The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1901-08-16
COOK PROVED GOOD
YOUNG ST. PAUL TWIRLER TAKES
LAST OF THREE STRAIGHT
FROM OMAHA
PACKERS GET BUT SEVEN HITS
Ryan Was There With the Willow,
Pounding Out Three Safe
Ones in Four Times
at bat.
PACKERS GET BUT SEVEN HITS
western League.
GAMES SCHEDULED FOR TODAY.
pes Moines at st. Paul.
Omaha at Minneapolis.
ST Joseph at Colorado Springs.
Kansas City at Denver.

Ryan's Red Caps" made it three
straight with Omaha for the second time
this season by winning the final game
yesterday. In addition to being the final
game of the present series, this was the
last game of the season between the two
teams, and. in winning it. the Saints
capture the seasons series by the mar
rowest margin possible ten to eight.
Cook the young St. Paul amateur who
Joined the Order of the Red Cap" last
week. mace his first appearance on the
local diamond He was pitted against
Herman, the wizard of the Omaha team,
and beat him out. by pitching grand bail
in the final innings, with the cracks of
the Omaha team facing him.
Both twirlers were given bad support.
but the Saints were lucky in working
their misplays into innings in which no
runs resulted, while RourkeS men
punched all of their errors with four
hits in the first two innings, and five runs,
with but one earned, resulted After
those first two innings, Herman had the
Saints hooked up properly, but they had
the game won and needed no more runs.
Cook was trife unsteady at times, but
1t was generally when the bases were I'M
occupied. With men on bases, he down.
ed the visitors in quick time. On three
different occasions Cook sent his oppo-
nents to the bench for goose egg after
hit Genins and Stewart followed this
with a single. sending Genius to third.
There was no one out, and things looked
black but the yOungster steadied up and
famed Fleming, while Letcher and Buck
ley were retired on pop-ups.
The Red Caps" started business In the
first Shannon hit to Toman and went
to third of the shortstops tumble and
bad throw. billiard hit safely, but Shan
non for some ma a HE re3 son
held on third billiard attempted to steal
second, but was thrown out Shannon
scoring on the play. Ryan hit safely.
stole second and went to third on Stew
arts error scoring on Brains hit to
Letcher, which Big Bill" dropped. Kel-
ley and Schafer were easy outs. Higgins
was first IN in the second and drew four
wide ones. Wilson sacrificed him to sec
ond and he stole third, scoring on Cooks
three-bagger. Shannon hit safely to
right and went to third on Letcher's sec
ond misplay Of the game Cook scoring.
Shannon scored on Dillards hy-out to left
field. Ryan was passed, but was caught
off first by Herman. After the second
the Saints did not a looI-in at the plate.
Omaha's first scores came in the sec
ond, when McAndrews the first man up
hit for two bags, and Toman followed
with a four acker over the right field
cycle track. 1t looked bad for Cook but
he Steadied down and allowed no more
runs until the eighth. when the visitors
made their third and final tally Buckley
was passed and went to second on Nc
andrews out at first. Toman scored
Buckley with a long single to right cen
ter. The next two went out on pop-ups
The visitors went into the final inning
with the .op of their batting list first
up bat three pop-ups sent the first three
heavy hitters to the bench in order
Score.