The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1899-08-09

crowd of 800 fans braved the cold
and dark weather yesterday to welcome
the Saints at Lexington park in their
opening game with Milwaukee. 1t must
be said that at the beginning of the
game, the enthusiasm was not very
noticeable. That long string Of defeats
abroad was enough to dampen the ardor
of any rooter, and it was not certain
tina the tide would be turned at home,
but it was The Saints played ball all
around the Brewers Outbatted them and
outfelded them. ran the bases well and
played generally in splendid form. Yes
terday's game would have Won fully ten
OF the thirteen games lost away from
home. Vaughn. Comiskey's new first base
man. showed up well. A better game
could not have been played on the initial
bag. He accepted ten chances without a
skip, and in four times at bat made three
hits ard two runs. and his hits brought
in two additional runs.
Shugart was the bright, particular star
of the game. He played the short field
f. his old time form He had eleven
chances and at the end of the game had
not even a tumble to his credit At times
his throwing was just a trifle off, but
Vaughn reached all of them. In the sixth
inning he was the middle man in double
play that was on the sensational
order and one of the fastest that
has been seen on the local dia-
mOnd this season. And in the
second inning he placed the ball away
over CongaIton's head for four bases.
Glenalvin, too. batted in his old form,
getting two singles and a three-bagger
hot fi,1iT1
With the exception Of one inning Katoll
pitched beautiful ball. In the seventh
he was touched up for three singles, but
it is possible that even then no runs
would have resulted but for an error
by Lally, who let a ground ball to the
field get through him. Katou also had
his eye with him, getting TWO corking
singles in four times at bat.
BREWERS WERE OUT OF IT.
While the Brewers apparently played
sEappy game of ball they were out
Cassed. NiOX, Speer and CongaltOn were
the only men who could connect with
KatoII's delivery, and only twice did their
hits avail them anything.
In the opening inning Barnes made a
hit after Waldron had gone out on a fly
to Lally. but Congalton and Weaver both
nit high ones. For the Saints Burke struck
ont and Geier flew out 70 Waldron. Glen
alvin hit The ball by Weaver for three
bases. but could get no further, LaIly
going out from Gray to Stafford.
10th teams began their run getting in
the second. Gray flew out to Lally and
Stafford was given a free ticket and sent
around to third on q line hit by Viox, and
came in on Speer's long fly to LaIIy.
Reidy ended the inning with a high foul
t. Spies Vaughn opened the second in
ming for the Saints with high infield hit
0l+ Sap ha1 for poi
dy, but he handed the responsibility over
t. Gray and that gentleman could not get
in in time. ISbell plunked slow ground
er down the first base line TO Stafford
and was put out while Vaughn was get
ting to second. Shugart was next up
and he landed square on the ball. When
il reached the ground it was behind
WaIdron and Congalton, Vaughn was
across the plate and ShuGart was tear
ing around the bases like race horse
aud he reached home before the ball could
be fielded in. Spies went out frcm Gray
to Stafford. KatOll made nit. but died
on first Burke going out on Il foul fly to
Speer. The third inning for Milwaukee
was identical with the first for St Paul
in that Congalton made a three-b base hit
with two men out and persisted on third
The Saints added one more tally to their
total in their half, Lally scoring on an
error by Congalton ana hit by Vaughn.
In he fourth both sides were BANKED.
But THREE MEN Up.
!" DE fifth inning but three Brewers
l'f,H NatoN. Reidy struck out and Wal
'r9n and Barnes We're thrown out at first
h. Shugart For the Saints Burke reach
ed first on an error by Barnes and stole
second. Geier drew a base on balls and
Glenalvin advanced both men with a neat
sacrifice. Burke scored on LalIy's long
fly to Waldron. and Vaughn went out on
pop-up to Barnes, leaving Geier at
third
CCngalton opened the sixth for the
Brewers with a cannon ball single that
singed the wool on Katoll's stockings
as it went through his legs. And then
came one of the prettiest doubles that
has been seen at Lexington this season
Weaver hit the ball a little to the right
Of second base and Glenalvin fieIded it
perfectly to Shugart, who cut off CongaI-
ton at second and sent the ball down to
Vaughn in time to catch Weaver. GRAY
went out on pop-Up to CilenaIvin The
Saints went out in one. two. three order
Milwaukee nicSpd IN two talliac no