The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1901-05-18

With the clearest of skies above them,
day that was ideal for ball playing and
surrounded with stands filed TO over
flowing with fans and enthusiasts, all
hungry for base ball Manager Ryans St.
Paul baseball team won a victory over
Denver yesterday afternoon at LeXing-
ton park in the opening game of the
Western league season on the home
grounds. While neither team developed
any great strength in stick work the
game was replete with brilliant plays
and fast work in the field. The Saints
won the game On its merits for they out
batted and oUtlielded the visitors and the
work of McGin. who was in the box for
the locals. was far superior TO that Of
lIcNeeley.
The two teams arrived from Denver
yesterday morning and spent several
hours III resting up after the long trip
from the mountains At o'clock the
men Were called together at the Windsor
and from there, headed by the Minnesota
State band, paraded through the down
town streets for half an hour and then
went direct to the grounds Fully 5000
people filed the grandstand and bleach
ers and yelled and howled tier appreci-
alton Of the fact that ST. Paul is once
more in the baseball world and with a
team that can play ball with the best OF
them.
TEAM GETS OVATION.
An ovation was given each member OF
the home team as he came to bat for the
first time. The old and familiar faces Of
Crooks billiard, Werden and McGil
called for the heartiest kind OF a hand
md the applause that was handed out to
Perry was almost deafening. Some of
his friends also presented HIM with sew
eral huge lunches Of American Beauties
together with some other things. Tne
pther things made Perry a bit suspicious
Brd he delayed opening his gifts until
he reached the club house. Ryan, Brain
md the others were all given a royal
welcome.
There were familiar faces among the
Denver men. too. Lewee, who formerly
covered short field for Milwaukee, is in
The same position for Denver and Pres
ton, who at enc time played in the sun
teld for Comiskey, is in Denver's left
held.
The Saints took the field in the opening
inning. Radcliffe was the first man up
Tor the visitors and he proved an easy
victim for McGils benders. Mohfer sent
Rn easy grounder to Crooks, but the
king was nervous and let 1t get away,
giving Afohler a life. Hickey placed a
little fly just pack of McGm and scored
the first safe hit. 1t looked bit bad but
only for a moment, as Bradley famed
and Moher was caught in an attempt to
steal third. For the Saints Crooks and
billiard drew passes and Ryan followed
with safe line drive between short and
third. The bases were fun when Perry
came UP. but the best he could 90 was
a pop-up to Leewe. Brain sent a hot
drive ut Mohler and forced Ryan at
second, while Crooks crossed the plate
for the first run of the season. Parker
tried hard TO lift the ball over the CEN
be field fence, but he could not get it out
of Browns reach and made the third out
with DiaTd and Brain On bases.
The Saints added one more tally In the
second on errors by Sullivan and Mohler
and a safe hit by Holmes. billiard made
the third and final run for ST. Paul IN
the third inning. Pat drew a base on
balls, went to third on Werden's lit
Ind scored on a short hit TO MohIer, who
retired Werden at second on the play.
Denver drew blanks until the fourth
Inning when three singles in succession,
by Bradley, Leewe ard Preston, sent
Bradley across the plate. 1t looked, in
Enis inning, as though The appointed time
had come, but Leewe was nipped at the
plate and then AGcGill steadied down and
etruck ont Brown and McNeeley After
ths inning Denver never had look-ir
ut the game. In the last five innings
McGiu was inyincible. Not another hit
DR. anything that looked like hit was
occurred, and but three men faced. him in
zach inning. Attendance. 5000. The score: