Luis Browns
as the St. Pauls have been a good drawing
card. Comiskey is conceded to be one of the
shrewdest managers in the country end VIII IN
Vice President Auten, Cf the Pittsburg club.
was seen in earnest conversation wi h m
yesterday the report stated that the Pi is
burger after Comiskey to manage the
Pirates next year. 1t is certain. however,
that Comiskey would not consider such a
thing as he is doing better at the head of
the st. Paul club than he could manager Of
any team Mr.. Auten was probably trying to
get Outfelder Mcbride. The latter is said to
be one of the stars Of the Western league
Chicago Tribune.
Tack Gilboy Buffalo's shining light in left
field, has been signed to pay with Chicago
next year. He has been wanted by several
of the major league clubs, but Chicago won
out. GiIboy's lively good-natured playing ard
good hitting attracted the agents of the big
league. and he has been under the watch CT
lo6kouts for some time. Gi,boy is still young
and he will improve in many ways. There
is room for Improvement in his running. but
as a fielder he has very few superiors. He is
also a sure hitter and he doesn't know what
it means to be ratified Whether or not he
will be strong enough to play with the big
league remains to be seen.-Buffalo Courier
Record.
The Indianapolis Journal has this in re-
gard to Hogriever's outrageous attempt to
spike Spies in the second game last Satur-
day: Hogriever came to bat in the second
inning of the last game. when there were two
out and men on second and third. He was
naturally very anxious to bring in the runs.
Spies turned. and, running a few steps,
caught Hogriever foo.ishly stepped on his
heel as he was waiting for the ball to drop,
and as soon as it came down Spies turned
and Soaked Hoggie with the ball. The lat
ter picked up his bat and threw it at Spies.
striking him in the leg and knocking him to
his knees. The St. Paul catcher scrambled
to his feet and limped after Hogriever who
met him halfway. They clinched and went
at it, but were pulled apart by the other
players of both teams. They struggled des-
perately to get at each other. but were held
fast and then came the crowd. Hogrieyer's
action in stepping on Spies heel did not in the
least hurt him or interfere with the catch.
but it was foolish piece of business. 1t
could do his side no possible good and was
merely an expression of rage because of his
failure to get a hit when one was badly
needed. Spies should not have noticed the
action. 1t did not hurt him in the least and
he precipitated the trouble by hitting Hogriev-
err with the ball He knew there was bitter
feeling against his team here because of its
well known ruffianly tactics and the treatment
accorded the Indianapolis players at st. Paul,
and he took big chance in bringing On
fight.