The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1899-08-27

The Wolverines made nine fielding err
rors at Lexington yesterday afternoon,
but in the face Of such yellow ball play
ing they were entitled to win, and did
win, in the second game of the series.
1t was terrific smuggling match from
the opening of the first inning until the
last ball was pitched in the ninth. Ana
that last ball may be going yet for aught
any one knows, for the game was over
the moment it left Ryan's bat.
With the score tied at nine each in the
seventh Fisher replaced Katon in the
box and Mccain succeeded CASTOR foc
the visitors, and while the locals man
aged to gather in two runs off Mccain
the visitors went them one better and
won out
The visitors took the field, and Houtz.
the first man up for the Saints, hit thu
ball to right center for two bases He
went to third on Geier's out from Hart
to Slater and scored on Franks out
from CASTOR to Slater Lally put a
line drive into billiards. hands Barrett
started for the visitors just as he did on
Friday, with a base on balls Schran
famed out and Barrett went out al sec,
Ond on an attempted steal With two
out, DUNCAN hit through the short field
for one base and billiard followed with
long, hard drive over Geier's head ana
along the left foul line that rolled past
Lally and netted four bases and two
runs. Slater went out from Geter to
Vaughn.
SAINTS PLAYED A LITTLE.
The Saints got the two runs back with
interest IN the second. Vaughn went to
first on wide ones and was advanced to
second on IsbelPs sacrifice, who went out
from CASTOR to Slater. Shugart fol-
lowed with a line drive through the short
field that sent. Vaughn home and Shu-
CART went to second on SchralPs tumble
Spies hit to Lewee and the shortstop in
trying 20 cut Shugart off at third
threw wild and Shugart scored. Katoll
went to first on wide ones. While Houtz
was at bat Spies attempted to steal
third, and in trying to cut him off Buelow
threw wide of the base, sending Spies
home. Houtz hit a slow ball to Lewea
and beat it out. Geier followed with a
three-base drive along the right foul line
that sent KEtoll and Houtz across the
plate Frank hit to billiard, who threw
Geier out at the plate and LaIly put
one in the same spot that forced Frank
at second. The visitors came back with
two runs on a hit by Buelow and a
home run drive into deep left center by
Lewee. The Saints added one in the
third on single by Shugart and two
base nit by Spies, and the visitors came
back with one on singles by DUNCAN and
billiard and Slater's hit to Shugart and
out at first Both sides were blanked in
the fourth, and again in the fifth neither
was able to get a man past the initial
bag,
. toll opened the sixth with a pretty
single into left, but was forced at second
by HoUtz,- who was IN turn forced by
Geier. Frank went out from Ryan to
Slater. The visitors gathered In a hit in
their half, but it was unproductive
THEY TIED THE SCORE.
The Saints gathered in two III the sew
eriii on 4 base on balls to Laly, a hit
BY Vaughn and Dungans error in left
field 1t looked like a safe lead, but the
visitors came back with the two runs
and two more, tying the score. The
scores came in on singles by Barrett,
SchIall and billiard, Ryan's tWo-base
drive and three-bagger by Buelow, who
made the third out in trying to stretch
his hit into home run. Two errors by
Houtz and one by Frank.
Fisher succeeded Katoll in the eighth
ara NcCann replaced Castor and neither
side was able to get a man across the
pate. The Saints gathered in two runs in
the ninth on one hit three bases on balls
and numerous errors But it turned out
that they needed more than two, for the
visitors took kindly to Fisher in their
half, batting out four singles, one after
another, and these, together with the
rankest kind of an error on Fishers part
gave the visitors three runs and the
game. The score: