The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1901-07-14
ALL GLORY TO ELKS
FIRST REAL EXHIBITION OF BALL
WAS AT LEXINGTON
YESTERDAY
COMMERCIAL CLUB LOSES
Mr.. Lennon Weeps to Think His
own Team Is Not Present
to Take in Point
ers.
COMMERCIAL CLUB LOSES


Club met on the field Of battle-Iexing-
ton park-and babtled FOR the supremacy
or the diamond yesterday afternoon.
That is what the spectators and play
6rs say and there were lot Of them
the-e too. The G o b must apologize
for the fact that it is unable to vouch
Tor this itself and is compelled to take
the word Of the specta tors but the fact
of the matter is that the professional
scorer vas sent out to take a detailed
account cf the game and, at late hour
lie had not reported at the Office. He
was seen to leave the grounds mutter-
Ing 10 himself ana examining his score
book with q, wild look in his eyes Since
that time there has been no trace of him.
Tee rolce have been notified and, in The
meantime the best account possible
under the circumstances will be given of
the game
Arte White, Tom Mccormick and
George Lennon, he of professional base
ball fame, were among the players and
al agreed that it was a great game
Artie was especially sure that it was the
best ever, and Lennon expressed regret
that he did not have his professional
nine on the ground He was quite GER
tain that they would EaVe Eeen able to
pick Up a lot of fine points that are now
unknown to them and he actually wept
as he said that there were so many that
well enough to tell Ryan about them ON
the return of the team.
ABOUT THE GAME.
But it is time 10 tell about the game
itself. First of all it must be mentioned
that sd Reeves and Preston divided time
in being heroes. Reeves is credited with
saving the day for the Elks and enabling
them to walk away with game that
was apparently lost Sid really was not
a member Of the team, but was called
out to replace a desertCr and with his
coming the tide turned. Preston gained
fame by hammering out the only home
run made in the game which brought the
Commercial club up to a tie and gave
them new courage that would probably
have Won them the game but for the
fact that they stacked ii up against the
hitting powers of the Elks and the cour-
age went glimmering at the first on
SlaUght.
The I1lks started out like a whirlwind
Snyder, MacNeider and DefieI were the
first three men up and they landed on
Lanpher'S curves for TWO singles and a
CouEle. These hits, together with an err
ror Melted the Elks three runs. In the
next inn ng Lanpher was touched up for
four more hits and four more runs
crossed the plate 1t is said that a
couple of these runs may be credited TO
errors in the field, Lanpher steadied up
in the next inning and struck out Nc
Cormick Bryant and Tourney. In the
meantime the Commercial club had not
been doing well as run-getters Their
best efforts brought out but three runs
and they were four to the bad at the
opening of the fourth. The Elks added
two in the fourth and then it was de-
cidod TO make a switch in pitchers and
Lennon was called in from the short field
and put in the box For a time after
that it locked like it was all up with the
pest People" for in the next three in
ninSs they failed to put a man across
the plate while the Commercial club had
been doing business at the old stand.
They failed to land in the fourth, bat in
the fifth they crawled up a few notches.
Gooch offered himself for the sacrifice
and heroically put his ribs in front of
one of Pitcher Cannon's benders. I'm
pire Whitmore insisted that he take his
base although he begged to be allowed
another chance to take a swat at one of
Canncns balls. Then followed a two
base hit by Fotte and some clever base
stealing and two runs resulted.
COMMERCIALS STOCK RISES.
But it was in the sixth and seventh
innings that the Commercial club stock
went soaring. In the sixth base on balls
TO Fahnestock and Pendergast's hit, cou-
pied with few errors Melted two runs.
Then came double play. Following this
Gooch drew four wide ones, and then it
was that Preston made an everlasting
name for himself. With two out and one
man on bases and two runs needed to
tie he damned the ball far into the out
field and circled the bases. The score
was tied and Pitcher Cannon was all in
MacNeider was sent to the slab, but one
inning saw Macs finish. The Commercial
men were too many for him. He lasted
but one inning, and in that time the
club went four to the good. 1t looked
like the Elks were doomed to defeat, but
they called on their old-time standby
Detiel to finish the game and after that
the Commercials added but one more
tally while the Elks were busy hammer
Ing Lennon all over the lot
George did right well while he lasted
but the end did not come quick enough
for in the last two innings the Elks
landed total of fifteen runs and won
out in walk. During the last two inn
inss Lanpher and Foote assisted Lennon
in doing stunts in the box One would
pitch few minutes and then the other
but even their combined and united eff
forts We're useless, for the Elks We're out
to win and win they did.
capt. Whitmore and w. J. Tompkins
kindly volunteered to act as umpires and
their work was at times very bad ac-
cording to all reports. 1t is understood
that they really did excellent work in
that they followed the rules laid down
in books on umpiring, but that this did
not suit the players who asionalIy,
thought up a few new rules of their own
as occasion demanded, and insisted that
they be followed At one stage of the
proceedings it was necessary to call in
Sergt. Call and a squad of his metro
politan police, who were on the field, to
prevent threatened bloodshed
SCORER SHOWS UP.
1871 a. m.-The police have just come
In with the professional scorer. and, to
all appearances he is a jibbering idiot.
The hospital physicians who have had
q look at him say that there is but a bare
possibility that his reason Will ever re-
turn. He mutters to himself all the time
and seems to be saying: Lennon goes
from short to pitch to third base to
pitch to short; Preston from second to-
10 catch to short, while Lanpher
switches from pitcher to oatcher-say. Will
somebody tell me who that little fat hov
is who was on third few minutes ago
and has apparently switched places with
that ether little fat boy in right-who is
1t that is playing center now-who is
that new fellow at bat-Lennan from
short to pitcher to third and there he
is pitching again-what has become of
Foote?" 1t is apparently a clear case,
with very little hope. Sergt Call saws
that the players switched about a good
deal, and he seems to think that that
may be the cause of the trouble He
may come out all right The book in
which the tabulated score Of the game
was kept has been secured from the pro-
-'ssional after hard fight, and here is