The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1899-05-07
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over first base but was forced out by
Lally, who barely beat double play.
Dan stole second, Shugart hated gentle
one to VioX and again st. Paul was
BANKED.
Meredith struck out and Viox ana
Turner went on flies to Burke and Shu-
CART, VioX threw Preston out, and Turner
took flies from the next two so honoTs
for the fifth inning were easy.
MEREDITH PLANTED
Rothfuss, CAMEL and Hofrmaster sent
grounders to Shugart, which were field
ed with accuracy and promptness, and
! then the locals began to plant Merideth
under the daisies Burke drove the ball
out over short for nice single. Then,
| with his usual criminal tendency, he
stole second. Geier struck out, but Glen
alvin batted a sharp one at .-Raymer.
| The Atchison boy had to juggle it a few
| seconds or SO and then he gave CAMEL
! a very low throw, the result being that
Burke had reached third and Glen first
in safety. Isbell hit a pop-Ip little back
| of the infield. Viox thought 1t was easy,
and muffed it. That tied Glen and Isbell
j both up at first base, but while Viox was
/ throwing to second for Glen, Burke went
home with the run. Then came Lally.
| PoiSing himself evenly about four and
| half inches abaft the base, he swung his
! ironwood club full on the front Of Meri-
| deth's first shoot. The ball had a rising
| infection impaired to It, 1t kept going
| up, up, up. Turner, helpless as pigmy
| far below, shot one despairing glance at
| the rising ball, and then, turning, started
| on dead run for the fence. The ball did
| not go to the cycle path, because at the
| point where 1t tried to climb into the
! cycle path, the engineering department
| Of Proprietor Smiths army of industry
had erected an embankment up which
| the ball started with Turner after 1t.
| But by this time Lally had crossed the
| plate, and Turner's pursuit was entirely
| labor Of love. The first home run Of
| the season on the grounds was Lally's.
| And then Shugart was thrown out by
| Raymer.
| In the seventh the KaWs failed to get
| the ball out of the infield, and first base
| to them was like the sealed book the
newsboy tries to sell the rustic on the
| train. The locals began to prance around
| like corn-fed colts. Preston Strengthened
one of Merideths left-wing traJectories
out for a line drive over fist base and
went dashing down to first base like an
| owl on it's way to the barn. Then he
| stole second with charming insouciance.
| Spies reached for the sphere with his
| trusty stick and high in the air 1t went.
Rothfuss started for 1t, and started well,
but not that one. No cruel fate had de-
creed that that proud drive should sup
! plant plead for mercy at the hands of a
| strolling blue jacket. Eluding him, 1t
| tore a furrow in the field, while Preston
| went down to third. ThenF'isher hit to
| Hoffmaster. Preston started from third
| for the plate. Hoffmaster Tented. Pres
| ton nearly tainted. He FELL back to third.
Hoffmaster threw to first, and Fisher
was out. Preston started for home again.
| Spies having left second. Camel shot
| the ball down to Viox, Spies changed his
| mind about coming back to second then,
nd in
| home. Viox sent the ball on line for
| Wilson and Preston was nipped at the
| plate. With two on bases and none out,
plain. simple little inf1eld grounder had
cut the teams prospects down to one on
| bases and two out, and Burke hit to Hoff-
| master again, the third basenan this time
reaching for Heine as the latter came
down the line for third.
Shugart threw Merideth's grounder
over to first. and Fisher himself handled
all the balls that VioX batted forwards.
Turner flew out to Burke. Geier was
| thrown out by Raymer, and Glenalvin
fouled to Wilson. Isbell sent McVicker a
| fly, and again honors were easy. Kansas
| City had one more chance to make up a
| lead of three runs.
FIREWORKS LET LOOSE.
Then it was that Manning's imps I'M
corked their stock of daylight fireworks.
A loafng pitcher was seen to carry an
empty bat bag to the players bench In
| it was nothing but troubles for Comiskey.
| 1t was not as empty as it looked Roth
! fuss, dreaded wielder of the wondrous will
low, went out on a paltry grounder to
Shugart, and the locals were already
counting the telegraph poles on their way
home. But CAMEL hit safely we'll into
left of center field And then Hoffmaster
landed on that ball for long one al
| most straight down the foul line, but a
little inside. Lally made good guess on
| the general direction of the ball, and, run
| ming back toward the mountainous border
| of the cycle path, finally got the ball in
| both hands and dropped It, CAMEL scored
and HoMmaster went to third. McVicker
| drove one out into Burkes bailiwick, and
Raymer hit safely with short one which
fell in front of Lally, and, as he reached
for it, bounded between his legs, giving
him another good chase. That tied the
score. And who was at bat but Old Bill
Wilson? If there is one town more than
another where it does delight the soul of
the one-time Minneapolis favorite to
smash the cover off the ball it is here.
And Bills heart was glad yesterday as
he saw that horsehide shave the head
of Shugart and drive Raymer across the
plate with the run that promised to win
| the game.
Merideth flew out to Burke and Viox to
Geier, but the visitors were on ahead and
the locals had to fish or cut bait, in the
dainty metaphor of the purling brook.
Lally wanted to pay up for that muff in
| the outfleld, but the best he could do was
| meek little drive to Hoffmaster, who
| tossed the ball across to CAMEL far
| ahead of schedule. Shugart aimed at the
| ball with a good eye, however, and when
| Turner had gotten through fielding the
| ball in Shugart was at third base. Pres
| ton hit fly to McVicker, but it was a
| short one, and by the time Shugart had
retraced his steps to the sack and started
new for the plate the race between the
man and the ball was close. Shugart,
| however, made a good slide and Wilson
again tie. What mattered 1t If Viox did
| throw Spies out?
THREE-BASE DRIVE.
But Turner met Fishers weafied arm
with a fine three-base drive down the
right foul line. And Rothfuss followed it
with one just as good right over the mid
die of the diamond. Then CAMEL fol-
lowed with a single, a liner that Burke
had q good time stopping, and two runs
was the least that would do the Apostles
any good In their half Of the tenth Hoff-
master went out, Geier to Isball, and Can
Eel was caught between second and third
on McVicker's grounder. Raymer raped
an easy one to Isbell and two was abso-
lutely essential to the maintenance of a
proper pride in st. Paul.
Schwartz was sent up to bat in Fishers
place and hammered a lively one at Hoff-
master, who toyed with 1t an instant and
then threw. 1t. Schwartz's cake looked
as though 1t must be at least SO per cent