The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1901-05-20
SAINTS COULDN'T FIND EYLER
AIountaineers Batted Knepper All
over the FieId-Raw Work by
Parker Prevents Saints
From Scoring.
w cGStern League.
GAMES TODAY.
No games scheduled for today.

denver captured the sthird ana final
came or the series at Lex ng;on yester-
day afternoon. The Saints did not sue
ceed in getting man across the pate.
Whlle the Colorado people accumulated
seven runs and the only wonder is that
they were contented with so few. Knep-
per was on the slab for the Saints ard
he proved an easy pros osition. The
Denver men hit him aim cst at Will and
made ii point at all times TO knock
the cover off the ball when hits were
needed to bring runs in. Eyer was IN
the box for the visitors This Eyler is
baseball pitcher. He has demon
strated that fact before and clinched the
matter beyond al argument yesterday.
To go back into history little 1t was
this same Eyler who pitched the only
game that St. Paul lost in Denver. In
that game he held the Saints down to
two runs Ssd five hits. And it was this
same EypT who beat the Millers in
one to two game and allowed them but
one hit. Yesterday he allowed but three
hits and struck out eight Of the Saints.
billiard was the only man on the team
who was able to make good Pat landed
on the bail for three safe ones in the
four times that he was at bat. but it
so happened that each of his hits came
at a time when It did not assist in run
getting Twice the Saints filed the
Parker who is hired to play right field
and bat when his turn comes, but he
failed to make good in each instance. In
addition to his poor work with the stick
Parker played a very bad right field. He
is credited with but one error in the
score but that is because the rules do
not allow errors for bad judgment.
RUNS IN FIRST INNING.
Denver began the run-getting IN the
first inning Knepper gave Radcliffe
four wide ones and Mohler sent him to
second with a neat sacrifice. Hickey
mt the ball out in Parker's territory
for two bases and sent Radcliffe home.
Bradley went out from Crooks to Wer-
den, but Leewe Jared better He picked
out a nice one and placed it just far
enough in front of Ryan so that he could
not get it. and Hickey scored on the hit
Preston drove one down to Werden ana
went out at first. Brown opened the
second inning with a safe hit to Par er
field, but no runs resulted as oullivan van
few out to Werden and Eyler went out
from Higgins to Werden. Radcl1ne
drew his second free ticket but Mohler
nut the ball to Brain and was thrown
ont at first. In the third, fourth. fifth
and sixth the visitors were BANKED.
Denver added two more runs III the
seventh on hits by Preston. Brown ana
liNler. a SaCIlliCe ny ouAilNe'A' S'iAN
bv Brain and Dnlard. Prestons three
bagger in the eighth, following Parker
error on Leewes fly, added one more
The visitors had a cinch on the game,
but they decided to make it good and
fatten their batting average at the same
time. so they acquired enough runs In
the ninth to make total Of seven on
hits by Eyler, Radcliffe and Bradley.
COULDN'T GET IN.
At two stages of the game it looked
as though the Saints would get in with
the running. In the opening inning
Crooks drew a base on balls and Dillard
followed with a safe hit. Ryan sacri-
feed and Werden drew a base on balls.
With the bases full the best that Brain
could do was an easy grounder to Rad
cliffe. who threw Crooks out at the
plate There were still three men on
bases when Parker came up, but they
never. got away, for he put a nice little
fly SQUARE in Bradleys hands. In the
sixth Crooks led off by tanning the air.
Dilard hit safely and Ryan drew four
wide ones Werden hit to Leewe, and
an effort was made to get Ryan at Sec
ond, but AIohler failed to make good at
his end and the bases were again full
with Brain up. This time Brain took all
the blame on himself for he struck out.
1t was up to Parker again, but the
best ne could do was a hit to Leave
that forced Werden at second. At no
other stage of the game did the Saints
set a man past second base. The score: