The Saint Paul globe., 1897-05-19
UNDER THE CHAMPION FLAG
The EX-Champions Have Fun WITH
the Champions.

The East and the West have come together
and the result proves beyond the shadow of
doubt that among those individuals who dill
not follow Horace Greeley's advice there are
several pail players. The gentlemen referred
TO may have started out with the deter1nina
ton Of needing Greeley's words but If thew
olo. they stopped off at Indianapolis on their
way way TO the land OF promise. After having
peen residents of the city in question for a
suinclent length of time to gain them the
title OF Hoosiers, they came to Minneapolis.
Their arrival here yesterday morning was not
marked with any particular ceremonies. There
were no brass bands to meet them. and thew
pald their own bus fare to their hctel A
good square meal was partaken Of, and then
they journeyed out to N1colet park. There
they committed an act which will be remem
bered long by the Minneapolis fans. and which
Will a long time remain unforgfyen.
1t was a battle of the champions, those of
1873 and those of 1886, and the earlier cham
pions, beneath the folds of the emblem of the
victories of the later champions, proved vic
torious They were not satisfied with an
ordinary win but must needs shut the MIL
and the aid rpf pooE ibase running on the part
OF the AlAAeFss tAsga accomplished their pur
pose and when ltIh fsun1 rises this morning
a row OF toy balloons inscribed yesterday
afternoon on. the big blackboard at Nicollet
park. will stiff remain to tell the tale %
the downfall Of the Millers. -
For hve innings no prettier game was ever
seen in Minneapolis. Up until the beginning
of tho sixth it looked as though the one la run
scored by the Hoosiers in the fourth was
to remain the only run of the game Three
pretty double plays, two by the Hoosiers and
one by the Millers, were the features of the
first two innings. In these five innings.
Phillips had been found five times, three
bagger, double and three singles while Off
Of Carney but four hits had been secured, a
threc-bagger, two-bagger and two singles
The Hoosiers' two big hits came in the fourth,
and 1t was then they scored their one run.
Carney was pitching in frst-class form, and
no pitcher in the Western league ever felded
his position better than did he. He made
three circus stops and caught two men on
that alleged balk of his, which is not quite
open enough to warrant an umpire in call
Ing him down. The five assists and two put
his work In the fe ng line. The fans thought
that ne was going to square himself for his
poor work OF late, and 1t certainly looked that
way until there came another one of those
fatal sixth innings, followed by another fatal
seventh. Two doubles q home run and a sin
gle and a poor throw by Ball to Cassidy broke
the spell, and when the third Hoosfer went out
IN the sixth the score stood to in their
favor. 1890
:. The first man up in the seventh, Bill PHIL
the slaughter began. base on balls an.
other home run, two more singles and
double brought in four more runs and another
in the eighth left the score at 10 to O. Trv
as they would the Milers could not bring
IN run ard, although the fans pulled for ali
they were worth In an effort to prevent
shut Ort the Uoosiers couldn't see II that
way. After the fourth inning Phillips only
allowed the hIillcrs two hits.
The feature CT the game was McFarland's
catch OF Wilr,ct's long drive into center in
tho eighth Inning. which cinched the shut
out. Ball he'd got to second on hts second
two Dagger Of the game. Wilmot hammered
the ball hard and dry. hit which would,