The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1899-05-24


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GAMES SCHEDULED FOR TODAY.
Columbus at st. Paul.
Buffalo at Minneapolis.
Indianapolis at Milwaukee.
George Cross never puzzled st. Paul
batsmen nearly so much as he did other
Western leaguesmen, and yesterday was
no exception to the rule, for the local
team, for five innings. gave George q
sample of ground and lofty batting that
must have scared his soul as though it
had been singed with a hot brick. George
has been nursing feeling in his heart
that he had not been used right in st.
Paul. and it would have been a source of
endless satisfaction if he could have
come up here. and, after holding the local
bunch of ball tossers down to a trio or
quartette Of base hits, sing tra-la-la-loo
to Comiskey, as he danced past the club
house door George went into the box
in the first inning determined, hopeful
and earnest; he left 1t in the fifth broken
in spirit, disappointed in his ambition and
disgraced in the public eye. The once
popular pivot foot of the pennant win
ming Hoosiers did cake walk to the
bus. and an attenuated twirler named
Briggs. fiippantly nicknamed by his pro-
fessional associates Buttons" went in
to keep the Apostles from batting the
ball by moonlight After Briggs came in
it was different. In three innings the
Saints got only one scratch hit off his de-
livery, but it was unimportant, as the
locals won the only game that was play
ed in Lexington park yesterday before
Cross had left the box.
Denzer did the pitching for the Comis-
keyans, and Roger was in fine feather,
although at the start he had few bad
moments that gave some of the fans an
attack of heart failure and led some Of
them to make rash predictions about the
defeat of the home team. 1t came about
in this way. Genins, the DISCOVERIES
center fielder, stuck his bat in front of
the first ball Roger pitched and the ball
was. found In the middle garden COM
paratively unsoiled. There was not a
finger mark upon 1t, except Rogers Then
Denzer was caught in a balk and that
put two on, bases. Before he recovered
his equilibrium Denzer had presented
Charley Frank with a sack, and that
made the bases full, with no one out.
Bets were offered in the stand that CO.
lumbus would get at least three runs in
the inning, but Tebeau hit a fly to Laily.
and complications arose. On the throW-in
all the. runners advanced II; which, gave
Genins a tally. But Pickering 1T was
observed by the keen eyes of Umpire
Mannassau and the st. Paul captain, left
second base before Lally had the ball in
hand, so the Plckerel was doubled cut.
Bierbauer met the leather with go5d
swing that sent 1t dashing along the
ground toward left field, and Frank, who
was going to third stopped to let it go
in front of him. But the perverse ball
took an unexpected bound and struck the
Columbian right fielder full In the scarlet
letter. making his bosom burn even as
that of the Rev. Arthur Dimmesdale is
related to have scorched long. long ago
in Salem. That, perforce, put Charley out,
and. while it fattened the Bierbauerian
batting average to the extent of one base
hit, possibly, it did not rebound to the
further advantage of the Columbus team.
1t was a very narrow escape for Denzer
from a very tight place, and he was more
cautious afterwards
Indeed not until the fourth inning did
one of the scions of the Scioto valley
reach first. and then only on a tumble by
Shugart, which was atoned for by his
assisting in the retirement of the three
other runners who started hopefully from
the plate in that inning as well as three
| others who later aspired to cross the dia-
! mond-shaped corner mark with the covet-
| ed runs. Pickering did get a safe hit in
| the sixth, but Frank fouled to Spies, and
| Tebeau forced the hard hitting outfeldar
! out. In the seventh Roger compassionate
! iy gave Sammy Gillen a base, but the
| next two batsmen could not get the ball
out of the infield, and the side was re-
| tired. Pickering hit safely again after two
were out in the eighth, but Frank, this
time, went out on magnificent catch of
| foul fly by Geier who judged it ex-
! cellently, and caught it in very spec
| tacular fashion right by the players
| bench after hard run. Tebeau got a
| sort of scratch hit off Roger in the ninth,
starting the inning, but Bierbauer gave
j Geer fly and Gillen struck out. Leewe
| flew to Shugart.
| Meantime st. Paul had been making hay
| in the merry sunshine.
| The first inning was resultless, Picker
| ing making an unexpected catch under
| hard drive by Burke. and Geier throw
| ing away a base on balls in an ineffect-
| ual attempt to steal second. Leewe threw
| Glenalvin out.
Lally opened the second with a clean hit
| to left and the hit and run scheme work.
ed finely, when Isbell put a grounder
| through, just after Leewe started to cover
/ second base. Lally went to third, and
scored on Shugart's fly to Frank. Spies
| was given a base on balls, but was, doub-
led out on Swartz's grounder to Gfllen.
| Denzer opened the third with a nice two
| base drive into right field, and Burke
| sacrificed him to second, but Tebeau held
| Roger at the third sack on Geier's bunt,
| at the cost of letting little Phil go to
| the first quarter safe. Glenalvin, how
ever, fouled to Buckley, and Roger, in
spite of his fine start was stranded, when
| Lally flew to Frank.
Gross finish was in anticipation from
the fourth, which was opened by Isbell
| with a safe drive, and Shugart following
| with a bunt, which he beat. Spies flew
| to Gillen, but Swartz put one at Leewe
too hot for the little fellow to field and
the sacks were full when Roger lined a
| clean grounder saucily over first base.
That was good for two Of the runs and
the third came in on Burke's fly to Pick
ering. Geier flew to Frank, who did not
do so well in the next inning on Glen
alvin, and gave the locals another start.
Cross followed this inauspicious opening
with base on balls for Lally and Isbell
sacrificed. Shugart hit to right field, and
Frank let this ball, too, go through him
Not only Glenalvin and Lally but Shugart
also scored, and when Spies hit safely to
left, it gave Cross quite a little satisfac-
ton to see Heine doubled out on Swartz s
liner to Gillen.
Briggs went into the box in the opening
of the next inning, and gave Denzer a
base. but the next three did not help
much, and the side was BANKED LaIly
popped foul In the seventh, which Te-
beau muffed, apparently because it was
| so easy, and then Dan hit q hard one at