The Saint Paul globe., 1899-06-26
GAMES SCHEDULED FOR TO-DAY.
Milwaukee al st. Paul
Kansas City at Minneapolis
Buffalo at Columbus.
Detroit at IndianaDo.is


Milwaukee at St Paul
Kansas City at Minneapolis
Buffalo at Columbus.
Detroit at indianapolis
st. Paul is certainly presenting to the
base bah world at the present an ad-
m!rable, even if it is pretty lucky.
sort of ball
Milwaukee narrowly averted a shut-out
yesterday, and at the same time narrow
ly missed a victory, Up to the seventh
inning, when Stafford batted himself
clear around the circuit at one swing,
1t was a problem whether or not the
Brewers would score, and later in the
same inning, and, indeed, in the ninth.
a similar hit would have put them a
run ahead of the Saints could the hit
have been forthcoming
but somewhere, perhaps, there may be
a host of sprites, or elfs, or fairies or
angels, or some beneficent creatures
looking after the interests of the local
club. They won a game with four runs.
made off FIVE hits, against a club that
made eleven hits, yet could only secura
two runs. Chauncey Fisher must have
kept a large share of the elfin eoterie
busy chasing the ball down into the
hands of the fielders, because those nu-
merOus safe hits were scattered wide
apart
But it was a pretty game to see. any,
way. 1t looked at the start as though
young Mr. Reidy.of the city by the lake
would be given an aeronautic excursion
about the second inning, but he did NOT
get far from terra ffrma, and, indeed,
In the last six innings of the game Jog
ged along with the steady gait of an
Iowa farm trotter, trained for forty
miles, but good in pinch for sixty.
milwaukee changed its batting order
1t looked as though Connie Mack had
dropped the names in a hat and then
haa the hat lost in the mails the wav
the names were reassorted After Glen
alvin had thrown out WaIdron the card
directed Shoch to face Pitcher Fisber
1t is so long since the Teutonic shortston
got chance to bat so early in the
game that he dumfounded himself and
eNery one else by batting out a fine
hard hit, and then, in his ecstasy was
caught by eight or ten feet irving to
get 10 second base ahead of one of
spies fast throws. Weaver flew To Ts-
bell. ~ -
Ihen the locals proceeded to sell Reidv
at auction. At any rate they had him
uHdet the hammer for a few minutes
HeIeI tanned the first, but met the sec
ono DaH pitched for a clean drive into
right field. and GlenaIvin put a shaTn
one 4lto the same locality, LalIy buntt1
ana advanced them both, and then Is
peL MT the leather hard for a high one
~ was 100 tar back of Stafford, and too
lar In front of Waldron. sand very c1oco
70 the foul line at that, but it was good
III -oI Two oases at that and it made two
runs. Shugarte and Comiskev. who ra0
celved an ovation from the crowd of
z;"Vo as he came to bat. lcould not eet
the pali cut of the infield, but the locals
ndo lead of two anyway. Sbuoart
threW out the 1rSt one, and GlanaIvin A.
next TWO, and Preston and Snies mt
- comparatively easy ones to HaIlnap
fm was meantime hit by a pitched
oaIi' put Umpire Haskell wouTd not al
low 1t, and some bad blood was aro,,-o,7
flSher gave Shoch a fly, and if UyaS ctiIi
close. - "ds stlll
1altman TeW to Preston. and ceier
had thrown Speer out nicely. when Reid-,
surprlSed Fisher with a safe hit anS
NdlurOh followed with another. a safe
50 S-oui'oeI over second. It would have
peen pretty easy for the visitors IN oct
INTO the game at this stage. and Sboch
really deserved to put them info II for
ne NIT an especially hard ball to laf+
Geler' however, ran back on the FOIL
lihe ana made sensational one-hapdod
eaten, which put the Brewers out of ~
- -oi me INNING and, no doubt, helped TO
put them out of it for the game ~
Little Phil came in to bat amid o,roo+
applause, but only flew to NicoI C.ar,
singled to right again. however ana
Laly droVe one down into the same oar
ven IOr lhree long sacks. Isbell's Av 70
w WaIdron scored Lally also. and If W.
Iour 10 noth1 Ag when Shugart gave Hail.
man a fiy. haii-
weaver opened the fourth with a hard
gfounder and Nicol followed with a b9rd
ny. Preston got so close to it that waavN
er old not dare to lead off further than
10 Ieach second, where he was cauoi.+
H@pPliis oy Spies little later Grav
meantime had chance to poke tbe,,
around out struck out, and Stafford arI
ed the inning with long drive To left
uliNcr "hlcn Lally got, after a heart-dis.
ease stumble. us
Reidy pitched slow one info tba Cor,-
lskeyan physique and the veteran was
pus on the right of line, only to ha do,,h
leu out on Spies grounder, after Presto,
new TO Waldron. Geier threw ONT TTaf1
man, but Fisher walked Speer Raidv
and w atdron hit high ones to the outfieId
ana milwaukee, was still hungry for the
nome pate. Three of the Saints nit pop
uI.s and the inning was short.
Shoch hit savage one at Geiar as -
TO tear of the hand that had made tbe
catch that beat him out of q hit tha 49,;
before. Geier reached for it, stopped If
IDI Dut IL was coming SO fast it bounded back
Ihe little third baseman made a forward
Ieap LOT IT, manifesting almost feline pro-
pensities. and made beautiful throw 70
nrsI putting Shoch out of it again,
weaver bunted and beat the ball. but
was oiocked Off the base by Comiskey
and caught at one of the old tricks he bos
Taught so many young ones. Shugart
Threw out Nicol, and two outfieId flies
nao the locals well going when Stafford s
tumble gave Shugart brief life on the
sack. While Comiskey was trying to find
the ball, Shugart tried to steal second and
failed. ''iiO
Shugart threw out Gray, but Stafford
met the ball on the nose with his bIud~
geon, and when Lally and Isbeu got
through chasing it and the team had got