The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1901-05-22

Manager Ryans hired men were given
q severe drubbing by the Colorado
Springs aggregation in the opening game
of the st. PauI-Colorado Springs series
at Lexington park yesterday. 1t Is only
just 10 say that they were assisted to a
large extent by one Messner, a little fell
low who weighs about ninety pounds and
stands about four feet three and a half
inches high. Messner is a hireling If
President Hickey, and is paradlng as an
umpire. Just how lie managed to land
with Hickey is an unsolvable problem.
He went through the three Denver
games in a fairly decent manner. al
though any amount Of fault might have
been found with his judgment on balls
and strikes. Bat yesterday his decisions
were a fright. 1t is just possible that
his errors OF judgment were not respon-
sible for all of the runs made by the
Springs but they had a lot to do with
majority of them. and were bad
enough to have taken the heart out Of
any team.
Messner started the work in the open
ing inning by calling billiard out at first
where he was safe on the sack by a
mile. Pat lost his temper and 1t cost
him his place in the game and no one
was able to figure out how much the fine
was, for Messner's fingers worked over
time for several minutes COgan replaced
billiard, and played a star game, with
the exception of an error on ball that
was rghtfully Ryan's Again In the
sixth inning Donahue made an effort to
steal third, and he convinced Messner
that he had been successful, although he
went over the base a foot. and was he'd
there by Brain for several seconds Mess
ner refused TO even leave his place in the
center Of the field and get where he
might have been able to see the position
DOnahue was in. That he was out was
apparent to every one in the grandstand
He should have been out but Messners
rank decision allowed him to score a
moment later. These two are but a few
OF the many bad breaks made by Mess
ner. He would make a good woodchop-
per.
McGil was In the box for the Saints
Willie had a bad time for the first few
minutes of the first inning. and then he
took a good brace. and not until after
MeSsners rank decision in the sixth in
ming did he allow another run, although
he was touched UP at a pretty lively rate
in the fifth. In the seventh he went to
pieces, and four hits, sacrifice and a
base on balls netted four runs. The lead
was too much for the Saints and the
game was gone.
STORY OF THE GAME.
N1cHale opened the bah for the Springs
with Il safe hit and went to second on
billiards. error in handling the ball,
Hulen went out to Werden, advancing
McTIale TO third, and he scored on Dom
ahue's line drive through Brains terri
tory HemphiIl and Law famed. In the
next three innings Hulen's men were
BANKED In the sixth three safe hits by
SchaTer, Holliugsworth and CASTOR
yielded a run. The score was tied in the
sixth on base on balls to DOnahue, who
went to second on Hemphill's out from
NCGiu to Werden and scored on Law
safe drive through tho middle Of the
diamond. Ii was in this inning that
Messner decided to boost the chances
Tor Colorado Springs. But for his rank
break it is more than probable that the
score would not have been tied. The
seventh proved the hoodoo Of the Saints
Schaffer was the first man up and drew
base on balls and was advanced to
second on Hollingsworths sacrifice
CASTOR flew out to Higgins, the midget
making a sensational catch way back ir