The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1899-09-17
COUNTY TEAM WON.
city officials Were Beaten Out in
the Seventh Inning.

Mines selected from the best base ball
timber in the city and county offices met
Yesterday afternoon at Lexington park
and gave an exhibition of how the ma
tional game should not be played De-
spite the cold northwest wind and a
drizzIy rain, about half a hundred per-
sons journeyed out to witness the game.
And it was a game worth witnessing.
The players entered into the sport with
zest, and this made up for what they
lacked in skill For two hours the eigh-
teen young men who are paid by the tax
payers for transacting routine business
for the city and county worked as they
have not and probably will not for some
time There were some brilliant plays,
but they were few and far between, and
the principal feature of the game was the
short dashes after the ball INDUCED in by
all the players.
Tommy Neuhausen, Of the Volks-
zeitung, after considerable discussion was
finally selected as umpire and quietly in
formed by the captains of both mines that
decisions must be on the square or there
would be a day of reckoning to come.
The players lined up as follows:
City-Shogren, catcher; Shoberg, pitch
er; Knapp, first base; Marsh second
base; Caulfield, third base; johns, short
stop; Martin. right field, Jordan, center
pitcher; Jansen, first base; Donaldson,
second base. Golfer, third base; Breen,
shortstop; Schulze, right held; Beyer'
center field; Seng, left field.
There were some changes as the game
progressed GosewitZ, of the county nine.
injuring his hand and retiring to the
bench Seng was called in from the field
to play behind the bat, but the pad used
bv the catcher was built for a player
with less avoirdupois than the assessor
and the belt would not fit. Johnny
Schulze spoiled his reputation as nigh
ball artist and retired in the fourth IN
ming County Attorney BigeloW put IN
an appearance during the sixth inning
and carried off the fielding honors by
capturing the first and only fly caught
during the game Golfer made a massive
third haseman, but was unable to find the
ball. Deputy Register of Deeds Breen
was changed from shortstop to left held
after the first inning, the second baseman
complaining that the strong wind blew
Rreen right in front of him and prevent
ed his fielding his position.
The city nine made no changes during
the game and during the first three IN
nings had things their own way When
Johnny Schulze. retired In the fourth IN
ming. the county nine substituted Eddie
schwartz. a local amateur" and this
change undoubtedly had its effect on the
result of the game. There were sixteen
base hits credited to the city nine and
seventeen to the county players. Sho-
gren and Johns. each made three-base
hits and Jordan home run.
The score was. close in the sixth inning
and for the next half hour the spectators
lined I'D on the coaching lines and made
the game interesting. The city nine IN
sisted on nine innings being played, but
the county nine, as soon as they secured
a lead of two runs, declared 1t was toe
dark to play longer and intimidated the
umpire so that the game was called al
the end of the seventh inning. The score
by innings was as follows:
Ci+v 5 81 2 0-1t
County 80. ............3 Al