The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1898-05-02

Between the chills of a raw NORTH
wind, in an atmosphere in which hui
Nudity was the unimpeachable ruler
2,1O0 people, assembled at Lexington
park yesterday afternoon, witnessed
and enjoyed base ball game which
will no doubt go down in history as the
star performance CT the Western league
race for the year, and the equal in its
continuity of interest of any game that
the score books have shown during the
history of the organization.
For nine innings the ST. Paul and
Kansas City teams battled, and it was
not until the ninth inning that a run
was scored, and, luckily, the locals
then made the one straight mark that
carried with it the victory.
With two pitchers evenly matched;
both aided by the cloudy skies, and
neither subjected to any discoUra gine
batting streaks, the contest was made
one in which it was possible any mo-
ment for a single misplay to destroy
the good battery work of all preceding
innings, and, as the game neared its
Z close, the icy blood Of the half-frozen
4 spectators warmed up for one of the
+ most enthusiastic finishes a ball game
( can have.
Neither pitcher was batted for more
than five hits, and not one Of these
was better than a single. The twirlers
( IdQ all the D6SI Oh II. NOt only ulO
the clouds handicap the sharp eyes of
. the opposing batsmen, but the muddy
condition of the grounds, not yet dry
after the heavy rains of the night be-
fore, gave all the infielders an advan-
tage over the base-TunnerS. Numerous
fumbles that in dry weather would
have been fatal to the fielding were
prevented from doing harm by the
SlOwness that was inevitable on the
part CT the helpless base runners.
Phyle and Meredith were the opp0s-
ing pitchers. The former needs no in
PRODUCTION Tor recommendation TO St
Paul fans; Meredith was an unknown
quantity. Today his position is estab-
lished as one of the most promising
young pitchers in the Western league,
and, ii the KaWVille fans do not turn
out to give their home product an ova-
ton when he comes homo, after the
game of yesterday, then the base ball
enthusiasm of the Western Missouri
metropolis is by no means what Jim
my Manning has always Boosted for it.
r Nine innings without a wild pitch,
base on balls, or single batsman
hit is a record so unusual IN itself
to this is added the fact that the team
which once was the terror of all the
twirlers in the North and Central West
made only five hits off hin, Of which
one was popped UP and very
scratch" bunt, his pitching perform
ence appears in it's proper light, as
one of the most remarkable Of the
base ball season so far
The locals fielded uiserably, especial
ly in the earlier portion of the game,
and it was more by good luck than by
good management that they saved the
game, although there were a few plays
of really brilliant accomplishment that
lifted the game out of the mire of medi-
ocrity or worse, and made it a really
worthy exhibition of the great national
game.
Among these the stellar performances
were Prestons fine catch of a long
drive to the field that promised to be
q home run until the tall Hawkeye
caught it as he ran away from the
crowd; Eddie Burke's catch in the
eighth, which, with a magnificent
throw to third, resulted in the retire
. ment Of the side on double play, and
Gleralvin's stop at second Of Frs-
bees hot one in the fourth, which, but
for his achievement, might easily have
stretched from a single to a double, If
not a triple.
ST. Paul took the field first, possibly
as a precaution lest rain should come
and stop the game before the Kaws
had finished the requisite five innings a
, precaution as unnecessary as it was
self-con gratulatory.
Phyle showed the Kansas Cityans a
bit Of high life early. striking out Capt.
Ole gan on his first time up. O'Hagan
was followed by Meeks Slagle being
out of the game, and the rosy-faced
giant rolled light one down to Shu-