The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1897-07-18

Where are the heavy hitters now?
There was time when the base ball
team that flies the colors of ST. Paul,
armed with simple willow sticks, could
outslug any organization of its kind in
the country, barring possibly, four or
five of the big league clubs.
Yesterday three of them made seven
hits save the mark-for part of these
were scratches. 1t was not Amos Rusie
pitching, either but a yOungster named
Hahn, who, if he had ever been sent up
against the local team when they had
their batting clothes on, would have
been carried from the field unconscious
after the pummeling.
Only three of the nine players hit the
ball safely.
July 4, 1896, the then ST. Paul base
ball team was on the high wave of
prosperity; three months later it was
detected and despised. Shall history re-
peat itself? The work of the 1897 team
since the nations birthday has had in
it something suggestive of the tobog-
gan.
And the trouble is in the stick work,
where the prowess of the team has al
ways been feared as we'll as famous
For a few minutes yesterday it look
ed as though the Tigers had stolen the
Apostles magic bats, for, in the fifth
and seventh innings they certainly
mauled the ball around the field with
the ghoulish glee of Grimalkin with a
captive mouse. Those two innings took
the interest out of the game so far as
the score was concerned. 1t was a
beatific Renaissance of old times,
though, even in the throes of defeat to
see those Detroiters hammer the ball
around just as though they wore ST.
Paul uniforms.
Mcbride varied his recent record of
base hits by procuring base on balls
from Hahn when the umpire permitted
George hit to Hines the latter threw
to second, but could not catch Nc
Bride. Glasscock hunted, and George
was forced out. Mcbride scored on
Shugart's fly to DUNCAN.
Fricken hit Delehanty, and DUNCAN
sacrificed billiards. grounder to Hol-
lingsworth sent the little captain an
other base, and he scored on Hines
timely single.
For an inning it remained tie,
neither side sending more than three
to bat Mullane's single was spoiled by
a succeeding double play
Hahn struck out Fricken, and hit
Mcbride, but the next two went OUT
on flies. George muffed Hahn's fly,
and passed ball and PARROTS slow
ness in fielding Sammy Dungan's safe
drive gave Hahn a score and Detroit
the lead.
Shugart opened the fourth with a
base on four, and stole second, but
the next three went out, and he did
not complete the circuit. Detroit did
no get to first base.
In the fifth the locals tied. Hollings-
worth was presented with a base, and
Fricken sacrificed. Mcbride flew out
to Sammy Nichol, but George hit a
fly safe in right field, and Holly scored
1t was not a tie long.
frost hit safely, and Hahn hunted.
The ball went high and Mullane caught
it. He threw to first to catch frost
off the sack, but threw high and Catch
er Michael went to second. DelehantY
was again hit, this time on the head.
but it was we'll on the back and the
hair saved him serious injury. Dun
gan hit one on the ground to Shugart,
who stuck down his hands and de-
fiected it into the air. frost scored.
Singles by billiard, the big first base
man from the Tennessee mountains:
and Hines, preceded a home run by
Sammy NichOl, whose ''cave Of the
winds" voice had been heard on the
coaching line in rollcking farce. When
Sam had touched his tapering feet to
each of the well-ordered sacks, De-
troit had accumulated five runs for
the inning, or seven in all, lead that
looked insurmountable in the present
batting rut of the locals.
Parrot put in a good single to right
in the sixth, but the next two were
unable to score him.
Burnett hit a hot one into Mullane.
Tony reached it with his right and
captured it o. K, but could not get
it to first in time, and Burnett was not
out until he tried to steal second.
Hahn gave Hollingsworth and Prick
en- bases to start the seventh, and a
good hit or two would have put the 10
Gals well up in the fighting again, but
McBride's long drive Burnett ran un-
der. and only Hollingsworth scored on
Georges hit between DUNCAN and
Nichol. George tried to make second
on it and went out, and Glasscock' s
fly to DUNCAN retired the side.
Delehanty opened Detroit's seventh
with a pop foul to Spies, and another
tumble by Shugart gave DUNCAN a
second undeserved opportunity on the
bases. billiard was presented with n
base, and Hines forced the big fellow
out. The side should have been
through, but, as it was, there were
two out, and no runs in. Parrot, how
ever, muffed Nichols drive, Steinfeldt
drove out pretty hit. Burnett had
more luck than good looks. The ball
he batted struck in front of Fricken,
bounded over him and then, striking in
front of Hollingsworth bounded entire
ly over his head, away out of his
reach. frost hit one down to Shugart,
who again went to pieces and by the
time Hahn, Delehanty and DUNCAN had
finished a series of three safe hits.
Detroit had seven more runs in. Shu-
CART did finally stop billiards. grounder
and throw DUNCAN out at second.
Hines made pretty stop on Shu-