The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1901-06-21

Gait Brain made a tremendous effort
to pull yesterdays game out of the fire
after it was hopelessly lost to st. Joe
and he came within an ace of being
successful. But for bad coaching and an
over anxiety to stretch a three Dagger
into a home run there might be a differ
cnt story to tell this morning. In the
first place Breitenstein gave the game
away. In a small way he was assisted
in the task by billiard and Curley, but
Germany was practically responsible
for the tremendous lead that the visitors
acquired. He was as wild as fox in
the first inning. Three men drew free
passes and every time Brett" succeeded
in finding the plate with ball the bat
ter hammered out a safe hit. In addition
to this bad work billiard and Curley
broke into the error column and when
the clouds rolled away St. Joe had six
tanies. Practically the entire team, wish
the exception of Brain decided that the
lead was too great to be overcome and
seemed to work with that idea In view.
The new captain had other ideas and
he put them into effect. He tried his
best to convince the rest that six to
nothing game might be beaten. but in
this he was unsuccessful. so he tried
to win out alone. 1t IS not to be won
dered at then, that he was beaten. The
wonder is that he came as near winning
cut as he did. Bran figured in all the
runs that came to st. Paul and he was
wholly and absolutely responsible for
five of the six which he drove in with
three-basger in the seventh inning,
and home run in the ninth.
Cogan shared with Brain the opinion
that the game might be won, but Cogan
was on the bench and did not get a
chance until the ninth inn ng, when he
was called on to bat for Curley and
lined out a pretty single. Had the ex-
alderman been given a chance earlier in
the game it is possible that he and Brain
might have won.
McFadden was in the box for the
visitors and, with the exception of Brain,
Diliaru and Ryan, he had the local
Saints completely at his mercy. None
Of them got anything that even ap-
preached a hit
The visitors made their first six runs
on three bases on balls, three singles
and errors by CurIey and Dillard They
made the run that won the game in the
eighth On three singles
The Saints were banked for five in
n ngs In the sixth Lippert drew a base
on balls and Brain followed with a sin
gle. Parker hit a dinky little fly to Nc
Fadden. Higgins drew a. base on balls
and the bases were full. There was a
chance for Wilson, but he improved it
by striking out. McFadden decided that
IL would be too had to hand the locals
q shut-out so he gave Bre!tenstein four
wide ones and forced in a run. There
were still three men on bases when
CUrley's opportunity came. but the best
he could do was to force BreItenstein at
second. In the sixth Ryan hit safely
and Lippert was passed. Brain hit a
beauty along the left foul line that was
safely a threa-bagger, but he was urged
to try for a homer and was thrown out
at the plate. That ended the run-get-
ting in that inning
Cogan was called in in the ninth to bat
for Curley and hammered out a neat
single billiard followed with another,
but the fans gave up in despair when
Ryan and Lippert both fouled out Then
came Brain and again the ball sailed
20 left field, but this time it went far
over McKibben head and when it came
pack Brain was safe at nome with two
runs in ahead Of him. Parker had "a
chance to make himseir so1d Tor life,
put he hit grounder to third and was
Thrown out.