The Saint Paul globe., 1901-08-26
GREAT BALL
LITCHFIEI4D BEATS ALGONA TEAM
AT LEXINGTON BY SCORE
OF TO o
MARRIED BY A LONG WRANGLE
Egan Cuts Third Rase and Play Is
Stopped-Managem Insist
ed on Game BEING
Played Out.

An unfortunate circumstance in the
opening half of the ninth inning in the
Litchfield-Algona game at Lexington
yesterday afternoon married one of the
fastest and prettiest contests that ST.
Paul fans have had a chance to see
this year. Third Baseman Egan. of the
Litchiield team. opened the final inning
with a neat single and went to second
on Beecners sacrifice. Williams was
the next man up and hit long fly
TO right field. To all appearances Egan
figured the fly a safe hit and headed
for home In making the run he cut
third base by several feet. Instead OF
being a safe hit Williams fly landed
square IN 'Outhelder Woods hands but
he muffed il. He recovered nimself
quickly. however, and fielded the bah
in 10 catch Egan at the home plate, but
the sphere arrived a moment too late
and Egan scored. Practically every
man on the AIgona team, together with
the majority of the spectators, mad seen
Egan cut third and Umpire FO.ey was
Immediately surrounded ard q demand
made that Egan be sent back to third.
Foley refused to allow the claim, alleg-
ing, 50 it is said that he saw Egap
make the run, and that he did not cut
the base The Algona team refused to
abide by the decision, and, after waiting
the required time Foley awarded the
game to Litchfeld by the regulation
ScOre-9 to O.
AlgOn& ran up against a stern propo-
sitiOn VIXEN they went to the manage
ment for their snare Of the gate receipts.
There they found that they would have
to return to the field and finish the game
or the money would be withheld. A
number Of the Algona players had taken
the first cars for St. Paul, but the man
agement refused to listen to excuses.
and so, after a fifteen minutes delay,
the two teams went on tae field, Algona
piaying substitutes in the place OF their
absent men, and finished the game,
which wound up TO in favor of Litch-
field
The game proper was one of the finest
exhibitions of baseball ever played at
the park Gehring was in tne box for
Litchfeld and Home Run" Jones
'twirled for Algona. Both pitchers were
practically inyincible, and. backed up by
some Of the fastest fielding possible,
both had prevented score from cross
ing the plate.
With the exception of two or three
innings it was a case of one. two, three
with both sides until the ninth. Litch-
held went to bat first and came danger
ously near putting a man across the
plate on hit-by-pitcher, a sacrifice ana
an error but Clayton failed to make
good with a man on third. After that
tLitchiield did not get a man past first
base until the final inning In the sec
ond inning Jones, of Alg0na, made a
three bagger, but was thrown out at the
plate in trying TO score on an infeld
/ hit. In tne sixth inning the Algona
team put three men on bases, but fast
FIELDING and inability to hit safely pre-
vented a score.
: The story of Litchiield's first run has
he
to finish the game Algona was compelled
to put a patched-up nine in the field,
tHopNins going behind the bat and sew
teraI unknowns to the Outfeld. Williams
scored the second and final run for
tLttchheld on a passed bail