The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1898-09-01


About 500 people sat in the amphi-
lheater at Lexington park yesterday,
bought pop corn and soft drinks and
passed sarcastic comments on some
form of sporting diversion that was
being enacted on the grass plat be-
tween the hours Of i and 6 p. m.
Some who had seen the programme
as announced in the morning papers
said it was intended and advertised
to be ball game. but it was lacking
q number Of eminent requisites.
About the only ray of light that il
Illuminated the barren waste of dismal
woes was the fact that the boy that
marks the blackboard put on more
aCcumulatiVe figures for st. Paul than
he did for Kansas City.
Roger Denzer. too. distinguished
himself for about five innings, the
Cowboys getting only one hit off him
during that period. After that, how
ever, number of them succeeded in
finding the ball, and two particular
ones nearly succeeded in losing it.
There was another of those break
neck ninths, as in the game of the day
previous, but 1t did not detract seri-
OuSly from the victory ST. Paul had
credited to it yesterday
The st. Paul sluggers reduced Jim
my Manning's Gear very cOnSidera-
bly, In fact, the pitcher with a name
all around the lot. Still he was
bright and shining light in the Kansas
City galaxy.
The boys from the Kaw played as
though they had parasols over their
hands to keep the balls Off Some Of
them could not have caught an alarm
if they had been with Shafter. They
propably did catch something when
Manning lined them up at the ban
quet board last night. but that was
all
The Saints were pretty lucky at that.
They seemed to be in favor with the
reigning dispenser Of providential cir
Cumstances. The first inning was an
Illustration IN point
After Glenalvin threw Slagle out,
Frisbee sent up an easy pOp-up and
Shugart muffed it, oh! so easy. And
that, too, after running we'll into area
that ought to have been given, under
the TOrrens system, to either Denzer
or GlenalVin. DenZer did not like this,
and tried to catch the left fielder at
first Denzer threw the ball. 1t went
through GlasscOck like a Rice street
Rickpoeket through river excursion.
Then Jack threw it into left field, al
though what he had for it to do over
there did not appear. Isbell finally
tied 1t to his foot over there, and it
could not get away, so Frisbee was
held at third. Campau popped up
NHdl IOOhGQ ike an easy IOul. But
he ran just the same, and when Glass
cock muffed it, it fell on fair soil The
fans were sOrely agitateG, and their
prisons did not commend the name of
Glasscock markedly, either. And
Home Run" Williams, so-called, was
next to bat. But Spies did not muff
the cute little foul that came his way
Parke Wilson kept the spectators in a
state Of unrest for some time, but
hnaIly got away with a base on balls.
The sacks were full, and DenZer was
in a pretty tight hole, through no
fault Of his own, but O'Hagan, the
prize rOwdy Of Manning's rough riders,
gave Glasscock little pop-up, and
the inning closed.
But Burke flew to Frisbee, and Geier,
after getting base on balls, was
caught trying to steal second. Viox
threw Glenalvin out, and it was moth
ing st all.
McVicker hit a crisp one to Gillen.
Gillen let it get away, but Shugart got
it on sensational play and put it
across to GlasScOck like a shell from
the Puritans own turret saving Gillen
the error. VioX hit a short fly to right.
Burke caught it. although Campau and
O'Hagan claimed 1t was a pickup Gear
sent a fly to short center and it drOD-
ped between Shugart and Geier, the
first safe hit Of the game. Slagle flew
to Spies and retired the side.
St. Pauls second opened with IsbelPs
good single over third base. Gear tried
to catch him mapping at first, and the
bad throw gave him second. O'Hagan
threw out ShUgart and GlaSscCck flew
to left, but Campau missed Oilers
drive and scored a run. Spies waited
for four wide ones, but Roger struck
out.
Frisbee flew to Geier but Campau