The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1898-06-04


GAMES SCHEDULED FOR TODAY.
Indianapolis at st. Paul
Milwaukee at Minneapolis.
Detroit at Omaha.
Columbus at Kansas City.
1t had been expected that there would
be spil>ing. perhaps personal encoun-
tiers and the like when the st. Paul
and Indianapolis base ball clubs met
at Lexington park yesterday afternoon.
but the most serious Spiking that was
done was the implement of Pitcher
Frank Foreman on the pinnacle of his
own conceit.
The locals did not bat with the os-
tentation which was their wont in pre-
rious years, but they rose at intervals
with fits of recurrent batting that fit
ted the form of Foreman for an early
grave. and his funny antics were en-
tirely absent during the latter innings
of the contest.
There was some little spiking. Spies
tore a hole in Sarah" MOTIFS hosiery.
ungallant as it was, and Ace Stewart
tore Eddie Burke's knickerbockers so
that the game had to be stopped for a
period.
No bloody noses, however. not even
blackened eyes, impaired the element
of personal conflict to the base ball
battle.
The real feature of the game was
Eddie Burke. He batted Foreman all
over the lot and made a home run on
a bunt hit, assisted by Hoffmaster' S
bad throw, sliding through Lynch at
the plate by a close play, but one that
was Enthusiastically safe.
Geier, too, he who has been jeered
for his weak hitting, made three-bas
hit with two on bases, whereat several
thousand apologies were paid to him.
The small center fielder also made a
grand-stand catch a short distance
back of second base, and participated
in the coaching with an enthusiasm that
drove Sheridan to heroic measures on
one or two occasions.
The Indianapolis game was feature
less until the seventh inning, when
after HoffmaSter failed to trap
grounder in his glove, Allen and Nc
Farland muffed dew drops, and Fore
man had a case of rattles that would
have driven a backwoodsman to chron-
&c alcoholism.
Roger Denzer pitched. Only once did
Roger present any patient Hoosier with
credentials emitting him to sit at first
base, and only six of the invading
forces were sufficiently accurate in their
gunnery to drive a solid shot through
the stone wall infied of the Apostolic
defenders.
When Roger pulled his cap down
over his eyes and shot a swift ball
through George Hogrever's range of
vision. Jack Sheridan. who was being
addressed as Mr. Umpire for the day,
declared that the ball was legal
strike. Two others like it were pitched
by the DenZerian right arm, and the
supposed batsman of all batsmen re-
tired to the bench. gloomy and thought
full. But Mcfarland hammered a hard
one through the place where Denzer
had just been standing, and stole sec
Ond while DenZer was tanning Deadly
into a listless lassitude even suggestive
OF his name. Hoffmaster ripped q
vicious single through the diagonal of
the diamond and scored Mcfarland,
an indignity which Denzer avenged by
a surprisingly quick throw to first.
That is. it seemed to surprise Hoffmas-
ter. although Glasscock seemed to have
expected the fire.
When Burke went to bat Catcher
Lynch performed what he had evident
iy been told was a very cute trick
standing just back of the foul line half
Nay To third base. This, according to
An B. Edwards, is a subterfuge
which was frequently resorted to by
the catchers of the Nile valley when
bunting batSmen came over from Nine
web. Burke. however, had evidently
read up a little on Egyptology himself,
and he drove the ball through the
grass just inside the chalk mark so
fast that Lynch involuntarily pulled
his toes in, and the ball had pass ID
Hoffmaster before he had time to fig
ure whether the ball was intended for
him or not. Burke stole second, but
had to retire to the club room to pro-
cure some new clothes. Foreman gave
Miller a base on balls. and Glenalvin
hunted. Sheridan said he sacrificed.
but Hoffmaster threw slowly and it
looked as though Motz had his foot of
the base when he got the ball. Glass
cock popped up fair fly not very far
back of first base. Hogriever and Stew
art were both after 1t, but neither got
1t. Burke scored. Miller and Glass
cock tried the double steal. Allen threw
badly to the plate, and both were safe.
Geier struck out, and Shugart sent
Deadly fly, but the locals were one
ahead.
Denzer gave Motz walk, but threw
him out at second, after muffins
Stewards pop-up bunt. Then Roger
famed Allen, and Lynch sent a fly to
center field.
Gillen got a base in a walk, and
Spies hunted to Motz. Denzer's ground
er to Allen caught Sammy at third
ard Burke hit Allen a high liner
Foreman pleased himself much by
opening the Hoosiers' third with a
grounder by Shugart and Gillen, but
gained second on Hogriever's sacrifice
although DenZer might have cut him
off, and then stole third. But Roger
famed the next two, and the visitors
could not tie the thing. Foreman
threw Miller out at first; but Glenalvin
put lively hit to right field and start
ed to steal second. Glasscock tossed
his bat in the air as Lynch threw to
the sack, and Sheridan saw the play
Glenalvin was ordered back to first
and Glasscock declared out. Geier pop
ped Allen a fly.
After Shugart threw Hoffmaster out
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