The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1897-07-23

Roger Denzer pitched a game that
should have won, but it did not
ONLY three safe hits were made Off
the lie Sueur phenomenon, who mas
developed from an uncouth, uncertain
son of the soil, into a cool, calculating,
and self-possessed pitcher. Only once
did he pass an opposing player to hrst
base by inability to find the plate Nine
times he struck out the wielder OF the
willow Only one error was MADE III
the field behind him, and yet in spite
of this game, the conditions or whlch
had in them seemingly every requisite
for a full and complete victory, Denzer
found defeat just as he has thus this
season in a number Of games with the
Chicago club, which were pitched al
nest if not quite as we'll.
The one base on balls and the one
error were together, and just aheao
Of one of the three safe hits, when
scored both the benehciaries OF the for-
mer incidents. Those two runs were
Grand Rapids total.
And yet the team which the day be-
fore made seventeen safe hits and nine
teen runs could yesterday make but
five safe hits Of which Denzer himself
had to pound out a pair. One run was
all that they could pile UP in the full
nine innings.
When George Cross pitches, the bat
ting eve Of the local team dwindles from
the all-seeing optic of the owl to the al
most unused perceiver that is pos
sessed by the fish which inhabit dark
caverns In nine innings in which the
locals faced Cross, the first man up
was the first man out; in five Of these
innings, the second batsman up was
the second out; while in three OF these
innings it was one, two, three, out,
without any one reaching first base at
all. And in the innings where the To-
calls We're fortunate, as 1t seemed, TO
reach first, only once were they able to
move the men around. 1t was the
merest chance that saved them shut
out. DAILY called a strike on George
Cross, while that worthy was at bat,
that the latter did not like. 1t was
not strange that he did not like 1t. He
showed his displeasure by losing his
temper and that is the reason he IS
not standing tonight with a shut-out
to his credit, instead Of a simple VIC
tory.
Both pitchers were aided by the
weather, although at times the sun
ShOne through the TITUS IN the over
hanging clouds.
Mcbride hit to Griffin and was thrown
out. Nyce then met one Of Georges
finest shoots for a beautiful drive over
Glenalvin's head. George hit the ball
far enough and hard enough, but. its
fairness and hardness were too much
like a balloon ascension and McKib-
ben had all kinds of time to find out
where the parachute was going to drop.
He reached the place, too. Gfasseoek
bowled a grounder to Griffin, who play
ed in ard then played out. He spraW-ei
all over the sod trying to get hand
Or two together in the same place where
his legs were, but finally had to give
up the idea of throwing the ball any,
where and the locals had two on bases,
with Shugart up. The latter hit di-
rectly to Campau, and the side was
through
Roger Denzer, greeted with an ova-
ton by the 500 fans present, returned
the greeting by striking out the first
two visiting batsmen. Then Campau
surprised himself by hitting the ball,
although it was not any safer than
fly, to Preston, who had taken PARROTS
place in the garden nearest the main
gate.
Preston hit to Cross, and went out,
and Kline missed the third strike.
Egan. who distinguished himself by his
yellowness Wednesday, threw Hollings-
worth out.
Mcbride caught Straus' fly, but when
Glenalvin hit a daisy cutter down the
left foul line, Charley Nyce just let
1t go on cutting daisies until it had
garnered all the floral specimens there
were between the home plate and Pres
ton McKibben was presented with
four wide ones, then, Roger evidently
fearing a return of the hoodoo for a
moment. Twineham, who had not made
a two-base hit since he helped Sioux
City win the pennant in 1894, then ham,
mered the ball on the nose and it drop
ped Just to the left and IN front Of Nc
Brides place in center field, clearly
out of human reach. That scored two
runs. Denzer famed Egan, and Cross
popped an easy one to Glasscock.
Denzer made his first appearance at
the bat to open the third, and he was
again warmly applauded. The first ball
pitched he swiped at with his old-time
appearance Of abandon and evident
lack of precision but the next one he