The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1897-07-24


applause of the spectators could be
heard the recriminations Of the dis
comfited losers.
Two of the Grand Rapids players
kindly volunteered and participated.
Count Campau, who has been playing
since 1877, joining the youngsters at
first base, while Short Stop Griffin.
who has just sprouted in professional
bail, played second base for the vet
Grams. The veterans" also included
Kline, who has caught two league
games in the Western in his life, and
Barnett. With these exceptions the
veterans aggregation, so-called, was
composed of the older members of the
st. Paul club, except Shugart, who
played with the youngsters. Manager
Comiskey's younger brother IgnatiuS
who formerly pitched for a local
amateur team, played second base fo1
the Colts while John Mullanc
Tony'S brother, who is here on visit
went into right field for the youngsters
Spies was i'll and Hollingsworth and
Kline did the back stop work, while
Fricken and Barnett were the OPP
posing pitchers.
The Colts" went in first. Tony threw
Mcbride out and Isbell famed. Nyce
gave Preston a fly.
Manager Comiskey was warmly
greeted as he stepped to the plate at
the head of the veterans batting Or
der. He hit the ball hard, but Isbell
caught it. Preston lined hard drive
into McBride's territory and the ball
bounded by Algernon for three sacks.
George tried to score him, but Nyce
made fine throw to the plate and cut
CT the run in jiffy Glasscock sent
Campau a foul fly and the inning was
a double blank.
Shugart's two-bagger, followed by
Holly's single, earned the Colts their
first run in the second. Preston threw
Holly out at second, trying to stretch
the thing into a two-bagger. Mullane
struck out and Ignatius Comiskey was
thrown out by Glasscock, who was at
short for the war horses.
Parrot and Tony sent flies to Nc
Bride, but Griffin singled and stole
second. Kline struck out, and the
Colts had a shade the best Of it.
Griffin threw Fricken out, and Tony
retired Campau, but Mcbride hit a
hard one into Comiskey's sack, and 1t
bounded out of reach. Isbell hit 70
Barnett, who muffed the ball and two
runners were safe. Nyce hit long
drive. but George got under it, and
the veterans had another inning. Bar
nett opened with a pretty single
through Shugart's garden patch after
two strikes and three balls were
noted. The old Comanche then lined
out a single with the stick himself,
Preston hit a warm one to Campau
but it was stopped. After the Count
had covered the base he threw to Hol-
lingsWorth, and the latter sent 1t up
to Nyce, as Barnett was we'll off
third Nyce threw back as Barnett
started for the plate and Holly finished
the double play. George, however, hit
the ball over ISbelPs head for a COM
plete circuit, and Manager Comiskey,
who had reached third in the previous
scramble, walked in ahead of him.
making the score two to one when
Campau fielded Tony out after Par
rott and Glasscock had wasted singles.
Shugart flew to PARROT, and HollingS-
worth to Preston, who was playing
a magnificent game in that garden
Mullane, John, again struck out
Griffin's fly to Isbell and pair of foul
pop-ups retired the oldtimers one, two
three.
Ignatius Comiskey opened with hit
but Preston made a fine running catch
of Fricken's fly. Campau hit high
fly. The Comanche muffed it, as he
said, to make a double. but the result
was that Campau ran it out and was
safe, while Ignatius was unable to get
to second. Mcbride forced out Campau
and the side.
Again the winner of four world S
championships smote the bali hard into
left field, but in trying to procure second
base thereby, he reckoned not on the
arms of Isbell, and Ignatius nearly
died laughing at his big brother being
put out on second a moment later. Shu-
CART threw Preston out, George hit a
foul fly, which Nyce muffed, and follow
ed it with a clean two-base drive to
center field, but no run resulted, as
Shugart threw Glasscoek out at once.
Isbell opened the sixth with a single
Barnett tried to catch him off first and
the North Branch find started for sec
ond Comiskey threw to Griffin ano
Isbell started back. Griffin returned
the ball, or tried to, but it struck Isbel
ard went out of the big first base
mans reach and into the cycle track
Isbell went to third. Two flies and
Holly's short hit, which Kline fielded
however, ended the inning without 6
score.
PARROT hit a hard drive to left field
and Tony's second grounder to Campau
advanced him one, but ''Tacks" was
caught trying to steal third, Nyce
reaching around and touching Tacks
as he claimed. on the knee. Tacks
claimed that Charley did not touch hin
McGill for his decision in this case.
Griffin was presented with base
Fricken's first, but Kline gave Campau
pop-up and the seventh was next.
John Mullane at last hit the ball. bu
it was only a liner to his elder brother
Ignatius hit safely and stole second
Glasscock let the ball go through hin
and Ignatz went to third. Fricken,
single tied the score. Fricken, however
was thrown out at second, and the inn
ing closed with Campau's light one tc
Barnett. Barnett again hit safely, 6
lucky drive down center. but Comiskey
Charles, hit to Campau, who threw tC
second. Shugart got the ball, and was
given the out, while Fricken covered
first base in time to get an out or
Ccmiskey from Umpire McGill The
veterans claimed that this was rot
ten" and that Shugart had not cover
ed second base, but it made no differ
ence, as the umpire stuck to it. Pres
ton was hit by the fourth wide one
but Georges fly to Mcbride ended the
inning.
In the eighth Preston carried off Nc
Brides long fly, but Isbell dropped 6
high one just back of short, where
Glasscock could not reach it. Nycf
lined out a clean hit, and scored the
| winning run, when Isbell came in. Bar
| nett caught Nyce mapping and Shugar
gave Griffin a pop-up. Shugart made
two good stops and a catch and tht
war horses did not reach first base.
Hollingsworth sent Parrot a fly, and
| Griffin threw John Mullane out, while
| Ignatius Comiskey famed. The ole
| guard needed one to tie and two tc
| win, and 1t looked as though they
| would get the former at least, wheT
| Shugart made his first error, a tumble
| on Griffin, the first man up. Griffin
stole second, but Kline struck out
| Barnett's sacrifice advanced Griffin tt