The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1899-05-12

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GAMES SCHEDULED FOR TODAY.
St. Paul at Minneapolis.
Detroit at Buffalo.
They used TO call it Nicollet avenue. but
now it's Casey's boulevard, because it
passes by Casey park.
The stores were closed at sunset and the
ourfew when ii came, found a sleepy.
downcast city, for ST. Paul had Won the
game.
And 1000 rosy-cheeled. eXultant Mime
apoli,ans had howled themselves hoarse
when they thought the game was won,
only to find that they needed digitalis in
stead of pine baissm when they were
through 1t was the heart and not the
throat that was weakest.
Denzcr took the Minneapolis team up on
a high HILL where they thought they saw
a victory But it was the subtle, rural
Roger. in Mephisto's garb, coming them
with the misty mirage of the Brocken;
you wouldn't think it of Roger, would
you? But he did. For one inning he
came right out of his cabinet, like the
prestidigitateur does when ne says Now
watch me and you can any of you do it
just as WELL" and for one inning the Min
neapolis players, and the crowd, too,
thought Roger had tipped off all he knew
about pitching. But he still had couple
of borrowed watches, a pretty white rab-
bit and some other conjurers' parapher-
MALTA stuffed around under his Jacket, and
he strung the Millers on them like but
tons on a string.
What if Minneapolis did bunch four
runs in the sixth?
St Paul punched three in the ninth.
What if ST. Paul did make five errors?
Minneapolis saw the Apostles win in the
ninth.
What if Dan I.ally did fail twice to
help the score with men on bases?
St Paul went under the wire with
men on bases.
The spectators sat as if glued TO their
seats A victory they thought was cinch-
ed had turned to tears.
That was why the court house chimes
were muffled, and the town seemed like
a tomb Comiskey's men had made 1t,
not the breaking of the boom.
That ninth inning was one OF those real
old hurdy-gurdy, lam-the-ball, if-you-
don't-see-the-fence- aim-Iow, hit-the-ball-
anyhow sort of innings. A good deal
like q: Kansas City finish, with Manning
Old up.
Two would tie and three win when Is
bell came to bat. One, two, three, four,
but Bresnahan could not ind the plate
and it was pretty near time to set the
table too Then Preston went down to
the batsman's station and a crashing
sound was heard over against the right
field fence 1t was not the ice cracking
in Powderhorn lake; neither was 1T a
Filipino bomb. 1t was two-base hit,
and after that almost anything in the
shape of a hit would do. Spies tried hard.
but. Dixon made pretty catch under
high foul Schwartz walked.
twas up to Roger DenZer to save his
own game then, and while Roger could
not stick out single, he did what was
almost as good. He drove a hard ball
over third base. Andrews tried double
play. but he was pretty lucky to get
Preston at third. Roger beat him out on
the throw he didn't make and forced In
q run. which helped the Saints material
lv. 1t was the chance of a lifetime with
Burke and he put a nice hit out in right
field where no one could get at it. That
tied the score, for Schwartz came around
from second when Wilmot let the ball
go between his legs. There was less
anxiety about what Geier would do in the
Comiskeyans' minds, at least, although
Rresnahan was more or less disturbed.
Phil batted the ball. There were some
who believed that it was Abbatichio's err
ror that lost the game then and there
Some said that it was Geier's hit. Now
that ball going like message from
Dewey to Montojo when it passed second
base, and If it did pass between Abba
tichio's feet, he was pretty lucky, for II
1t had not gone between them but had
tried to go through instead, he would nc
doubt have had surgeons toying with his
tendons, for that ball was on business
bent. Not that Abbey, or Batty, OF
whatever you want to call him, might
not have stopped it if he had been dill
gent. Theseus slew the Minotaur and
Hercules made the Augean stables look
like a soda fountain, and if Batty ha6
been like them, he might have got his
pictures on the sculptures of Athens, but
this ball of Geier's wasn't batted in Ath
ems 1t won the game anyway, for Den
ger Hoped home leisurely.
HOW IT STARTED.
Davis put pretty one into Lally's
hands as soon as the men were lined up
but Roger let down on Nance, and foul
wide ones walked him to first, whence he
scored on Wilmot's three-base drive to the
Lake street fence. Andrews could no.
find the ball in three trials, but Geiel
threw Werden out at first, after a mo
mentary delay in getting the ball.
MannaSSau, unlike Cantillon, let Burke
walk when a pitched ball hit him, and
Geier advanced him a sack with a ligh
tap to Parker. Burke then stole third
but was caught trying to get home OF
Glenalvin's grounder to Werden Glel
went to second on wild pitch, and tie,
the score when Lally drove one to center
Ially stole second. Isbell poked the bal
to the top stripe on the Nicollet avenu
fence, and hobbled to second, while Lall
scored A passed ball gave the cr.ppl
third, but Preston famed the air, 1eavini
1T two to one in st. Pauls favor
Denzer failed to get them over for Alb
batichio. He afterward caught him nap
ping at first, but the umpire would no
allow the out. Smith struck out. Gen
alvin caught Dixon's fly, but Parker go
in clean hit, right after -Isbell ha
muffed a high foul. Davis put anothe
clean one over second and scored All
batichio for a tie. Roger filled the base
with Nance on four bad ones, Gsie
meanwhile losing a chance to get hir
on a high foul. A single to right wa
only good for one more run, Presto
making a nice throw to the plate, retil
ing the side.
Spies smashed Parker's first pitch &c