The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1898-07-31


Three runs ahead at the end of the
eighth inning yesterday, the st. Paul
team demonstrated atNexington park
the uncertainties of basA ball, for at
the end of the ninth they were two
runs behind.
There was plenty of action in that
Milwaukeean ninth inning, and it was
not always rhythmic in its/motion. Some
of 1t was very ragged, but it was all,
nevertheless, very effective.
The Saints had won and lost the
game two or three times on errors, but
when they got lead of three runs in
the eighth inning and Denzer struck
out Freddy Barnes, who was next to
bat for the Brewers, the expectancy of
victory on the partsof the Brewers was
about 800 per cent less than nothing.
Then was opened a chamber of h Dr.
rors, the like of which St. Paul fans
have not reveled in in many a moon.
Waldron hit a grounder to Shugart. 1t
required a good stop, but the stop was
forthcoming. Shugart threw low tc
first, but GlaSScock got the ball right
in his big mitt-and then dropped it.
Before he could pick it UP again Wal
dron had tucked the pillow in with his
toes. NicOl sent Campau a fly. The
count reached for it. He reached it.
Then he dropped it. The Brewers
should have been retired without
reaching first base. AS a matter Of
record, they had two men on bases
DAILY a base, although there was not
a little sentiment to the effect that
Mannassau had given the pitcher the
worst of it in this respect. Weaver
put a good single into left field and
scored two runs. The visitors were
but one behind. Stafford lined out an
other safe drive in the same direction,
and the score was tied. Schoch hit to
Campau's garden, but the count had
not yet gotten over his nervousness as
result of his previous faux pas, and
he let the ball go through him. Then
he lost heart like a raw recruit before
court martial, and evidently wished
himself well out of the game. The de-
liberation which characterized his pur-
suit of that ball would have put to the
blush district messenger in marble
time. His exercise was not violent
enough to have oZonated the nicotine
in tobacco heart. The visitors were
two ahead when the count returned
the ball to play. and Schoch had gone
TO second. Speer struck out, and Leewe
flew to Preston. but it was too late.
Phyle was sent to bat in DenZer's
turn. He hammered out a foul that
sailed well toward the box office, but
the direction was unfortunate. Buck
Weaver has been running in that di-
Tection for twenty-five years or so, and
he showed the effects of constant prac-
tice in the way he ate up that ball
thirty feet outside of the foul line
Campau hit a long one to right, and
Waldron showed the difference be-
tween himself and some other right
fielder by catching the ball Geier tried
a hard drive to left, but Weaver was
under it at the right spot, and all was
over.
The events that preceded this thrill
ing denouement constitute one of the
saddest and most painful chapters in
the base ball history of the Sanity
city.
DenZer and Barnes were at the head
of the opposing factions, whose long
drawn-out battle had so tragic Gull
ninatiOn.
After Waldron's foul to Spies, Nicol
hit safely to right field. Daily put one
through him. Preston did not pick
the ball up very clearly. either, and
NicOl started for third on it. Preston
threw the ball in time to cut him off,
but Gillen let it go through him to the
grand stand, and Nicol scored. Cam
pau took two flies, and Daily was
stranded, but the visitors were one to
the good.
Barnes gave Campau a base, but
Geier forced him out. 1t would have
been a double play, but for Days bad
throw, on which Geier went to second.
Glenalvin, who was back in the game
after a weeks absence, shot one
through Leewe, and it looked as though
the contesting infielders were even-up
on errors. But Glenalvin started to
steal second. Geier delayed too long
his start for the plate, and finally the
Brewers caught Geies at the plate and
held Glen at first. Glasscock ham,
mered a fine single over short, but it
was of no avail, Shugart sending Wea-
Yer a fly.
Two Brewers had gone back to their
vaults, when Leewe put hot one by
Denzer, waist high. Barnes struck out,
and Gillen's homer, leading off for the
locals, tied the score. 1t was a fine
drive down the right foul line, striking
In the first place several inches inside
and fast rolling out to the fence. The
next three, however, were seemingly
affected by the recoil of the heavy gun,
and could not get the ball out of the
diamond.
Waldron hit a hot one over second
Glen made a fine stop and tried to toss
1t for Shugart to throw to first, but it
was in vain. Nicol dropped a high one
In front of Geier. Daily hunted, but
Roger picked Waldron off at third.
Weaver hit to right, and Daily ran too
far over second base. Trying to give
DAILY chance to get back, Nicol start
ed for the plate, and was caught In the
play. Daily stole third and came in on
Spies bad throw to that base. Stafford
struck out.
Daily made fine catch on Campau's
high liner, but Geier dropped a short
one back Of the infel1, and stole second.
GlenGlvin was given four wide ones.
and Glasscock's good drive to right tied
the score again. Glenalvin, however,
was caught off third base, on the play,
according to Mannassau, although it
was hard for the public to believe that
Schoch got the ball in time to touch
Glenalvin as he slid back to the base.
Glasscock was caught trying to steal
second and the locals had thrown their
chance to get a lead away.
Two pop-ups and a strike-out retired
the Brewers in one, two, three order in
the fourth. but after two were out