The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1900-07-02
DAYS SPORT AT LEXINGTON.
Fine Baseball Game and Some Fast
Bicycle Races.

bIcycIe hASeS.
The bicycle races at Lexington yes
terday afternoon were a feature Some
good time was made by the amateurs
and professionals.
An accident occurred to B. B. Bird
and A. c. Mertens' tandem during
the races, in which Bird was badly cut
and bruised just as the three-mile tan
dem race was finishing. Bird and Mer-
tens We're leading over McCollum and
Ferguson just as they got around the
corner, where the flag stands, when the
tandem slipped and both Mertens and
Bird fell. McCollum and Berguson were
so near to them that it was impossible
for them to stop, so they ran over the
tandem and men, without injury, and
went right ahead, winning the race. AS
soon as Mertens was on his feet he
helped Bird, who was hurt the worse,
out of the way Of the other wheels. Mer-
tens then grabbed his tandem and tried
to beat Collander and Lee, who had
not finished yet and who were yet
good ways behind.
The other races went off all right with
out any accidents.
The first race was a two-mile amateur
lap race for points. N. Granquist. of
Minneapolis, won with twenty-four points
to his credit George Sudheimer, of st.
Paul, and Ben Erickson, of Minneapolis,
tied for second place, each having TWEEN
ty-two points. r. Fl. Broadbent, Of
Minneapolis, was fourth with ten points.
Time, 5:22
The second race was a two-mile pro-
fesional lap race, which was won by
Charles Hofer, of st. Paul; B. 3. Bird,
of st. Paul, second; A. Mertens, third.
Mertens was disqualified for looking
a. ound. He dropped out, but was sew
eral points to the good of Ferguson, OF
G,o;c
sos.
The three-mile amateur handicap, with
w Granquist, of Minneapolis at scratch
was won by Thomas McGreevor, Of St
Paul, 100 yards; c. w. Christianson, of
Minneapolis, third, also time man.
The last race was the tandem handicap
race for three miles. At the scratch
were Mertens and Bird; McColIum and
Eegusen, Of Minneapolis, twenty-five
yards; Chas. Hoffer and Joe Buchanan
of ST. Paul, five yards; Al Collander and
r. Lee, seventy-five yards. Mertens and
Eird would have Won but for their acct
dent.
The baseball game was one Of the best
seen here this season, and Lennon &
Gibbons lifted themselves up another
notch by defeating the Minneapolis
Brewing Co., to /. Powers, who was on
the slab for Lennon & Gibbons, was in
fne form, striking out seven men, and
only allowing the Brewers two hits
Od5gard started in to pitch for the
Brewers, but was relieved by Harris,
who was also in fine form, excepting in
the second inning, when the cIothfers
batted in two runs. After that the cloth
iers could not hit him effectively The
clothiers had men on bases very often
but sharp fielding kept them from scor-
ing.
The errors made by Jack Page, the
brewers short stop were responsible for
at least three efbthe clothiers runs, he
making nearly 3allc his errors when men
were on bases and a miss was disastrous.
He redeemed himself by making sharp
double play when the clothiars had the
bases full, with only one out, thus re-
firing the side.
Hanson's stop of hot grounder with
one hand and CIaytors one-hand catch