The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1899-08-20


James Hart or, as he is more Familiarity
known among his associates. Jimmie
Hart, saved the Saints a game of base
ball yesterday that seemed worse than
lost and which would undoubtedly have
gone to the Eisons but for Harris perfect
work in the field and his timely work
with the stick Hart is the young man
who has ben covering third base for the
Superior team at the head of the lakes
during the summer and who was given
place with the Saints when a dislocated
elbow put Glenalvin out of the game
When he came to st. Paul he declined
to go to third base and was given his
choice of the second bag. He was not
sure that he would be acceptable in any
position in the infield but thought that
he might be able to hold his own at Sec
ond. Many of the fans were discouraged
on his first appearance, but yesterday he
demonstrated to the entire satisfaction
Of all that he is not Only a good man
In the infield, but one of the most capable
on the team at bat. Six times he took his
place at the plate yesterday and four
times he placed the ball safely out of the
reach of the Bisons, one of the hits being
a corking three Dagger. But better than
all this 1t was one Of his drives that
brought in the tying run In the ninth
inning and another that sent the winning
run across the plate in the eleventh. Hart
is certainly a conner in the base ball
world and is fully capable of holding
his own in good fast comnanv.
The game was little less than a sIueeinp-
match. in which Buffalo wasted two
pitchers and in which errors followed
each other in rapid succession. Shueart
at snort, had miserable day and three
or his four errors were directly resnonsi-
bic for runs. He had but seven chances
and failed on four Of them. Errors nv
14ally, Geier and Katoll also sent runa
across the plate. Indeed, the Saints were
all more or less sloppy in the field. but
While some were letting the Biscns across
the plate with bad plays others were bat
ting the Saints around the diamond in
way that more than cvened matters
FRANK was unfortunate enough to suffer
pair OF strained legs in the first inning
ana Isbell replaced him In right field
and played the position very acceptablv
lie also batted opportunity, except in the
last inning, when he let Fertsch retire
MIN on strikes. Lally's two three-bageers
mere IMAM made UP for his errors in the
n9Iu' lhe last one sending across the
pI"te Two OF the three runs that were
needed IN the ninth to tie the score.
KEARNS TO THE BENCH
kearns was selected by the Bisons TO
represent them in the center of the dia-
mond' and, although he was decidedly
WHO he did very well until the sixth
inning, when three three-baggers sent
MIN 10 the bench in a hurry. He was
succeeded by Fertsch, for the Bisons
were leading, and wanted to save tbo
game, but the Saints took almost as
kindly to his curves as they had to the
tWlsters sent across the plate by Kearns
Had the Saints played perfect ball after
the change they would have won In O
walk, but bad plays in the field let two
men across the plate, and that made
necessary an eleven-inning contest. Gar
ry and Knoll played star ball for the
Blsons. The latter made five hits and
-FOUR runs in six times at bat and ac-
copied three chances in right field, while
Garry made home run and a hit. and
dragged nine flies out of the skies ont
In center, and some of them were de-
cidedly difficult chances
The run-getting started briskly in the
first inning, when four Of the hits made
on hatoll were secured. Knoll was first
up and sent a short fly to center for a
base. He stole second, and crossed the
plate on Garry's two-base drive a mo-
ment later. The batting order called for
Dillon next, but McKivitt faced Katoll
and fined out a three base hit This by
play on the part of the Bisons was not
discovered until the next inning, so that
the hit had to be allowed although the
batter should have been called out and
the hit thrown out. Garry had scored
on the hit. Dillon sent the ball to Hart.
and that young man promptly lined it
back to Spies, cutting off McKiVitt and
sending him back to third. Heinie had
plenty of time to have caught Dillon at
first, but missed the chance. Hall reach
ed first on Shugart's error, which also
scored McKivitt and sent Dillon to Sec
ond. AS yet there was no one out and
things looked critical, when Cockman
hunted the ball in Shugart's direction and
beat it out. Grimminger flew out to
Houtz, scoring Dillon, and Diggins forced
Cockman at second. Kearns hit little
one to Hart and was thrown out at first
The first three Saints up, Houtz, Geier
md Frank, were given free transporta-
ton to first. Houtz scored on LalFy' S
fly to right, and Geier crossed the plate
on Harris safe hit to left center. Shu-
CART ended the run-getting for the in
ming with a fly to Knoll During the
next four innings the Saints were sent to
the bench almost as fast as they faced
Kearns, while the Bisons piled up two
runs on errors by Shugart and Katoll, a
sacrifice by Grimminger and hits by
Cockman and Knoll. In the sixth the
Bisons added one more run, with a three
Dagger by Knoll and long fly by Garry.
1t was in the sixth that Kearns was CIV
en- a severe drubbing. LalIy was the first
man up and he hit the ball far into left
field. 1t was easily a three-bagger, but
an error by McKivitt in handling the
ball let Dan across the plate. Then
Vaughn hit a little one to Dillon, and
Kearns, who covered first base, dropped
the ball. Hart came next and damned
the ball over Knoll's head for three bases
scoring Vaughn. Shugart could not get
the ball out of the diamond. Spies hit
to Garry, but the throw-in was so rapid
that Hart was held at third, but he
scored a little later on katolrs three
Dagger to right center. Houtz ended the
inning with fly to Garry.
The Saints were still one behind, and In
the seventh the Bisons increased their
lead one point on errors by Lally and
Geier and hit by Grimminger. Still an
other tally was acquired In the eighth or
Q hit by Knoll, a stolen base and a Sec
and error by Lally, who hit Knoll In
throwing the ball in from left field, after
hit by Dillon.
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