The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1898-08-04

AT ST. Joseph-St. Joseph VS.. Detroit
Hon Fricken won a inning
game from Indianapolis yesterday. He
not only pitched the full fourteen in
spite of the protestations of some
Weakened fans, but he batted out the
tWo-bagger that made his own winning
run possible in the fourteenth inning,
with one out.
. No one else has ever done that in
st. Paul before.
But there are other base ball lions.
One of these is a little chap named
Geier, who was handed down from the
big league as a special favor to Co.
miskey. For two or three weeks at the
opening Of the season it looked as
thouSh "Commy" had been gold brick
ed, but not so last night
The town was his, except that he had
10 let Fricken have half.
This Geier plays center field 1t is
a good ways from the stand, and fire.
quently a great deal of leg work in
that garden does not show up very
strong in the score card, but Yesterday
this boy Geier broke not only the track
but the league record for playing an
outfield position. Dan Lally held it
heretofore with ten put-Outs made in
one game in Milwaukee, but Geier went
him one better and made eleven, and
the eleventh of these was a fine left
handed catch of a ball well over in the
right field when the HOosiers had two
out, and the run was crossing the plate
that would put them in the lead if this
ball wasn't caught. What do you want
better than that?
The crowd was silent for a minute.
The feat was almost too good to be
true. The anxious 800 looked to see
the ball roll on the ground in vain
They rubbed their eyes to see if they
: were awake. And they were.
1t was one of a dozen crises in q
game that kept the perspiration oozing
throughout.
Then Fricken came up and smashed
the ball for two sacks. Campau sac
rificed, and Prick went to third as cas-
lily as though the bases had been tied
together. Then came Geier.
Geier was the particular pet of the
farce comedy pitcher from Hoosierdom
Frank Foreman. Along about the
ninth inning Foreman took umbrage at
some Of Geier's coaching and shouted
with a sheer:
What right has man with a bat
ting average of .120 to talk to me?"
Geier came to bat three times after
that. In the eleventh inning he opened
with a hit after the visitors had gained
lead of one, and scored the run that
tied again. In the twelfth he was given
a base on balls by the self clarifying
twirler from POsey county, and in the
fourteenth-oh. glorious vindication---
he smOte the ball for a diminutive but
timely single that sent the winning run
dashing across the plate like a revenue
collector after an unstamped beer bar
re-.
What wonder then if on the rolls of
base ball history in st. Paul there be
inscribed the names of two heroes
Fricken and Geier.
But seven other names-yes, seven
teen other names deserve to be there
enshrined, for it was a game that re-
bounded to the credit of the losers
scarcely less than to that of the WIN
ners.
Foreman, comedian though he be.
less perhaps than he really thinks he
is, pitched a fine game, losing it only
after re had received a hard rap by
batted ball on his pitching hand
Hogriever flew to Geier, but Fricken
gave Stewart a base. Mcfarland, too
was caught out by Geier, and Motz' S
grOunder to Shugart, though wide
forced out Asa.
Campau opened for the Saints with
a nice single over Stewards head, and
Geier sacrificed. Glenalvin's grounder
to Allen gave the count third, and he
scored when Flynn let Glasscock's high
liner go. He showed some sore fingers
as a result, and the Hoosiers had to
chase down to the Lexington gate af-
ter Hickey, whose hands were hardened
from punching passes. Glasscock stole
second, but was left when Allen threw
Shugart out
Shugart made a fine stop and throw
on Nichols grounder near second, and
Geier took Kahoe's fly. Allen was
thrown out by Fricken, and the visit
ors were out in order.
Gillen was thrown out by Allen,
and Preston gave Kahoe a sky-scrap-
ing foul. Foreman threw Spies out.