The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1898-09-03

From tragedy, which best described
the introduction of the two base bah
contests 1t Lexington park yesterday
they descended on through the less am
piUous realms of comedy into pure eX-
traV3 S5GZa.
EXuaNagant! Why the figures were
fabulous. To multiply the numerals on
circus poster by the number Of min
strels in the usual yellow dodger add
the personnel OF q peace jubilee ballet
ana then augment the total by the ad-
Vertised number Of participants in a
state fair sham battle, would not even
approximate the number of different
kinds OF happenings that characterized
the four hours or more of pseudo base
pail which was brought off under al
legged SANITY auspices yesterday after
noon and evening.
instead OF playing nine men on a side.
one team played twelve, while the other
patch Of Saints strung along with
eleven.
Instead Of playing nine innings they
padded that in one game to ten.
instead Of letting the pitchers down
with decOrOus defeat, they insisted
on belaboring them with the willow I'M
III the two opposing groups of peri
patches had batted out seventy three
hits for a total Of 12S bases.
During the afternoon and early even
Ing, nfty-eight runs were scored, the
recurrence becoming so rapid at one
time that the players shouted tally"
as they crossed the plate, as was the
custom in the days when the Darktown
BangJalls beat the ShanUy Flats Blub-
beers III to IS in a two days contest.
There were eighteen fielding errors
in the TWO games and there were near
~ as many home runs as the st. Paul
team had made previously during the
entire season.
The St Paul team started off as
though invincible, and about the fifth
inning when the score was y to in
their favor, they We're inclined to rest
on their laurels:' at the close Of the
tenth they had burned their sofa pillow
and were inclined to so around behind
the barn and kick a yellow dog, if one
could be found Of sufficiently tempting
saffron exterior
In the second game they showed
equal vim, but less eonceit, and finally
pulled out a victory, although on the
whole their day did not sink with the
glory If a Western sun.
There were hardly more than 500
people present to witness the first Of
the two games. although a considerable
number of the fair sex came later
The St. Joseph folks were playing
q picked-up team, largely. Their cen-
ter fielder had some seemingly incura-
Die defect in one of his pedal eXtremi-
ties. TWineham's injury resulted in
HollingsWOrth going into the back
stop, and George Miller was stationed
in right field to help out The two
games were pitched by Carney and
F1gSemeier, pitchers who had been
too often sent to the we'll by the Twin
CITY clubs, and, as the three regular
twirlers of the Missouri angels have
three games still to pitch in the next
two days, barring rain, Carney had
been impressed.
For time it looked as though the
visitors were in ION a shoe string" in
the technique Of the sporting frater-
nifty, but it subsequently developed that
they came in on live wire.
Cross threw out Fleming the lame
man, but Eustace hit safely. Sharpe
got life on Glenalvins tumble, and
the inleld fly rule was all that saved
Shugart an error on a clear case of
muff. 1t was evident that the PLAYERS
were not accustomed to the position
Of the sun at this playing hour Roat
batted one to Glenalvin, and was cut
off at the plate.
Carney struck Burke out. to their
mutual surprise, but hit Geier. Glen
alvin hit the ball high in the air. and
Roat had run away from it, instead Of
under it, just back Of where Shugart
had made his muff. Both runners went
two sacks on it, and then a passed
Ddi by hOilLSSWOlIn scored one. Is
bell was hit and then the double steal
scored another run before Shugart
struck out and Glasscock gave Sharpe
q fly
Geier made three nice plays in the
second, first a fly catch, second a fast
throw, and third a fine stop on Hol-
ly's hard drive within a few inches Of
the sack. Carney drove the ball to the
cycle track for four bases, and tied the
score before Glenalvin threw Fleming
out
Carney gave two bases on balls, but