The Saint Paul globe., 1899-08-15
GAMES SCHEDULED FOR TODAY.
minneapolis at st. Paul.
indianapolis at Detroit
Grand Rapids at Buffalo.

The hoodoo that was banished from
Lexington park last Saturday returned
yesterday i'll spite Of the wishes of the
fans and the efforts of the Saints to keep
1t away, and remained long enough to see
COniskey's men to lose to the Young men
from the Mill city in a game of ball that
should have been won hands down. If
ever the element of hard luck entered
into game in which the Saints were
concerned it was in that game yesterday.
Roger Denzer was in the box for the
locals, after a period Of idIeness lasting
several days, and certainly he pitched
some ball. Danny Friend was his oppon-
ent in the box, but Denzer pitched ball
all around him, through him and and into
him, gave him pointers on the game that
he had never heard of, and yet Denzer
lost. In all of the nine innings but two
hlts were made off big Roger and one
or these was very scratchy, and neither
OF them had anything to do with the one
tally that the AIiHers gathered in and the
one tally that Won the game. 1t is barely
possible that the Millers themselves
were the hoOdCo, and that it did not
concern anyone but Denzer. for this Is
the second game this season in which he
has held them down to two hits and has
lost Whether the Saints would have won
the game or not is of course. a matter Of
uncertainty, but they should have. for
they were hitting Friend hard and fire.
quently, but the one tally made by the
MlIlers was due to errors by Shugart
ana Preston in the third inning
GEIER WAS SWITCHED.
Owing to the fact that GjenaIvin wac
out Of the game it was found necessary
to switch Geier around to second base
ana Preston was called in from right field
TO cover the third bag while Charley
Frank went to the sun garden. This ar
raneement was mentioned in MONDAYS
u o G, and an, intimation Went with if
that it would not make a perfect infeId
and 50 it proved. Ahbaticchio was the
first man up in the third, and he hit a
hard one toward Shugart, which that
young man fumbed, and the Italian went
10 IiSt and moment later was advanced
10 second on sacrifice by Fisher who
was thrown out from Preston to Vaughn.
Danny Friend hit a long fly to Frank
ana Went out, but the play sent Abby to
third. The fans We're resting easy. how
ever, with two men out when Davis came
uD. He hit Il comparatively easy ball to
the short field. it was very properly Shu-
garts bail. and there is little doubt but
that he would have retired Davis. but
Preston, in his anxiety to get into the
gaf=e good and strong, ran into Shugart's
territory, and took the ball almost out
of his hands, and to do so had TO jump
for it, 1t was impossible for him to re-
cover under the circumstances, and a
wild throw to first resulted that let in
the winning run. That is the story COM
piete of the only tally that was chaIked
up in the whole game.
Danny Friend pitched d good game Of
ball, but at the same time five hits were
made of him. and he hit one man. rec
ord of lust three TO one in favor of the
Saints, and Yet they were unable to score.
Several times 1t looked as though the
locals would gather in a run, and especial
ly was this SO in the fourth inning
Geier WAS the first man up, and he hit
the ball through the center of the dia-
mond for d bag. Frank followed him, and
placed a pretty one through the short
field, sending Geier to third. There was
no one out. and things looked lovely, but