The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1898-08-03

Z Inc Saints won a double victory yes
terday at Lexington park, beating both
the Hoosiers and the rain in a hard
fought battle
But for the rain. Pitcher HawIey, who
on his last visit here held the local
team down to two safe hits, must have
been incinerated yesterday. But the
SHOWERS kept him passably cool, and,
as the locals We're having lots of fun
with him. it is possibly just as we'll
that it was wet. 1t would have been
bad if some star had been put in after
the Hawley had been properly charred.
and had won out.
e Roger Denzer pitched for the locals
land the visitors bats were too slippery
ITO daily with the curves that the LIE
'tSueur boy impaired to the ball. Their
base hits were as scarce as volunteer
soldiers in the Lincoln league, and the
l!one run that stood between them and
"a shut out was obtained in the nick of
time
= Twice the showers interrupted the
fsame, and the third time it quelled the
trouble, for it was then within a few
\ minutes of 6, with the indications that
Z II would be too dark to play, even if
the rain did stop in half an hour
Hogriever looked disgustedly at a
foul pop-up, which was as easy for
Spies as MontOjo was for Dewey. Stew
art gave Geier a fly, and Mcfarland
sent Campau a drive.
Hawley walked the count, carelessly
Geier flew out to Mcfarland before
Campau stole second. Glenalvin sacri-
feed, Motz throwing him out to Haw-
ley. Glasscock walked on a quartette
of bad ones, and stole second, but he
and Campau We're stranded when Shu-
CART tapped light one at Stewart and
went out.
Glenalvin made a fine catch on MOTIFS
liner, but Nichol put a stiff grounder
over second base and Kahoe likewise
shot one through the pitchers box that
made Denzer rejoice to think he had
just stepped out Michel stole third and
scored on Aliens grounder to Shugart
before F1ynn's pop foul to Spies. That
was the Indians only run.
Gillen made a clean single to left,
but was caught trying to steal second.
ar incident that was all the more de-
rlorable as Preston forthwith smashed
the ball back of NichoI for three sacks.
Spies hit to Allen, who threw Preston
! out at the plate and Denzer forced
Spies out at second.
Hawley opened the third with hard
pail for Denzer. who reached for it.
but could not hold it. Shugart got it,
but all too late. Hogriever tried to
sacrifice, and Roger cut Hawley off
. at second, but Stewart hit a lucky fly.
which dropped right in front of Pres
ton. McFarlands fly to right gave
Hogriever third. but he was caught
trying to work a double steal with
Stewart. by Spies making a short
throw for Denzer.
st. PauPs half opened very inauspi-
ciously, Campau, after getting first on
balls second time, being doubled out
on Geier's fruitless grounder to Allen.
But Glen tapped one gently, and Haw-
ND hot
able to throw him out. Glasscock bore
down hard on the ball. and it went
through Sammy Nichol. Glen went to
third and Jack to second. Hawley gave
four bad ones, evidently in hope that
the lowering clouds would give prompt
rain, and the sacks were full Gillen
nit clean one to left, and a run scor-
ed. Hawley forced in another with a
base on balls for Preston. 1t was rain
ing, but the players were evidently de-
termfned to stick for three innings and
soak the face value of the rain checks.
Spies raped a grounder toward Allen,
but Flynn mixed up with it, and did
not get any one out either. That was
another run. Denzer forced Spies out,
and the locals had three in, three out
and three left.
Motz wanted to take his uniform into
a dry kiln, but the umpire made him
play, and he sulkily struck out. Sammy
Nlchol was better natured about it,
but the flood came, and when two
strikes and one bad one had been
thrust before Sammy's eager stick, the
umpire scurried for shelter himself.
and the alacrity with which the
Hoosiers got under cover was amusing.
in spite of their woe begone despond-
ency.
1t was then 4:3O 1t had to stop be-
fore or all bets would be off. At
five minutes of it was still shower
ing. 1t had rained by fits and starts
during the entire interim, and the