The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1901-07-06
CHECK IN HARD LUCK
PITCHES GOOD GAME OF BALL.
BUT ERRORS PROVE
FATAL
MILLERS FINISH FOUR UP
Capt. Dave Brain Makes Two Costly
FumbleS, and Whole Team
Acts stupidity on
Bases.
Western League.
GAMES SCHEDULED FOR TO-DAY.
minneapolis at st. Paul
Kansas City at s.. Joseph.
omaha at Des Moines.
Denver at Colorado Springs.

- prODlCIn. Cheek pitches a
game OF baseball for ST. Paul Clarke
does like service for Minneapolis in the
same game Check allows but nine base
hits, gives but one base on balls and
Strikes out four men. Clarke's benders
suffer to the extent of thee two-saclz
hits and eight singles. He gives one base
on balls and strikes out but three. On
the face of the thing who is entitled 10
win? The answer is easy-Check. But he
Gid not. In fact, he lost Ly good wide
margin and Clarke, who should have been
driven to the stable in tee first inning,
walked off with the honors.
There would be no wailing had tie
game gone to the Millers on its merits,
but it is hard to lose a game with clever
hits for total OF sixteen bases. against
nine hits for nine bases 1t is harder
6till to charge the loss to the account
or Capt. Brain, for Dave got three OF
the eleven hits yesterday and in times
past, has been the mainstay in holding
games to the good, but there is where
the responsibility of the defeat must go.
Brain had very busy time in the terri
tory around the third sack and made
number OF brilliant steps and throws
but. In the meantime, he made three very
costly fumbles. These three errors were
directly responsible for four Of the runs
made by the Millers and 1t is not impos-
sible that one Of the other two might
have been cut off along with the four.
Holly's error was bad, but no runs re-
suited
In addition to the errors, the Saints
played a stupid game on the bases, and
Check figured in this along with the
rest. In the second inning Higgins
opened with a two-bagger, AMI Holmes
followed with a single. Behind this the,
came stolen base, a base on balls and
an error, and yet not a run crossed the
plate. Lack Of ability to hit at the
sight time was possibly as much TO
blame as bad judgment N the sacks IN
the next inning Ryan d Brain led If
with singles. but could get no further,
as the next three mon could not get
the ball out of the diamond
SAINTS SCORE IN FIRST.
The Saints made their first run in the
first inning. Lippert went out from
Cockman to Law billiard hit safely.
Ryan hit to Robe and was thrown
out at first but Dillard went to third
on the play and scored on Brains safe
drive. Holly famed. From :hs first
TO the ninth It was a succ> ssion of go use
eggs. In the ninth there came batting
rally that threatened to be the undoing
of Clarke, but it fell shorJ of expecta-
tons. Holmes went OFT from CoclIman
40 bat for Wisol turned the same trick
Check lined tae bali to center for two
bags nppert and billiard followed with
singles. scoring Check. Ryan broke the
chain by going out from Brashear to
Law.
The Millers were blanked in the first.
Brashear opened the second with a sin
&c. Law nix to Brain. 1t should have
been an easy double, but Dave fumbled
nd MA Wit h. III
for both runners to land safely. Belden
hit in Holmes direction. At this time
higgins got away with a most sensa-
ti0nal bit OF work. Holmes was unable
TO recover himself after getting the
ball and it looked for a moment as
though Belden would land safely, but in
tbs meantime Huggns covered the bag
and Belden had to take to the woods.
Cockman hit safely and scored Brashear
Cockman and Law worked the double
steal and Law scored. Mcconnell hit TO
Brain, reached first safely on Dawes Sec
ond error, and stole second. Check, in
throwing to second to catch Mcconnell,
missed connections with the Saints in
that section and the ball went out to Dl-
lard, Mcconnell tried to make third on
ths play, but was thrown out by billiard.
Clarke struck out.
Two more runs came IN the fourth.
BTashear OPP ned the inning by going out
fran Higgins to Holmes. Law hit safe
~ and won't to second on a passed bal.
Be2den and Cocl1man landed singles. Law
se0red on the first. Brain made an err
ror on billiards. throw-in Of Cockman's
hh and Belden scored Cockman- was
caught al second and Mcconnell went
on from Brain to Holmes. The final
rUn came in the eighth. Check hit Robe,
bra he was forced at second on Congal-
tons hit TO Brain. Brashear flew out to
DcRard. Law and Belden hit safely, scor-
Ing Congalton. Cockman flew out to