The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1902-07-11
MANAGER kELLEY'S DREAM.

The manager lay sleeping on sultry
summer night;
Twas restless, ftfui slumber-things had
not, been breaking right.
Some or his men were crippled, some had
jumped to pastures new,
And Michael. as a consequence, was feel
ing rather blue;
He tossed about uneasily, till, just ere
A vision came. that for the time, drove
carking care away.
He dreamt that the Apostles were a.
furlong in the Lead,
Two hundred points DER Louisville, a
mighty start, indeed!
That every man upon the team was play
ing wondrous ball,
That every city in the league was root
ing for st. Paul,
That PittSburg wasn't one, two, three
with his fast, brainy bunch,
Who were mauling their opponents as a
hired man maulS his lunch.
He dreamt that on the players bench a
wise reporter sat
Who told Pat billiard how to hold his
truSty oaken bat,
And criticised Spike Shannon on the way
he ran the bases,
And made the boys all knuckle down, and
kept them in their places;
In short, with such great wisdom he di-
rected every play
That Michael went way back, and didn't
have a word to say.
He told the pitchers what to throw,
made "Stim" increase his speed
Made ''Fergy' use his noddle more, made
Chech reduce his feed,
Urged Richard Cogan not to use his
'Slow one" In a pinch.
In other words, he fixed it so the pennant
was cinch.
The Colonies and the HooSierS both were
put to utter rout-
Just then the old alarm went off, and
Kelley's pipe was out!
This afternoon the Saints begin a
three game series with Milwaukee. The
stein. grabbers are playing fast game,
Saints will have to work hard
1t was an off afternoon, and Shannon
was the lone man offered a chance who
number of the "first-one-over' variety,
but that did not appear to help any. AS
the sage of the press box refuses to at
tend games played in Minneapolis, he
escaped many wild chickering's and heart
burningS.
The big yellow ad on the center field
fence at Nicollet park has been daubed
over with green paint. The players COM
planned that the yellow background inter
fered with their hitting.
Ouillin would show much better at
short if he would forget his posing. At
bat. too, he stands just like you see them
in the pictures.
Lumley was out of the game again
Geier's thumb is still in bad shape, but
field. Right at the start off he got the
injured thumb under Werdens long drive,
and Ferguson played the field in his
place.
Not a base on balls was issued during
the game. Things went too fast, and
the players figured they had a better
chance by lacing the ball at the fielders
Stimmel had an awful time fielding
Byers bunt in the. seventh. He grabbed
the ball several times but in his hurry
always dropped it again. When he at
last picked the ball up Byers was. safe at
Mike Lynch once again starred as the
burly base runner. Lynch tears down
the paths, and the man who refuses to
get out of the way is bumped into-if he
is a small man. Some day a collection of
sharp spikes will be waiting for Lynch
When he gets out of the hospital he will
not have to ask anone why he got it.
CribbinS used quiet smile all through
the game. Knobs laced out a two-sacker
just to help rub 1t into the local man
agement
With Geier and Lumley out of the game
the Saints are in bad shape and the
fanatics should not blame the players
for the smashup that arrived yesterday.
Lumley will be in the game by Saturday,
and little PIERCE is almost ready to take
his turn behind the bat Geier's thumb
was split open again yesterday, but the
third baSeman believes he will be back
before the Sunday game.