The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1898-07-08
STANDING OF THE CLUBS.

Columbus ......S SO z! pa
Omaha 6i % 80 1851
Detroit 6S "a A .353
Minneapolis 69 q As .3O4
st. Paul leaves home in first place
The Saints beat the Millers yesterday
at Lexington park in close game, OF
which the visitors had the better until
the sixth inning, when the locals bunch-
ed some hits with a fielding error and
wild pitch and piled up runs enough
II pull the contest out of doubt.
The hot weather made the game
somewhat severe on the players. Shu-
CART ran bases so hard that he was
overcome by the heat, and PhiIlppe
and Reilly had narrow escapes from
sunstroke.
The hits were about even, and the
pitchers had little to boast of in either
case The local team played ragged
game in the field, but fortunately got
its errors early, and punched them so
that while numerous, their lndiVldual
cost was much lessened.
Eddie Burke's muff of Rice's compar-
atively easy fly gave the visitors a
start which was entirely undeserved.
Rice went to second. Letcher struck
out. but Spies muffed the ball. and,
while Heine was throwing to first, Rice
went to third. Fricken gave Campau
a base. Lally's nice liner over second
base scored Rice, but Gillen took Ca
rey's seemingly sure liner and double
play to second retired the side
Burke hit over second base. smith
went for the ball on the bounce, but
lost it, and Miller put safe grounder
ten feet north of second base. Glenal-
vim sacrificed prettily. and Burke
scored on Glasscock's fly to Letcher.
Smith threw out Geieri and the score
was a tie.
Smith opened the second with pop
I'D to Gillen Shugart made a pretty
stop on Reilly, but threw wild, and
Glasscock could not get the runner.
Dixon sent a grounder near second,
and Shugart doubled the pair.
Rice fumbled Shugart's drive, which
bounded by Philippe. Shugart narrow
ly escaped a throw-out at first, and, In
deed. it was close when he stole second.
but he was caught on seemingly mex
cusable effort to steal third Shugart
tore Reiliy's knickerbockers and after
he had traded trousers with McNeeiy
the game was resumed. Gillen struck
cut. Lally caught Spies fly.
Philippe hit a safe fly back of first
base Miller Glasscock and Glenalvln
were all near it, but rot near enough,
Philippe went to second and Rice's sim
gle over second sent him to third. Rice
and Letcher were doubled on the tall
ones grounder to Shugart. Campau
beat a bunt, which dropped only a few
feet from the plate. but Lally hit Shu-
CART a straight one and vert out.
F'ricken fouled to Dixon but Philippe
walked Burke, Eddie ran to third on
AIiller's grounder to Rice, daring
nlay, the success of which won warm
applause. But Smith threw out Glenal-
vim and the Saints were BANKED.
Gillen fumbled Carey's grounder. and
Smith sacrificed. Reilly hit a light one
and went out. Fricken could have
caught Carey but took the sure play.
Dixon flew out to Burke.
Glasscock flew out to Lally. Rice
made magnificent stop Of Geier's line
drive to second, and put him out, but
Shugart beat the ball to the base that
he hit to the numbering Carey, and
went to third on Gillen's single to left,
but was caught trying to get in when
Lally threw the ball over Philippes
head.
Shugart was not in the field when
Fricken pitched the first ball to Phil
ippe. 1t did not make any difference,
however. as Philippe pasted it to right
field for three bases. But going to
third he turned his ankle and went
over the bag. He was nipped then.
Shugart was disabled, and Geier came
TO short, Phyle taking the middle gar
den. Rice hit Gillen a hard one, but
the ball beat him. Jack took his foot
off first base in a hurry and Campau
claimed he was safe. But it did not CO.
Letcher put a nice drive into left field
Geier caught Letcher away down to-
ward second.
Spies fouled to Reilly. and Fricken
struck out. Burke put nice ground
hit out of Reilly's reach and went to
third on Miller's nice drive over sec
ond, but overran and was put out
Campau flew to Miller. Burke mis-
judged Lally's drive. running in in
stead of out. 1t was good for two
sacks. Gillen's tumble on Carey's
grounder left two on bases, and Lally
scored on Smiths fly to Phyle. Fricken
walked Reilly. Dixon flew to Burke
and two died on bases.
Glenalvin opened st. Paul's half with
fine liner. Carey got his mitt in it's
way. but it bounded over the glove
Glasscock gave Smith a chance for q
double, but he threw it over Rice's
head into Lally's meadow A wild
pitch advanced the runners and Geier's
low drive to right field tied the score
Phyle fouled to Carey. but GiIlen put
two-base drive about eighteen inches
Inside first base, and Geier scored.
Rice threw out Spies and Fricken. The
locals were then In the lead.
Philippe hit an easy one to Glenal-
win. Campau claimed that Glasscock
dropped the ball. but Daily would not
allow it. He wanted to know how long
Jack had to hold the ball. Fricken
threw out Rice. Letcher beat light
one to first. but Glen threw out Cam
pau.
Smith took Burke's line drive into
camp and Reilly threw Miller out Rice
attended to Glenalvin's case.
Fricken hit Lally, but Carey flew to
Phyle. Glenalvin fumhed Smiths
easy roller. Geier took Reilly's foul fly
after a nice run, and threw Smith out
on Dixon's hot drive.
Glasscock flew to Smith, who also
threw Geier out. Phyle gave Rice a
sharp one, but was thrown out
Minneapolis last inning opened with
+ Philippe giving a representation of a
young man striking out Geier took
Rlce's fly and threw out Letcher The
score:
st. Paul. ABB R. H PO A. e
Burke, If ...3 9 q
Miller. RI ..4
Glenalyin. 2b ....... 8 Q 3