The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1903-07-11
BASEBALL
SHUT OUT BREWERS
Millers Play Brilliant Game, Out
chasing the League Leaders
From the Start.
Game Is Cinched in First by Bunch
ing Hits Off the Mighty
Elliott.

Heady: pitching by vasbinder at criti-
cal times, with fast fielding. and bunch
ing Of hits: on Elliott, gave the niiers the
first game of the Milwaukee series yester-
day afternoon 1t was also the first shut
out Of the season on the home grounds.
j. Altho- the score looks one sided. the
game was a pretty one to watch 1or
the play was brilliant on both sides, and
the millers had to do their prettlest IN
several innings to keep the brewers from
scoring With Vasbinder In his best form,
however the millers gobbling everything |
IN the. field, Milwaukee was unable TO push
a run across. The millers showed q COM
plete reversal of form. With the excep-
tion of Ludwigs tumble OF Unglauos
short hit in the sixth, the team played a !
faultless game. The .outfeld made sew
eral sensa tional catches, ana the lnhelo
played together like clockwork. That sort
of ball will win at least two games OUT OF
three. =: IS -
Opposed to Cy vasbinder was the only |
Claude Elliott, the apple Of CantiAon's eye,
Elliott pitched good enough ball to win
most games. The millers were lucky IN
their hitting. however, and only two OF
their seven drives went to waste. In the
first round they opened up on Elliott and
drove in brace Of talltes. McCreery
opened with corking single, and after
Spooner famed, Lally got In the way OF
an inshoot and walked to first. Elmer
Smith was there with the goods, sending
Creery. Sharp work by Hemphill held
Lally at second, and McIntyre's single
little later only scored one man. With
Smith at third and Mcintyre at the half
way station, Martin had a chance to dis
tinguish himself. but Elliott had him buff
faloed and the captains strike-out re-
tired the side. ..
Runs came slowly after that In the
fourth with one gone, Mcintyre. drove
one to the right field fence. 1t struck
. on top and bounded over, Mac completing
the circuit In the seventh McCreery
soaked one for three sacks and Spooner's
long fly scored him. That was all the
millers got, altho they lost two chances
to score. In the sixth Smith walked, FL
liott missed Orier's bunt putting two
on the sacks with none down. but the
next three were easy outs.
Another possible run was lost IN the
fifth, when .Spooner singled and stole sec
ond. Lally drove a long fly to Hemphill,
and Spooner, without waiting to see II the
ball was caught, sprinted for home.
Hemphin gathered in the hit and doubled
Spooner at second. It was not only bad
judgment on Spooner's part, but bad work
on the coaching lines. If none Of the
other players can instruct a runner prop
erly, Manager Yeager should get into uni
form and use his own voice q little.
The brewers had a chance to score In
the second, but were shut off by a snappy
play in the infeld. With Hemphill at
third land GanleN. at first, and two down,
Ganley started a double steal. Ludwig
threw to Martin, who quickly shot the
ball to Mcintyre, catching Hemphill off
the sack Again in the thru; with first
and second occupied. Mcintyre made a
good stop of Woods mean grounder, and
tagged Schlafly, who was sprinting toward
third. In the sixth and eighth, again, a
hit would have meant run for the brew
ers, but Vasbinder let out another notch
and the batters failed to make good.
Two hard catches by Lally and Smith
enlivened the game. Dan cut Unglauh
out Of a two-bagger In the fourth by pull
ing down a long fly after desperate
sprint" Smith in, the seventh: picked a
drive by Viox: off the right field fence
Oyler and Martin also did fast work. -
Cantillon started coaching from the
bench in the fifth, and was ordered Off the
grounds by Cunningham. Cantillon de-
clined to go until Cunningham called fol
a policeman, when he remembered the
5000 fine incurred at Indianapolis an6
concluded that discretion. was the better
part Of lobstinacy.- .-......-.-
49, To-morrows game between the brewert
and the rnillers at Minnehaha will chose
the series. Monday afternoon the miller.
will assist the st. Paul outfit to open tn,
new down. town park Yesterday's score