The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1899-05-09

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Kansas City III 6 5 515
Minneapolis e. IL 3 ass
Indianapolis =. IL 6 ASS
Columbus .... 10 .40C
Milwaukee E. 10 400
GAMES SCHEDULED FOR TODAY.
Milwaukee at St Paul.
Kansas City at Minneapolis.
Indianapolis at Buffalo.
Detroit at Columbus.
One Of the greatest games IL base ball,
the greatest game i'll the history of the
Western league, the longest and hardest
pitchers battle since the establishment of
the present pitching distance, and the
finest exhibition of fielding that has been
seen in st. Paul in years, was won by St.
Paul from Milwaukee at Lexington park
yesterday by the remarkable score Of
to 1 in seventeen innings. The Milwau-
kee team tied the score at four runs in
the SIKH inning. and from that Oh until
the last half of the seventeenth not a
man was so fortunate as to cross the
plate, and at period, too, when a run
would have meant so much.
Roger Denzer, pitching the game
throughout, held the Brewers down to six
hits. a pitching performance that places
his name in a niche far UP in the wall
of the temple of fame close by that of
Radbourne. the greatest of them all.
Hens teeth, indeed, were scarcely less
infrequent than were the Brewers safe
drives, and look at the names he was fac
Ing, Weaver. Gray, Nicol, Stafford and
others. AS it was, old Buckingham him
self made three of the visitors six safe
hits
Much credit is due to George Rettger,
too, for the Teutonic twirler from Beer
vile pitched a heady and a steady game,
but victory was not to be his.
There were other idols of the hour.
Preston. Burke, Lally, Weaver, all
made wonderful catches of long cutfleld
drives, and it is safe to say that every
inch of Lexington park was covered yes
terday as it never was nor seldom will
he, 1t seemed almost as though the fields
were invulnera5le to a batted ball, so
rarely did one get through the lines safe.
Both the teams were on their mettle
all day. The Saints were determined that
the Brewers should not repeat their dread
full record Of a year ago; the Brewers,
jubilant over the fact that they had bro
ken even with the Mlnnea polls sluggers,
would like to do as we'll with the locals
Denzer served them up 20 the AIilWau-
kees men hot and sizzling ana Geier had
thrown out Waldron and Burke caught
Nieol's fly almost before the clarion tones
of the gong had ceased, re-echoing on the
crags and peaks of the chaotic cycle path.
But Weaver, bluff, blase, old Buckfng-
ham, veteran of several seasons service,
met the ball in the open and chased it to
cover like LaWton's brigade after a SQUAD
of unrecamiered Filipinos. Two bases
were acquired by Weaver while Lally was
getting the ball back from the outer wall.
Next on the list was Gray, hardy
HoosieT with heavy bat. Gray has been
swinging home hun swats into the speed
Ing: horsehide for 10, these many years,
alice samee Weaver He has done 1t in
aHrdiaiects, from the packing house pro-
Vincialisms of Cincinnati and the quaint
backwoOds jargon Of Posey county. In
diana, to the soft cultural infections of
Alabama, but he has invariably acquired
reasonable allotment of home runs per
season. And yesterday was his day. Dan
Lally reached for the ball, but it was
going north too fast and he had to be
content with long run to the cinders ere
he could pick up the superheated sphere.
Gray meantime had scored and Weaver
run had likewise gone into history. Stat
ford flew to Schwartz, who had taken Is
Cell place on the initial sack but that
lead of two certainly did strike terror to
the affrighted souls of the 446 spectators
like the visions that haunted Gloster the
midnight before he met the seI en- Rich
mond brothers.
And Rettger tossed Burke out at first
I broke the force of Cfeier's drive so Hall
man could throw him out, too, and Schoch
Jared the ball across the diamond to
STAFFORD when Glenalvin~ touched 1t gen
thy.
But Glenalvin threw out Mailman
Schoch fouled to Spies, and Speer gave
Glen sky scraper.
TIED IN THE SECOND.
Schwartz reached for the first bail
pitched, and gave Speer a foul. But I,alIv
and Shugart met the Rettgerian twists
and Strengthened them out wonderfully,
and when Waldron let the second OF
these go through him Shugart went
around to third, and LaIly scored. Al.
most anything would tie then, and Pres
ton rolled a fast one at Schoch hard. scor-
Ing Shugart at his own sacrifice. Sniae
lifted the ball out of the infield safely hu
Denzer rolled light one to Stafford and
went out.
1t was a tie, but Geier proceeded r.
add handicap by low throw ON Re+t.
gers grounder, which gave the pitcher
second base, purely gratuitously. I,allv,s
fine catch under Waldron heIDed some
but Nicol rolled one at GIenalvtn tina
locked as easy as the solving of a nat
ent medicine missing letter contest. and
the ball went clear to Preston's rearranee-
ment of Josh Clark's outlots, Rettger
meantime, tapping softly with his toes
on the plate. But Glen threw out Weaver
and Gray flew to Burke
st. Paul wanted one nearly as had 90
any old maid ever did, but Burke was
thrown out by Schoch before the bali was
cool. Geier, however, walked That wa,
the beginning of much sorrow for Rett.
ger. Glenalvin hammered a saucy on
hard over second. Mailman went after Il
earnestly, and tried to field it. but in
stead of getting it in his hand. kicked Il
with his foot, and 1t went away over back
of third base. Geier, meanwhile. went ~
third and Glenalvin to second. Weaver
ate up Schwartz's drive, but Lallv,s soc.
ond hit, fine line drive over short. chas
ed Glenalvin in, and put the home team
In the lead. Shugart struck out.
Roger gave Mailman a base, with onI,
one out, but two flies in his rear retired
him, Preston's catch under Schoch be
ing worthy OF especial mention. Tb,
locals failed to get the ball through tn.
inf1eld IN the fourth, and it stuck al
four to three. Rettger famed, Waldror
few to Preston, and Shugart threw