The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1899-08-10
BLUES SHUT OUT.
The Kansas City Contingent Held
Down to Three Hits bv Menefaa

Ihe Kansas City Contingent Held
Down to Three Hits by Nenefee
Jack Menefee, erstwhile a has-ben. but
at present a pitcher for MINNEAPOLIS
brought nice assortment Of curves and
shoots down to the Nicollet ball park
yesterday afternoon and served them out
to nine blue uniformed Cowboys through
nlne short innings, to the great delight
Of the crowd of Minneapolis fans assem-
bled. Menefee was evidently out to fur
nish a refined exhibition of base ball as
1t should be pitched, and the few visitors
VINO reached the initial sack did so moro
through the kindness of heart of Meme
Zee and one or two other of the MtIIers
than through any special ability of their
own. only three of the Blues were able
to connect successfully with Menefee's
shoots, and only seven visitors reached
1fst through the whole game Four Of
these fortunate ones got as far as ser
ond, and Reilly once got far enough To
snake hands with Andrews, but not ona
or them saw the home plate. excent
when they stepped up to bat.
Menetee was ably supported in his ey
hlbltlon. The stone wall infield was very
much in evidence all through the game
carey played a star part in the drama
and, though he made an error for the
nrst time in many days, he more than
atoned for 1t by a number of sensational
stops. Smith and Andrews likewise
handled several difficult hits, and Abba
tcchio, although he made one error. also
made few brilliant plays
Str1cklett. the Kansas cyclone. fared
oaoiy at the hands Of the Millers, and
eIeVeh saIe drives, including three two
baggers and two three-sackers. heIned
out the batting averages of the NIiIleTs
Stricklett had no one but himself IN
blame for his defeat, for the three error,
made behind him cut no figure in fire
score.
1t was expected that the Blues world
be reinforced by some of the Wilkesbarrn
players secured by Manning, but. although
four Of the new men were on tha
grounds, only one of them, Burns, was in
the game. Burns covered second base
vice Messrs. Viox, Raymer and Rothfuss
and played fast game, in spite of one
error on an easy grOunder
Menetee started out by presenting Hu-
len with a base, and after Gear had
TANNED, Rothfuss got in a scratch hit
but Miller and Camel could not help
along and the Millers got chance. Da-
Wis went out, but two men scored before
Carey and Smith failed to connect,
Davis again opened the third by striking
out, but Nance chased out a single
Then came base on balls, and after An
drews had gone out Carey responded tn
the applause Of the crowd by a two.
sacker, which scored two runs Smith
drove Carey around by a single, and
Abby drove one at Hulen. No more
scoring was done until the seventh, when
there was a double, followed by a run
on hit by Jay Andrews. Carey again
came to the front and Gear stopped the
hit. Andrews reached third on the play
and another score looked imminent, but
Reilly, by fast handling Of Smiths
grounder helped to retire the side on a
double. Abby started the eighth with a
double, and Newt Fisher did the martyr
act to get Abby along to third. Menefee
scored Abby by a grounder to Burns
before the side was retired
The only unpleasant feature of the
game was Menefee's kicks on Brennan's
decisions on balls and strikes. Score: