The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1898-09-07
STANDING or THE CLUBS.
GAMES SCHEDULED FOR TODAY.

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Where is now the magic of that name that
once did stir the Minneapolis bleachers to a
roar?
McNeely?
Gone its splendor now. new idol must be
u?urted before the Mill city fans can turn
out again at home.
He met Columbus. and Columbus famed
He met the Hoosiers and the Hoosers were
at his mercy. He met the Saints and the
Saints proved demons armed with heavy
clubs. They batted out eighteen hits in
eight innings, and one Of these a savage
drive that knocked the young pitcher fiat on
his back and nearly splintered his shin bone
Cross made a step toward a reinstatement
In Jhe popular approval yesterday, at Nicollet
PARK, plIchlhg a very worthy game against
the discouraged MinneapOlitans.
The fact that it ladies' day in Mime
apOIS helped out the crowd cOnsidera bly, in
appearance, although not markedly enrich
Ing the management, as the day was a trife
too chilly for iced pop and the like.
sun, in spite OF the cold, the game started
oil with some sharp play that promised, a
close, neck-and-nock contest-a hope that Vas
rudeiy ruined ere four innings had been
Burke was first to face McNeely and Reilly
threw him out. Geier famed, and Glenalvin
flew 20 right field.
Cross famed Davis. The Millers looked at
each other in wonderment Cross famed
Fisher. The Cripples looked as though they
had seen a ghost. And they were not far
wrong for they were witnessing the resur-
rectiOn of a pitching arm supposed to have
been dead. Cross threw out the next batter,
and the inning was an even thing.
lsbeH and ShugaTt flew to the Outfield
but Fishers tumble gave Preston a life.
The tall one stole second successfully, but
when he saw the ball go through Fisher and
started 10 steal third too, he made a mistake
for Reilly was backing up, and sent the bali
down to Burke, j., at a great rate.
Gillen threw out Burke Jay. Carey killed
his good single by vain endeavor to steal
second IN heavy track, and Letcher gave
Helne Spies a fine foul.
Gillen famed and Spies flew to Davis The
blackboard boy figured the inning as good as
out when Cross again emerged from his
whilOm vale Of innOCuOus desuetude and made
a safe hit. 1t was q kind of a scratch hit,
dropping safe between McNeely and Dixon
while Burke, Jay whose ball it really should
have been, Looked on in a daZed sort of way
as though he had never expected Cross to
take such a mean advantage Of any pitcher.
When Gillen let Relly's gTounder skate by
him like an Icelandic Nimrod in search of
ptarmigan, the Minneapolis fans made so
much fuss you would have thought they ex-
pected to win the game. DiXon's single fol-
lowing put them in a veritable eCstacy, and
but for the curative effect of McNeely's foul
bOunt on the third strike there might have
in tl-e stand. Davis and Fisher, however,
paid their respects to Cross with singles, but
as might have been expected, the batting
rally stopped at this point in the batting
order, and only two runs resulted from all
the noise
1t did not take long to show the Millers
which grist they would have to take their
toll out of. Geiers grounder over second
was the signal to make dash for the lead
and when he stole second, and went to third
on DXons wild throw, it was evident that
the AIinnies had been strategically outwitted
Reilly did throw out Glenalvn, but Geier
scored. McNeely walked Isbel Shugart nut
fine tw0-bagger against the right field
fence, sweet music for the st. Paul ears. and
ere the echoes ha5 ceased reverberating, Is
1-gn1
hot one at McNeely, which he stopped, but
went to third. Burke, Jay, threw shugart
out at the plate on Gillen's grounder, but
Spies hit for two sacks. Cross. still more
marvellous than his previous achievements.
lined out another drive for two bases. and
Burke put one into the corner Of the lot for
three. When Fisher threw Geier out on his
second time up in the inning the locals had
six runs, in, and the game as it turned out,
Carey lew to Geier. Cross gave Letcher a
present, but not a costly one, Reilly and
Dixon cutting it down to the very lowest
mark-down price by two Intellectual efforts
TO ct the ball out of the diamond
After Jay Burke threw out Glenalvin IS
bell beat a bunt. This it developed, was
the wg-wag for every one else to hit safely,
and the feet, down TO and including Giilen.
got under fire with celebrity which would have
put the Vizcaya to fight. McNeely how
ever, famed Cross after Spies foul to Dixon
and the four hits were good for but two
runs.
How McNeely got to first base 1t is diff
fcult for q ST. Paul historian to chronicle.
Mercy to the umpire forbids. Anyway, it
only g bit Of a scare, anyway, when
this was followed by Davis single, for Glen's
start on the subsequent double play, with
Walters selling platter apology for an at
tempt to steal after getting to first on balls
lef' McNeey stranded at third when runless
inning closed.
Burke, j., made a pretty catch on low
liner by Burke, z. Geer and G.enalvin hi
:, pair Of safe ones, and after Isbell few to
the same saturnine third baseman, McNeely