The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1899-07-14


Detroit at Kansas City.
Big Jack KatoH shut out the Bisons
yesterday with four dinky hits in game
that was not particularly brilliant. The
ex-Chicago twirler was pitted against the
once famous Charlie Hastings, late of
Pittsburg, Minneapolis, Kansas City, etc,
and had the Iank pitcher been supported
with any degree of decency it would have
been a very pretty pitchers battle. Both
twirlers We're on their mettle and pitched
superbly, and ten hits were the total
for the game. In the first six innings the
Saints got but two hits off Hastings and
the Bisons three off Katoll, and the score
should rightly have been nit to nit at
that time. Considering the fact that his
support was enough to make stranger
weep, Hastings pitched with great pluck,
and no odium attaches to his defeat.
Katoll started out with determination,
pitching rapidly and with good speed.
AS in all his previous games, he was
Johnny-on-t he-spot in fielding his posi-
ton and cut off three bunts that with al
most any other pitcher would have been
safe hits. The big Chicagoan was all
there, and his is the chief glory of vic
tory. The Saints backed Katoll splendid
" and gave an exhibition of very good
ball playing.
The Buffalo gang didn't seem to know
the game at sight. Something should be
done to change the status of the Bisons,
even if the league has to take a hand
in it. 1t is not the fair thing to dupe an
audience by springing such an aggrega-
ton. They played as if they were to go
to the gallows at the end of the game.
1t is easy to see why the two clubs were
not held at Buffalo for playing Sunday
ball.
There were many new faces on the
Buffalo team. Hall, the exist. Louis
wonder, was at short field; Hub Knoll.
the erstwhile Columbus Discoverer, play
ed IN the right garden; Dillon was on
first base; Hallman, the decapitated
Brewer, played at second and Diggins
was behind the bat Mr.. White was still
in left field, and Greminger still slept
on third base. Otherwise the team was
new.
St Paul went to bat first and although
Lally made hit and Glen secured
life on Halls error no scores resulted.
= In the second the Apostles scored one.
Preston hunted, after two strikes, and
made it: then Shugart hit to Hastings.
who caught Preston at second. Katoll
struck out after Spies had a base on
balls, which left two on the bags and
two out. Then Spies stole second and
Diggins became ambitious and threw
the ball clear to center which scored
Shugart.
Hastings pitched ball right along, aIa
the Saints went out in order mostly I'M
til the seventh inning, having made but
two hits. In the seventh the Saints should
have had two. With two out Katou got
four balls. Then Ball swiped the leather
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running, waited to see where the ball
went, and Artie was at first almost be-
fore Jack had left it. Then Katoll started
and got around to third and still had
time to get home, but COmmy held him
at third and deprived Bah of a three
Dagger. Burke then singled and scored
Katoll, and Ball, who should have been
home on the hit, was at third. oh
what a chance for a double steal" said
Commy, with two such runners as
Burke and Ball up" SO Burke started to
go down to second and Ball took lead
for the plate. Diggins apparently soaked
the ball toward second base, But Mr..
Hastings reached up and took it, and,
quick as flash, he caught Ball off third
and shut off the much coveted run.
In the eighth the last two runs were
made by the Saints.
Lally led off with nice Dagger,
which happened to be a "sun BALI to
Knoll. Glen tried to sacrifice. but was
safe on drop by Dillon. Hastings tried
to catch Glen at first, and threw clear to
the track, and let Lally to third and Glen
to second Then Isbell singled and scored
both Glen and Dan. Although Buffalo
had eleven men left on bases, at no time
did they come near scoring. Their near
est chance was in the sixth, when, with
two out, Hallman got four balls and
Greminger hit safe and sent him to third
With two on bases, Diggins had a chance
to score Mailman on any kind of an old
hit, but he was too eager and flied to
Ball.
In the eighth inning Llrilman made a
two-bagger and Immediately thereafter
Ball made a bad error, allowing him to
reach third. Again Diggins was not
equal to the occasion, and Mailman died
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