The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1899-05-18
GAMES SCHEDULED FOR TO-DAY.
Minneapolis at st. Paul.
City =, milwaukee ID.
Played. Won. Lost. Per CT.

Superior batting won the third for Min
neapolis of the five games played thus far
this season with the Apostles yesterday
afternoon at Lexington park.
Menefee. as ever, proved puzzle to the
locals, although just why this veteran
who was retired to the outfield and sec
ond base from the pitchers box half
decade ago. with a pitching arm sup
posedly dead, should be able to hold the
Saints down TO five hits in eight innings
and eight in nine innings in successive
games is a greater puzzle for the fans
than his delivery is for the tanners.
Nineteen put-outs at first base, with sew
enteen assists on the infield tells the
story of Menefee's pitching in a sentence
Sixteen safe hits, for a total of twenty
six bases, gives a partial idea of what
the Millers did to Denzer. The chief
rowdY having been suspended for three
days by President johnson, of the league.
for his rowdy conduct on the field Sun
day, his place was taken by George
Carey, and since the first inning of yes
terday's game the wonder has been grow
ing why Carey is allowed to play on the
bench so much in the Mill City. Four
safe hits one of them a three-baSe drive
that would have torn the paint off the
outlot fence in any park in. the league but
Lexington, represent Mr.. Carey's stick
work, to which might be added "a hard
foul drive pretty near to University ave
nue.. which, if it had been a little further
east. would have been equally good, prob
ably. DAVIS, too. and Andrews had their
eyes on the ball Indeed every player
- AL
Denzerian shoots at least once safely.
But the worst of it was that the Millers
cinched the contest, practically, at the
start. There was a portentous smack
when Davis met one of Denzer's early
curves. for, although Geier ate up the
liner when it was going approximately
mile a minute, speculation was rife as to
what would have happened had he not
been standing in front of it. Revelations
followed fully conclusive. Nance revealed
for two bases and Carey for three An
drews got a soggy ball through near first
base. Schwartz shying at it, and Denzer
walked Werden. Abbatichio's single and a
three-base drive by Smith cleaned up five
runs in all. Fisher walked, but Menefee
fouled to Geier, pretty catch, and Burke
took Davis high one.
widness walking Burke. Geier landed
safely for single and drove Eddie ahead,
and Glenalvin's clean drive to right, scor-
ing Burke, made it appear though the
locals might yet overcome that lead of
five. But Lally was possessed somewhere
of d notion to bunt, and on the fly which
resulted Glenalvn was doubled out at
first Abhatichio threw out Preston, and,
instead of having at least three runs, st.
Paul had one.
Nance flew out to Lally and Carey to
Burke, But Eddie missed the ball, after a
long run. Andrews gave Glen a pop-up,
however, and Carey would not have
scored at that had it not been FOR
Schwartz failure to get thrown ball 1T
first on Werden's short one. Abbatichio
flew to Burke, and it was to 1.
Menefee, still wild, gave Shugart sack,
and Spies drove hard one across short
after Fishers bad throw had sent Frank
to second. Shugart scored, and then M lem
efees balk put two on bases for he
Saints Denzer's stiff drive to Andrews
advanced them. and it was within Eddie
BurBe's purview to bring the score up
close. but Burke famed the air Geier,
too. had a chance to poke them around,
and he did hit the ball hard, but it went
right straight a Menefee, who threw him
out at first.
Smith flew TO Burke and Denzer hit
Fisher, but Glen started a double on Men
efees grounder. Glen went out on a
grounder to the Abyssinian, and, al
though Lally got base on balls and Went
to second on a wild pitch, the next two
failed to get the ball out of the diamond
and runs failed. Still to 3
Davis opened the fourth with three
base drive over Lally's head and scored
on Nance's grounder to short Carey
put fly back of third base where Meth
err Geier, Lally OF Shugart reached it,
but the next two hit in the air, and no
further runs resulted
Three Apostles failed to get the ball
out of the infield, and it was seven to two.
Abbatichio flew to IaTly and Roger
struck ont the next two. Burke opened
up with clean drive to left, and Geier's
grounder to Abbatichio advanced him so
he scored on Glenalvins drive to right
Davis however, came well up and made a
beautiful catch on Lally's fly and taking