The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1901-05-28

Denver at DeS Moines.
Dick Cogan struck out twelve COWBOYS
at Lexington yesterday afternoon, and.
in addition TO this, the visitors piled
mp SIX large and costly errors; but the
fates. and other Things, were against
the Saints and the opening game with
Tebeaus Kansas City team went to
3he bad
In spite of Cogaa's great strike out rec
ord ne was nit hard, for the Cowboys
accumulated ten safe drives with a two
baggcr and a triple mixed in. And it
was Cogau who made tue error that let
lIetchuru get to first in the ninth, and
he afterwards scored the winning run.
But it was a hard game to lose and the
visitors won it simply and solely because
the Saints could not hit the ball They
made the magnificent record of four safe
drives in the game and three of these
were made by Andrews and Parker two
discarded nelders who were forced into
the game through force OF circum-
stances One additional nit by anybody,
and almost at any stage of the game.
would have won it safe and sound, but
the hit did not come
Higgins and Crooks, as usual, played
n star game in the field each accepting
every chance that offered. Andrews, who
replaced billiard in center, let one ground
ball go through MIN and badly misiudged
q fly, but neither error resulted in runs.
Hardesty. VINO played the short field
for the visitors, HAD a very bad day
He made four bad errors, and three Of
them we're extremely costly, and were
practically responsible for three Of the
four runs made Icy the Saints.
Ryans men made their first runs in the
third inning Wilson led off and reached
first on Hardesty's error but was forced
out by Cosan who attempted TO sacrifice
he h.11 ~,
time for him Ia cut Wilson Oft at second
Crooks hit to l4arGesty and the shortstOp
again made a bad fumEle and all hands
were safe. A1jdrews followed with a
cprkirg lie drive over center which scored
Cogan and sent Crooks to third. Ryan
also hit to the short field and Hardesty,
in an effort to get Andrews at second,
threw badly and again all hands were
safe, and Crooks mad scored ON the play.
Werden hit to HaIdesty and the big
shortstop finally got down to business
cutting off RYAN a . second while Andrews
scored. Brain fouled out to Messett.
DREW SIX BLANKS.
The visitors were BANKED from the
first to the sixth inning and then the
fireworks began. Miller was first up ana
Tanned. Cogan hit Hardesty. Beville
drove the ball through the diamond for
a base, and O'Bren followed with a safe
mt TO ParkerS field that scored both
Hardesty and Beville, while O'Br,en went
TO second on the THROWN Robinson was
next up. He had famed twice and the
general superstition was that he might
do 1t again, bat instead he landed on the
bal like pile driver and when it finally
got back from center field the short
young man was perched on third base
and the score was tied. Messett put the
Cowboys one to the good with a hit to
center. Rettger went out from Higgins
TO Werden and Ketchum famed.
The Saints tied the score in their half
of the inning with the assistance of Rett-
ger Brain was the first man up and he
hit to Rettger. The pitcher made a very
bad throw to first and Brain went to sec
ond on the error, and was sacrificed to
third by Parker. 1t was Midget" Hug
gins who again came to the rescue in
the emergency, for he hit the ball way
out in center, and while it was an easy
out so far as Higgins was concerned l.
was just as good as a safe drive, for
1t sent Brain across the plate on the
THROWN. That wound up the run getting
Tor the Saints. Ryan called Thomas in in
the final inning to bat for Wilson, and
the big fellow reached first on Robin
sons error, but no one could help him
along and he was left there at the close.
The winning run came to the visitors
in their half of the ninth. Ketchum hit
a difficult bunt along the right foul line.
CGSan went after the ball and with per-
feet play it would have been an out, but
he fumbled badly. That error cost the
game, for Hartman sacrificed to Kct-
chum to second and went to third on
Miller's out from Brain to Werien and
scored on Hardesty's safe hit back of
second. The score: