The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1901-09-22
CAME WAS A FARCE
BEATERS" TERRIBLE
DRUBBING
COOKS PITCHING WAS SUPERB
Visitors Lost Heart After First In
ming and saints Hammered
O'Reagan All Over
the Lot.

ball game was advertised for LeXing-
ton park yesterday afternoon, but none
came off. Just what the performance
should be called is hard to say, but at
any rate it was not a ball game A
thousand faithful fans journeyed out to
the grounds, expecting to see a heart
breaking contest between the Saints and
the widely heralded Waseca Giants
Many of the local enthusiasts manifested
great anxiety before the game, expecting
to see the country boys take the Saints
down the line at "a rapid clip. For just
one inning things looked promising.
After that it was an exhibition of horse
play When Shannon stepped up to the
plate to be neatly retired on three strikes
the fans settled back anticipating rare
sport. When billiard and Brain had
made safe drives and landed on the
bases. and Kelly and Schafer had been
unable to bring them in, there was a
quiet shaking of heads. Then the Wa
SEGA Giants had their first chance with.
the stick. Hoiic flew out to Holly and
Holland hit a fly to left that should have
been an out, but Holly. Brain and Hug
gins all Went for it, and Holland made
second in safety. Foot hit down to Dill
lard, who was forced to throw to Cook
at first, and as Cook was running hard
he fumbled the ball just long enough to
give Foot a life, and Holland sprinted
home. The first inning ended one to
nothing for the Giants and THE Il told
YOU So man got in his work. But after
that all was different The Saints began
to bump Mr.. O'Reagan with right good
zest. and a few breaks by Waseca
changed the entire complexion of the
game. In the second. after Holly had
flown out and Higgins drawn four balls,
wilson damned one to right field. Mr..
rHolic saw Higgins sprinting for third
and he made a wild drive with the ball
III the direction of Mr.. Hyde, but his
eyeSlght was poor and the ball went out
to the left bleachers and Wilson and
Huggins both scored. Then Shannon put
a little bunt in front of the plate The
ebony catcher picked the ball up and
hurled it far over first base to the fence
and Shannon trotted around the bases
and scored. Right there the Giants quit.
After that they played without life or
nope. Mr. O'Reagan threw up the flag
and prayed for the finish The merry
Apostles waded in and did things. slam
ming the bah all over the field until they
were tired of running, and finally Bill
Wilson sacrificed himself to the happi-
ness of the crowd by walking in. from
third and being put out.
The Saints scored in every inning after
the first. The Giants scored in the third
and fourth, thanks to the prowess of
Holland. Mr.. Holland was the only
member of the aggregation that left the
game with a clear conscience In the
third he hit a beauty right in the nose
and drove it away over HolIy's head for
three-bagger scoring on Foot's drive
through Brain. In the fourt-- he did the
same trick over again. but stretched it
into homer. All of Wasecas runs were
scored by Holland. In the third with
the bases full, Abbott came up as if he
would grasp the opportunity of a life
time and explode some fireworks. Cook
gave him the balls and things looked
bad. But Cook gave his trousers a hitch.
and sent three hot ones right over The
plate and Mr. Abbott retired, leaving his
three comrades to ponder: upon what
might have been =; 80
recount the manner in which the
SAINTS scored up inning after inning
would be tedious narration The game
was entirely listless and embarrassing.
lt was a. game without single. thrill in
it, Cook pitched mastery ball. striking
out ten men and allowing but six hits,
For the rest the score will suffice: