The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1903-05-02
Put UP A FAST GAME
But the Millers Lose the Opening
Contest Of the Season to
Brewers.
ST., vrain Weakens in, the Fifth In
ming and Milwaukee, Gets
Four Runs.

1t might have been the parade before
the game; 1t might have& been that the
brewers are better cold weather men than
the millers; certainly part Of It was
Meredith's pitching. Anyway Wilmot's s
men lost the opening game on the home
grounds. and made it nine straight.
The 1903 millers made their debut with
much ceremony and great eclat. CITY OF
flctals, newspaper men, members OF the
opposing teams, and various high school
players enjoyed a free ride In hired hacks,
and caused small sensation on the bust
ness streets early in the afternoon. When
the procession reached Nicollet park, Rey.
G. l.. Morrill, delivered short preach
ment upon the ethics of the game. Tele-
graphic regrets from Mayor j. G. Haynes
were read, and Frank Macdonald. sec
rotary to the mayor, pitched the first
a swipe at the leather, but he would have
needed a telegraph pole to reach 1t. After
these ceremonies the game proceeded
without additional frills.
The eclat above mentioned lasted until
the fifth inning, when-but this is antici-
pating. President Johnston was warned a
few days ago by superstitious fans that
the millers could not possibly win the
game If he persisted in carrying out his
plans for the parade, but Edward was
stubborn and continued blindly in his
course. For a few brief moments 1t
Vrain was elected to roll them down the
alley for the millers, and altho he got
several splits in the first four frames, he
always managed to land the spares.
Meanwhile the stocky southpaw's team
mates had been saving wood. In the
second round Minneapolis by some clever
base running got a score off one dinky
int1eld hit, and in the second Lally' s
double and McCreery's long single to right
enabled the locals to count again.
In the fifth inning, however, St, Vrain
broke his pick. With one man down and
two strikes on Meredith, he passed the
twirler, and little Willie Phyle swatted
the pigskin for two sacks. Donohue's
fly to left scored Meredith, and Oyler's
bad throw. of Dunleavy's grounder let
Phyle in. In the sixth three singles and
a sacrifice scored two more. Wilmot then
called Lefty Sporer from the paddock, and
= the run getting stopped, but as the mill
ers couldn't hit Meredith, the brewers re-
tained their lead.
Altogether the millers made a very IA
vorable impression, if they did lose the
game. The fielding was fast, tho both
Oyler and Hoffmeister were guilty Of what
the parvenus call 'fawkes pass. The
bunt game was worked nicely on the few
occasions when the millers got men on
the sacks, and some daring base running
enlivened the performance. In the sec
ond; the millers literally stole a run. With
Yeager, at third and Wilnot at second
Mcintyre hit to Meredith, who caught the
big catcher between. third and home
Meanwhile Mcintyre had reached first
safely, and started on his way to Sec
ond. He also was caught between sacks
but Willnot made dash for home, anc
got there partly by virtue of Schaf1y's
bad throw, Mcintyre landing at second.
Yeager's catching was a feature of the
game. Schafly, the only brewer who hat
a oa1~itv 10 tr1y TO INfr scr nd
tried the trick twice, but Yeager nippet
him both times by clean throws. Yeagel
also caught DUNCAN mapping on first ant
retired the side in the first inning. Lally'!
hitting was another feature. Dan made
three clean Hits, one two-bagger. The