The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1899-05-09

tried hard for the double, but threw low.
Fortunately, however. Speer was held at
third, and although Nicol stole second
unmolested, Burke caught Weaver's long
drive and shut off the two runs that
menaced Denzer's peace of mind. Gray
threw out Denzer. and Weaver made
fine catch under Burke's drive. Geier.
however, met the ball for the first tine
in three days, and while it was futile. as
it turned out, it was encourag ing. Glen
alvin batted to Stafford and Rettger had
to cover the base. The decision was
close but the side was retired.
Denzer retired Gray, and Spies made
a beautiful catch of Staffords hard foul
by the home players bench. Mailman
went out at first base, and the locals did
not better.
There was but one more inning
scheduled, and when Schoch hit seven
successive fouls without dropping the
ball In any ones reach 1T looked as
though he might be able to wear Denzer
out in time. But Shugart threw him out
after all and Burke took In Speer's high
one. Much disgust was manifested
when Denzer presented four wide ones
to Rettger. the hero of two successive
strike-outs, and had not Lally made a
fine catch of Waldron's long drive out
side the foul line, the ninth inning might
have been the last
Preston was thrown out by Schoch, but
Spies put a good grounder close to third
base, but was forced out by DenZer, who
in turn was forced by Burke, all three
sending the ball toward third.
PLAYING EXTRA INNINGS.
The extra innings were then begun, and
after Preston had taken In Nicol, Weav-
er's single to right safe promised trouble.
Gray, however, hit a high one to the
same field, and Preston's catch, with
Shugart's under Stafford, gave the locals
another show.
Geier got a base on balls to start with
and went to second on Glenalvin's
grounder to short, but Schwartz batted
a little one barely in front of the plate
and Geier was left at third when Lally
could not get the leather beyond
Schoch
Geier threw out. Mailman and Glenal-
vim attended to Schochs case. Speer flew
to Shugart, who returned the compliment
by sending Waldron a high one. Pres
ton, for second time, was hit by q
pitched ball without being allowed to
walk to first base. an indignity that in
censed the multitude much, if 342 human
souls may be termed multitude.
Weaver took two long drives and the
decks were clear for the twelfth.
Rettger struck out third time, and
Waldron sent a long fly to Lally. Dem
ger threw Nicol out.
LOCAlJ0 HAL CHANCES f1ERE.
Here was an inning that nearly gave
the ST. Paul contingent heart disease.
Denzer who had been swaying his VIII
low against the lengthening shadows pre-
viously in the afternoon, smote, the ball
for high drive which fell clean in right
field. That gave start which might
have ended the game. But Burke forced
Roger out at second. Then Geier, who
had regained his batting eye, as sit
ell HI
over Stafford's corner. That left run
ners on first and third with only one
out Glenalvin sent live one at Hall
man, who came in on, it, and then de-
termined to try and catch Geier before
throwing to the plate. He. had to turn
clear around and then followed Iittls
Phil as the vultures followed his great
forerunner of military prowess, but
Burke stood at third steady and sure as
an embalmed beef investigation. He
might not have scored, If he had run,
but it would have been lot more excit-
ing and could not have been any more
costly, as Schwartz gave Weaver a hard
long drive that the latter fielded and
retired the side.
SCHWARTZ AND HIS LUCK
But If that inning was unfortunate for
the locals the thirteenth was an oasis in
the desert Of superstition that ought to
make the figure 13 go down in the annals
of the Schwartz family as the one bright
particular mascot and lucky number to
name dogs after and baptze children
upon. Schwartz could have fallen out of
a balloon in that thirteenth inning and
fallen upon pneumatic sofa pillow to
pick up S. bill. Weaver poked the
easiest sort of a little roller at the boy
and he mussed it over in the sand shame
fully, kicking it from back of the base
yard or two in front Of 1t. He was in
earnest and tried hard to recover him.
self and reach out to touch Buck before
the latter reached the sack, but in vain.
This does not look as though the thir-
teenth was Schwartz's lucky inning, but
wait. This is a serial. Gray says to him
self, says he: We've man on first base
and no one out. Consulting rule g. sec
ton 2, Of Connie Mack's guide for young
players, 1 find that in such case
bunt." So Gray hunted. But he hunted
the ball into the air instead of on the
ground, and it hurtled around with the
uncertain course Of a marauder who fears
capture and punishment in the reproof of
a guilty conscience. Finally it picked on
Schwartz as the hapless one. But the
youngster got his various nervous fingers
and things together and put the ball in
chancery, and, stepping to the bag, turned
to gaze pityingly on Weaver, who had
neglected to observe the progress of the
call, too, for just then Stafford stuck his
long bat under the cover of one of Den
zer's curves, and drove it well into Lallys
garden. Dan, in fact, fumbled it, beside,
and let the Tarheel grocer go to second
base without proper quarantine certif-
icates. Geier, however, met Hallman's
grounder fair and retired the visitors
again.
Lally flew to Schoch, and Shugart struck
out Mailman threw Preston out, and the
thirteenth inning was in history.
Geier threw Schoch out, and Burke and
Lally took long flies from the next two.
| with considerable satisfaction to the ex-
cited populace.
ANOTHER DOUBLE PLAY.
Spies gave Weaver long drive, but
Denzer was as good in the fourteenth as
he was in the twelfth, and lined out an
other good hit. But Burke's hard liner.
low, dipped, and Schoch went down lust
| in time to catch it almost in the dirt Dem
ger was by this time well down to Sec
ond and double play was easy.
The fifteenth inning opened with Wal
| dron's fly to Burke, not sensational. but
clean. Nicol made Eddie run some for
the next one, which he did, but the tri-
umphant sally OF the inning was when
Weaver drove hard one down close to
the foul line, fast-and not very high. It
looked like sure home run and the end
of the game, but Preston was stridinp To-