The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1901-06-28
Big Bill Wilson and Little Higgins
Weld the Willow with Manly
Art-LOcaIs Were
Crippled
western League.
GAMES SCHEDULED FOR TO-DAY.
Colorado Springs at st. Paul.
Denver at Mime apolls.
Kansas City at Omaha
St Joseph at Des Moines.

The Saints won the final game with
Denver in an ideal uphill fight The Wis
itors took advantage of circumstances
that turned things their way in the first
inning and piled UP five runs. Ryan's
men have. until yesterday, been easy
losers under similar conditions, but there
is a turn in every tide and that turn
came to the Saints yesterday Every
man on the team went to work with Il
will and every man is entitled to a share
of the honCrs. but It must be said at
the start that the victory was due in
great measure, TO the magnificent
pitching Of Breitenstedn and a great
streak of batting on the part Of Hug
gins and Wilson
McGI was scheduled to pitch for the
Saints and he tried his hand at it for
q few minutes III the first inning. In
those few minutes he put the visitors
in such a position that they scored
five Of the six runs Five men faced
Willie; he gave two bases on balls, hit
one man, made a wild pitch and one
error After that McGill decided Of
his own accord. that he was not in con-
dition and went out Of the game Cogan
was not i'm shape 10 pitch SO Capt. Brain
called Bretenstein in from right field
and sent Cogan out to cover that gar
den In addition TO the other hard luck
RYan's lame SIDE prevented his playing
and this made ii necessary to send Lip
pert to left field and billiard to center,
while Holmes covered the initial bag
With three pitchers i'll the game, a sub
stitute catcher on first and one of the
heaviest hitterS on the team out of it,
1T looked like a hard proposition, and it
locked harder after the first two men
to face Breiterstcin damned the ball out
for threC-sacker and a single, scor-
Ing five runs That wound up the run.
ting
the ninth inning, when a hit and two
errors let in their final tally.
SAINTS CLIMB THE HILL.
In the meantime the Saints were pill
ms the runs up one and two at time
1t was hard work, but the boys seemed
to like it ard, in the sixth inning when
they went enc run tc the good, they
had confidence enough to overcome an
ether lead Of FIVE
Butler was on the slab for the visitors,
and he had things all his own way I'M
til the third inning. Then the fun start
ed. Wilson put one through the center
of the diamond for bag, and cogan
duplicated the trick Brei.enstein ,lew
out to Jones. Then billiard hit. past
second for a bag. and the bases were
full when Lippert hit to Hickey 1t should
have been an easy double, but Hickey
fumbled the ball and all hands were safe
with Wilson across the plate Brain hit
high fly to right field, and Cogan seor-
ed. Holly went out from Butler to Har-
desty. Higgins opened the next inning
with long fly just inside the right foul
line that carried him to second, and he
went to third on Holmes out. from
Hickey to Hardesty. Wilson hit to
Hickey, and an effort was made to cut
Huggins off at the plate, but Sullivan
dropped the bal Bretenstein was an
easy out. and Cogan flew out to Dundon.
The Saints tied the score in the next
inning, with Higgins again playing a
stellar part. billiard and Lippert were
first up, and were easy outs. Then Brain
and Holly lifted the ball out for singles,
and Higgins followed with hit over the
center felder's head, making his second
two-bagger, and scoring Brain and Holly.
After that it was all over but the shout
ing. Two hits and a sacrifice brought In
the sixth run in the sixth inning. One
more was added in the seventh on a
hit to Brain, an error by Butler and a
long fly to center field by Holmes. on
which Brain scored.
BAT OUT THE FINISH.
Butler pitched but four halls in the
eighth inning, and the Saints went down
in order, but in the ninth they got the
range again and an awful slaughter fol-
lowed. Lfppert was retired by Hickey
and Hardesty. Brain hit safely to right
Rettger let the ball go through MIN, snd
Brain went to second. Holly was out.
from Mohler to Hardesty. With two
gone. Higgins, for the third time, landed
safely on the leather, sending Brain to
third Holmes nit safely to center and
scored Brain. Higgins was also digging
for the plate on the same play, and Nc
Hale threw in to cut him off. The throw
was beauty, but Sullivan and Higgins
got mixed up at the plate and Hug
landed safely. Wilson followed Higgins
lead and drew his third safe hit, and
then Cogan sent both him and Holmes
across the plate with a beautiful two
sacl0er to left field. Cogan tried to
stretch the hit into a three-bagger and
WAS ninnnd