The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1899-07-17

the final game of the present series will
be played at Lexington at 3:45 this after
noon. Denzer will probably be in the box
for the locals, and "Rube" Waddell, who
is said to have recovered from his sick
ness, will be on the slab for the Dis
coverers.
Artie Ball played a sensational game
at short yesterday. He had eleven
chances, several of them hard ones, and
accepted nine. He retired Genins in the
ninth after digging a ball out of six
inches of mud and If he had missed on
that throw the score might have been
different.
The rain fell in torrents yesterday dur
ing the fifth inning, when the visitors
were three runs to the good, and many
a fan hoped that Haskell would declare
the ground unfit for play, for it looked
like a sure defeat at that time. After
the game was over Haskell was in favor
for the first time on the present trip.
Ieine Spies certainly grasps every OPP
portunity possible to endear himself to
the fans and make a name for himself
as an emergency hitter. That drive in
the twelfth was a cOrker.
"Rube" Wadden was to have pitched
,
played. His appearance on the field near
the close of the first game was unexpect-
ed and for a time he had the attention
of the audience to the exclusion of the
game.
Geier has been called out for three
games in the ninth inning to bat for the
pitcher, and in each instance the totals
show that he was at bat, but nothing
more. He is anything but a sure hitter.
Bumpus Jones should not have lasted
four innings, but he did and with perfect
play would have won his game.
One of the strangest things in a game
full of queer quirks was the fact that the
first four Columbus men and the first
| five ST. Paul men did all the scoring.
There would have been no twelfth in
ming If Shugart had not made a great
| throw to the plate of chickering's ground
er in the eleventh, cutting off Eustace.
In the first half of the twelfth Frank
was roosting on third when Eustace hit
his long fly to right, but there were al
ready two out.
| 1t looked very easy and then very hard
| for ST. Paul in the last half of the
twelfth. Lally got a base on balls and
| Glenalvin and IsbeI each got life on
| fumbles by Tebeau and Jones' With no.
| body out it seemed certain that some
| body would make the needful hit. Shu-
CART hit a low fly to Eustace, who threw
| to Genins in ample time to catch Lally,
| Ball got a base on balls, and somebody
| had to make a hit. Spies did it.
|
Katou deserves some credit for win
ming yesterdays game, but will not get
it in the official standing, Geier was
! put in to bat for him in the ninth in
ming.
After the shower the ball was gener-
ally pretty wet, and. paradoxical as it
| may seem, it was hard to soak 1t out. "
Bierbauer is playing great game at
second.
Crawford, the Canadian terror" made
singles in the first two innings, but on
his next four times up he went out like
any ordinary ball player.
The grounds were so muddy after the
rain that the men stuck to the bases like
leeches.
Columbus had five men up in the
eleventh and five more in the twelfth
without getting anybody around.
Perspiration sprang up on the crowd in
4 the eleventh, when Waddell began warm
! ing up. The general expectation was