The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1900-07-30
LEXINGTON PARK SPORTS.
Interesting Baseball and Bicycle
Races Yesterday.

Six hundred people saw one of the pref
test ball games and bicycle races held
in this city this season, at Lexington
park yesterday afternoon.
The bicycle races went off in fine shape.
The best race was the mile professional
handicap, which was won by Charles
Hofer, of St Paul, with Joe Buhman,
also of this city, second. handicap 125
yards; McCollum, of Minneapolis, third.
rs yards; time, 2:25.
The two-mile handicap amateur tandem
race was won by Pollock and E. E. KEEL
logg, scratch men, Of st. Paul. to r.
Broadbent and Clements, of Minneapolis,
twomile handicap, 70 yards; Powers and
Bartzell, of st. Paul, third, handicap 100
yards; time, 4:49.
The two-mile handicap amateur race
was won by Kellogg, of ST. Paul, handi-
cap of 100 yards. Doe, of Minneapolis,
was second, handicap $50 yards; Glenn
ents, of Minneapolis, came third in this
race handicap IS yards.
The last race was somewhat different
from the others. This race was called a
pursuit race. One tandem started at the
tape, the other at half way round. This
race was q two-mile professional pursuit
, tandem. At the tape were Charles Hotter
and Joe Buhmow, of st. Paul; at the
half were Lee and McCollum, of ST. Paul.
Lee and McCoIIum won by about five
ended the bicycle races, which were very
we'll managed thanks to Tom Bird.
Clayton saved the game for Lennon &
Gibbons against the strong Hastings club,
which played at Lexington yesterday.
Nearly 200 Hastings people followed their
team here to FOOT for them and help win,
which they nearly did.
The game was filled with brilliant
plays all the way through. The crowd in
the grand stand, with tin horns and whis-
ties, made noise that brought back the
memories of a league game at Lexington
against Minneapolis on a Sunday. Each
clubs followers yelled and made noise
enough to be heard a half mile away.
When Hastings would get a man on
base the Hastings rooters would stand
up and begin a series of yells that would
drive a deaf and dumb man out Of the
grand stand Then the st. Paul boys
would get up a howl when Lennon &
Gibbons made a good play.
Both teams were pretty nearly matched,
even If Lennon & Gibbons did make ten
runs in one inning, only making three
outside of that. Up TO the fourth inning
it was one of the best games seen here
this season, the score being l to l. Then
Lennon & Gibbons got their batting
clothes on. and the Hastings club looked
Ike lot of kids chasing the ball around,
for Lennon & Gibbons never stopped hit
ting 1t. and before Hastings knew where
they were ten st. Paul men had passed
the home plate before three men could be
put out. The game looked like q walk
away or cinch for the clothiers, put
ting the Hastings boys out In one two
three order, but In the seventh inning
the Hastings boys thought 1t was their
turn to do some hitting, which they did,
making five runs before the clottiers
could stop them. Not being satisfied with
six runs, they went right after Powers
again, making four more runs in the
eighth, while the c!othiers were BANKED,
leaving Hastings only one run behind.
In the ninth they went out easily. but
it was hard to put the third man out.
Powers thought he had the game won,
having two strikes on Kinney, the first
baseman of the Hastings, but Powers
was surprised when he saw the next ball
pitcAed going rapidly over Murnan's head
in the right field for three bases. Ed Car
IRISH, who came to bat next, put the ball
in the same place for three bases also,
then his brother George did the brotherly
act, rapping the ball out into centerfield
for one base bringing in what was
thought to be the winning run. Speaks
flew out to Murphy, who took RierdOn' 8
place in short Rierdon being disabled
while irving to put a man out
But Lennon & Gibbon had bat COM
ing. Not having made run since the
fourth inning. they thought they would
start a little fireworks on their own ac-
count. Billy Williams, the colored giant,
who had been hitting everything that
came anywhere near the plate, slashed
the first ball pitched for a hit that the
fielder could not get. But things looked
bad when Martin flew out to Mcnamara
and Thurman struck out. But then the
mighty Clayton came to bat. and when
they found the ball after Harry hit 1t
Williams had scored, tying the score, not
being satisfied with tying the score,
game and save playing another inning.
He raped the ball over Carish's head
for a base. scoring Clayton with the win
ming run, ending the game.
Martins second base playing was the
feature of the game also Williams bat
ting, hitting the ball hard every time he
was very good, also the batteing. The
score: