The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1901-06-16
SENSATIONAL BASE STEALING
Home Team PurIoinS Ten Bags-
CurIey and Ryan Contribute EIec-
tricaI Fielding Features
Parker Is in Form
Western League.
GAMES SCHEDULED FOR TODAY.
One ha at St. Paul.
Des Moines at Minneapolis.
Kansas City at Denver.
St Joseph at Colorado Springs

The Saints played baseball like four
time winners in the opening game with
Omaha at Lexington yesterday afternoon
and wen out easily. Breitenstein was in
the box for the locals and he allowed the
visitors but four hits, and two of these
were very scratchy. The little German
was a trifle wild, passing four men sn1
hitting two But for this it is doubtful
IL the visitors would have been able to
get a man past the second bag. The
Saints did not do any large amount Cf
batting, but they got enough hits and
they played an absolutely fiawless game
in the field. One other thing that stood
out prominently was the actions Of
Ryan's men on the bases They W MT
around the circuit like thoroughbred rae
ers. Every man on the team made it h s
business to keep going after he reached
first, and the result was ten stolen bags,
almost a record breaker in this line.
Parller's play In right field is deserving
of mention. He had very little to do in
the field and he made no hits, but he
stole three bases, sacrificed neatly tw &c
and made an assist on a line hit to short
right field.
Curley, who is to fill the shoes left va
cant by Crooks, made himself solid with
the fans by knocking down a nighttime
fly with one hand and catching It with
the other. 1t looked like a sure hit ami
would have been but for Curley's sensa-
tional play. The new man also hit safe
" when a hit was most needed, made
two of the eight runs, stole two bases
and played a perfect game in the field.
Ryan played a star game in left field,
taking all of the five chances that came
to him and making three hits and a sac
riflCe in five times at bat. Cogan was In
center and covered the field in fine shape.
Dillard, who replaces Werden IN fl st.
played the initial bag as though he had
done nothing else al his life. higgins,
Brain and Holmes went through th If
ltunts like clock work.
Omaha made two runs in the first in
ming. Hreitenstein hit Genins, the first
man up, and he was advanced to second
on Stewards secriice. McAnarews hit
safely. Letcher went out at first. Cal
houn drew Il pass, and, with the bases
full. Reidy hit safely, scoring two runs.
Toman flew out to Curley. The visitors
made their third and final run in the
fourth. Calhoun was passed and advanc-
ed to second on Reds sacrifice. Toman
hit safely and Calhoun went to thi d.
Buckley hit a long fly to Ryan and Cal
houn scored. The decision was very close,
but the general impression of the sp5c-
tators was that Calhoun was out. But it
made no difference at the end Of the
game.
The Saints came by their first two
scores in the third inning on very raw
work on the part Of the visitors. Curley
drew base on balls and went to second
on billiards. out to center field, but was
thrown out at third in an effort to steal
that bag. Ryan was hit and stole second.
Cogan hit to Reid and the big center
fielder dropped the bail. Cogan was run
ming like a deer and he simply kept on
going and made the circuit on Moan
drews' error at third base when the ball
was thrown TO him. Ryan scored ahead
of him on the same play. The score was
tied in the fifth, when Curley reach
first on Stewards error, stole second and
came in on Ryan's safe hit. Five more
runs were added in the sixth in a COM
bination Of smuggling arid hase-stea!iAg,
in which nearly every man on the team
figured. There is some question if the
Saints would have been retired had not
Caruthers become tired of the cannonad-
ing and called Ryan out at the pate,
when he was as safe as a new dollar bill
turned out at the mint. The score: