The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1904-05-18
WALLOPING WAS
A DESERVED one
MILLERS PLAY RAGGED BALL
WITH KATOLL MODELLING.
Chances to Score Spoiled by Poor
Base Running and Inability to Hit
in Pinches-Heydon Wild, but Had
a Hoodoo on Watkins Men.

A great American novel entitled
"Asleep at the Switch, or Sand in KatolPs
Elbow might be written about yester-
days walk around at Nicollet park The
millers were lambasted so hard that they
left the field in a trance, and by rights
the beating was richly deserved. If the
cavorting Of the locals was the result of
playing from bench signals, then the man
who gave the signals should be officially
stung by a hornet.
KatoI was about as effective as jap
anese paper napkin in Louisiana levee
break. About all that he had was a white
uniform and a pair Of toeplates. Glendon
was as wild and nervous as st. Louis
alderman, but dumb plays, stupid base
running and punk hitting cut off Mime
apolis when there was chance to do
something. It was a complete reversal In
form from the game Of the previous day.
The game started snappy. The first In
ming was blank for both and neither SIDE
transacted business in the second. Column
bus gavea symptom of what was coming
in the third when Fox and Leslie gave
vaudeville stunt on Charley horse throw
ing and ball battling. Things looked seri-
olis but the crisis was postponed Mime
apolis did nothing in the third, fourth anu
fifth, but Clyner's meal tickets started 1t
in the fourth. Kihm walloped one OF Ka-
tolls dinky slants and Clymer followed up
with q second CWO-DdSSeT. hluIIl SSOISN
and the next three batters were assimi-
| lated.
| In the fifth the Columbus aggregation
| tore up sod, volleyed hits thru the dfa-
| mond and ran around the square until
| their tongues hung out. At the close
Watkins men were grouped In center
! field and looking skyward for fear the
stars would fall on them next. Glendon
| started 1t with single. Davis made q
| orif carved hinRle to
right F'riel drew four balls and Kihm did
| the same Clymer then came up with
| nothing much on his mind but hair and
thoughtlessly slipped two dagger card
| under M. Katolps door. The next two
offenders were throttled. When the off,
cial scorer had made his deductions and
shifted his Battle AK to the opposite side
| of his face he unctiously announced that
! four runs had been made on three hits.
| Whereupon man in the bleachers wear
| ing straw horse hat suggested, ribaldly,
| that the game be adjourned and the score
| made unanimous.
In the sixth Minneapolis scored one on
Coulters hit, Weavers out and Lally's
] single Despite the fact that Yeager
| walked in the Columbus half the fielders
thwarted Katolls effort to start some
thing in that inning. Columbus was
blanked in the seventh and Minneapolis
should have scored, but for McNichols' in
sane attempt to come home from third on
a short fly out by Leslie. Columbus
scored in the eighth when Martin lit upon
Katoll for three-bagger and Bridwell
and Yeager touched him up for singles.
Minneapolis did nothing in the last half
of the inning. In the ninth kim drew
another pass, went second on hit by
Martin and scored on another by Bridwell
Minneapolis then took brace, but toe
late Oyler reached first on an error, and
Katoll, singled. McNichols drew base on
balls and Fox forced Oyler out at the
plate. Maloney singled and Katoll and
Nichols scored. Center field flies ended
the agony.
To-day Stimmel is slated to pitch while
Munich, Thomas and some Of the unseer
twirlers are resting their arms. John Ma
larky is scheduled to twirl for the Column
bus combine and fast ball may be ex-
pected. Following is the statistical story