The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1903-05-19
BASEBALL.
GIVE GAME AWAY
Mil1ers Wear Their Batting Clothes,
but Leave Their Brains in
the Trunk.
Yellow Fielding and Mutton Head
ed Base Running Give Vic
tory to St. Paul.

Most of the spectators at yesterday s
Il game at Nicollet park did not know
whether to be more amused or dlsgusted
at the exhibition furnished by the mill
ers.
The ST. Paul aggregation did it's very
best to hand the game to Yeager's bunch,
but the locals were much too generous
to take advantage Of their opponents
moments of weakness. Not satisfied with
contributing some fielding of the bush
league variety. the millers deliberately ran
off the bases, and fairly forced the saints
to tag them out, when all things We're
favorable for the locals scoring runs by
the bushel.
After calm consideration, it appears that
most of the rnillers should be scolded,
but not turned adrift. There are few,
however, who have a good hard slap on
the ankle coming. Prominent among the
latter are Daniel Lally, Andy Oyler and
Cy Vasbinder, all of whom, speaking
more with regret than with irritation.
have something coming.
Vasbinder pitched his second game Of
the season yesterday, and with good sup
port by his team mates in the field and
Oh the bases, would have won without
trouble. The saints got only nine hits
off the elongated twirler. and altfo eight
of these were punched in the last three
Innings, there was no adequate excuse
for kellys men scoring nine runs in that
period. When a. team can bunch ten hits
in two rounds, as the mlers did yester-
day. and still lose the game. there is
something sphacelated in the realm Of
Denmark. The millers accomplished this
feat by some of the most thick headed
base running it has ever been the mis-
fortune of the fans to see at Nicollet
park. The work Of the locals on the sacks
has never been above criticism. but yes
terday they fairly outdtd themselves.
How the Game Was Lost.
five innings, the nnillers opened up on
him for fair In the sixth. Smith flied
to Jackson but Lally hit safely, and
Jackson helped by booting the ball. Nc
Creepy laced one against the right field
fence, and landed on third before the
sphere was returned. Then Yeager drew
base and Mcintyre and Spooner hit
safely, filing the sacks, McCreery having
scored on the Scotchman's swat.
With two runs in and the bases filed,
things looked rosy. Oyler dumped one
safe in left. and Yeager scored The sacks
were still filled, but here the nillers made
their first really serious effort to give st.
second on his hit, and then, seeing that
second on his hit. and them seeting that
Mcintyre and Spooner were camped on Sec
ond and third, tried to get back to first.
He slipped. and Higgins had him cornered
before he could recover.
Then ensued one of the most amusing
but pathetic scenes in baseball history
Higgins ran wildly all around the dia-
,mond chasing first one and then another
OF the runners; Yeager In his excitement
scampered clear out to second base to
coach his men; Mcintyre hung between
third and home as tho anchored. Finally
Higgins tagged Oyler, and then Mcintyre
made his dash for the plate but was
caught, retiring the side. 1t is doubtful
II there have been many instances of two
men being put out on a safe hit
Still it did not look then as tho the
game was in danger, for Vasbinder had
only allowed three men to reach first in
SIX innings. and a shut out for st. Paul
seemed the logical finish. In the next
round however, Oyler let Marcan's
grounder thru him. Wheeler fouled out.
but 3Huggins singled. PIERCE hit to avs
binder who folded the ball home, Marcan
was caught, betfeen third and home, but
after Mcintyre and Yeager had chased him
along the base line a while, Macs throw
got away from the catcher, and Marcan
scored Then Sullivan hit fly to left
which Lally might easily have caught but
ne declined to exert himself, and the ball
cropped safe. Sullivan was. caught at sec
ond, and Corbett famed.
Some Yellow Fielding.
IS The mil1ers were still one to the good
with good chance to bat out more runs
or Corbett, but in the next round some
ochre- colored fielding, coupled with three
Us Us eoNe Lie SAINTS nVe. Ihey got two
more in the ninth, which, as the niillers
had accumulated another in the eighth.
left Ke1ly's men five ahead, Even then
the m1llers could have tied the score but
Tor. some stupid work on the sacks by Vas
binder. Wheeler juggled aMrtin's ground
er, and Vasbinder singled. Jackson held
3 Martin at second, and Vasbinder, follow
ing Oyler's example in the sixth, overran
hrst and was put out Four good clean !
hits followed, scoring four runs Had.
5Vasb1nder behaved himself, the score
would have been tied The horrible d.