The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1901-08-18

1t will be proper in beginning the story
OF the second game between ST. PAU and
Des Moines to devote considerable space
tc "one TyndaH" This fellow is on Presi-
dent Hickey's pay roll as an umpire and
drawing salary to do the work. Just
why he was taken on in the first place
seems to be a hard question for which
to find an answer, and just why he IS
permitted to linger is an ineXcusable
blunder on the part of the league man
agement. Patrons of ball games can eX-
cuse some things in unpires, but when
a man makes blunder after blunder, and,
in addition to this, shows that he is not
familiar with the rules of the game, then
the limit has been reached and passed.
There never was worse exhibition than
that given by Tyndall at Lexington yes
terday. He showed plainly that he Is
not up on the rules of the game and de-
cision after decision was rank. 1t has
been said that umpires, as a rule, favor
home teams. Not so with Tyndall He
not only has not favored the home team
IN the Des Moines games, but has, ap-
parently, gone out of his way in the op-
posite direction. He has not only decided
many close points in favor of the visitors
but has also decided against the Saints
when there was not a shadow Of a doubt
To go into details would require too
much space. The sooner President Hickey
y
for the league and it's reputation for fair
play.
Now for the game, which was a heart
breaker. Cogan was in the box for the
Red Caps" and pitched great ball until
the eighth inning. He let the visitors
down without a hit in the first five In
hlngs' and the best they could do In the
sixth ana seventh was single in each
There was absolutely nothing that an
preached run until the eighth. and then
Alderman Dick went up IN the air and
came within an ace of giving the game
away Up TO the eighth not a Saint had
MADE a skip, and 1t was Cogan who com
united the first blunder. The error seem
eo 10 unnerve him, and a perfect fusIade
oI hlts Followed Fast fielding on the
part or the Saints kept the visitors down
to tie. In the next two innings for 81
TOOK ten to decide the contest. Dick was
iiIVlncloIe, striking out the last man nm
n the tenth with two on bases Tba
SAINTS IN the meantime, were nlavino
last PAIL and timely hits by Kelley and
91ct,aIer, coupled with a brilliant steal nv
N91i.sy, gave them the winning tal1v
ser was IN the box for the visitors
would have received an even worse 80
Dine uhan the one handed out to him In
splle OF the fact that he was hit bard
noMeVer, ne pitched good ball and sew
80 1iai lines retired the Saints when men
were on bases and hits were needd
RUN-GETTING STARTS.
Iyndau opened the first inning bv call
ing SHANNON out at first when he was
saIe by good margin. billiard drew foIIr
woe ones and Ryan singled, sending PAT
70 Ihlro. The double steal was worked
SICoessI uIly and Pat scored. In the
second Schafer started off with fan
Huggins hit safe and went to third on
: SoEah nit after Wilson mad struck ont
shannon sent Higgins home on a single
anu logan, who had stoltn second Went
10 third on the hit The double steal was
again attempted, but Cogan was caught
at the plate There were no more TALES
uI ILL., the seventh, when Cogan led off
win a single and went to second on
Shannon's sacrifice billiard hit gafe1,,
scoring Cogan. Ryan hit to O'Learv and
reached nrst on Werden's error of the
ehoTtstop's throw. billiard went to third
right ali ny 10
Kelley and schafer brought in the win
HIns run IN the tenth. Mike led off
with beautiful single and stole second
scoring on Schafer's hit. A lot might he
it go.
The visitors were BANKED until the
eighth and then they tied the score
NOW was first up and went out from
BRAIN to Kelley. Bubser hit safe. Mo
Queid drove a hot one at Cogan b,,+ he
stopped it nicely and there was chance
for nice double, but Cogan threw wild
TO second in trying to start things. Theu
ana Warner followed this with doubles
and Hines lined out a single The buncb
netted four runs. The visitors went
down IN order in the ninth In the tenth
pase on balls and an error by Schafer
put two men on bases. but two v,eTa 80
and OLeary proved unequal to the &C.
cas;on, tanning out. Score: