The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1901-09-23

WASECA TEAM WITH
EASE
GAVE THEM FOUR LITTLE HITS
Wilson, the COIOred Pitcher, Was
Good, but His Team Didn't
Come Up to His
Standard.

If the Waseca baseball team had nine
men who played the game as George VIII
son plays it, they would be the real
article. AS it is there is but one Mr..
Wilson. and yesterday he practically
played the entire game for the Waseca
team. He played it very we'll at that,
but he was up against the wrong kind
of proposition. The Saints were in
championship form, and played clean and
fast throughout. Furthermore, Charley
Nhech was feeling good yesterday and
the Giants We're helpless before his splen-
did twirling. Four little hits were Sc
cured on his delivery by the Waseca
batsmen. In the first four innings of
the game only twelve men faced Chech,
ana not one of these twelve could land
on the ball. 1t was one, two, three as
last as they came up. Only thirty-one
men faced him in the entire nine in
ningS. He was backed up by the most
Silt-edged fielding. The work of Brain
and higgins was at all times of the star
order. The entire team played ball from
the start as if life depended upon the
result. The team work of the locals
has never been better. In the ninth in
ming Mackey nailed a hot one right over
second which Higgins stopped with one
hand ten feet back of second, and threw
the runner out at first. 1t was as fine
trick as was ever turned on the field
Five thousand people were on deck
when the game was called. Grand stand
and bleachers were overrun and great
many had to crowd out on the field They
certainly got their moneys worth for
outside of the first inning the game
was holly contested. Waseca's inability
10 hit Chech settled the game from the
drst. but there We're many moments of
excitement during the play
The greatest interest of course CEN
tered in Big George Wilson, the star col
1ch he L.
Ten hits, Wilson nevertheless pitched
very good ball. and in many other ways
= proved his title as ball player clear
Tie helded his position most brilliantly
ana was in the game all the time cover
ing first base neatly whenever occasion
called. His stop of Chech's terrific drive
an the second was the greatest thing of
Ihe day and brought thunderous applause
from the bleachers
GOT UNLUCKY START.
The Wasecas got an unlucky start.
They had been BANKED. one. two three.
IN their half of the first. Then Brain
came up for St. Paul, and Wilson shot
a dIzzy lnshoot over which was a strike
The next one David hit hard and it
Went right at Wilson. He got one hand
IN front OF it, but just enough to knock
IL out OF Mackey's reach and Brain was
SAFE Then Shannon hunted a little easy
one to Wilson who threw to second Just
a little late to get Brain and two men
We're safe. Schafer also hunted a little
ROLLER toward third and the bases were
/ fun While billiard was going out on n
little hit to short Brain scored the first
Tun. Then Kelley lined out vicious
drive to left and made two bases. scor-
Ing Shannon and Schafer. And Holly
went him one better with a beautiful
three-base hit to the left garden. And
Kelley came home, making four scores
10 start off with. The Saints gathered
an a fifth run in the third inning, when
MIR. Schafer hit the ball away to the
left field fence for homer Then they
went out one, two, three until the sew
enth, when bunch of three errors on
the part of Waseca and hits by Brain
and Chech gave them two more and a
total of seven.
Waseca couldn't get a man to first base
until the fifth inning. when Miner
opened up with a safe hit to center.
Chech tried to catch him off first and
threw the ball over Kelley's head and
minor went on to second. Mackey hit
down to third, but Brain fumbled the
oau and Minor reached third Hyde tried
hard to assist at this critical point, but
the best he could do was to drive the ball
right down to Higgins, who threw to
second retiring Mackey, and then Scha-
fer caught Hyde at first, completing a
fast double. But while this was being
done Minor came home with the lone
score Of the day. Mr.. Minor might have
scored again had he not been too ambl-
tious- In the seventh he made a two
bagger. Mackey followed with a single
TO center. and Minor tried to make home
on it instead of remaining at third. and
me was thrown out at the plate A mo-
ment after Schafer fumbled Hyde's hit.
(which would have scored Minor had he
waited.
The pitching Of Chech, the general work
of the local team, the all around play
Ing of Wilson and the batting of Holly
were the features Of the game