The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1904-07-15
.MILLERS CAPTURE
TEN.INNING BOUT
LOST GAME BUT WON OUT BY
RALLY.
Blunt Proposition, Coupled with al
'sT1it-It-Out' Incident, Turned the
Tide in Favor Of Locals After In
dianapolis Had Made the Pace.
Bv O'Louqhlln.


Very fine ghost dancing at the Nicollet
reservation yesterday afternoon. Inc
truthfulness Of the old adage that the
''only good Indian is a dead Indian was
exemplifed in the tenth inning. After
rendering the game to Indianapolis with
the compliments of Buck Weaver and An
drew jackson Oyler, the locals decided
that 1t would be a good thing to keep 1t,
and turned around and won in the tenth
inning.
Ford was pitted against Cromley and
came away with the best of 1t from the
Of control, Ford pitched mastery ball.
Crowley was throwing them in In that
easy, deceptive style peculiarly his own,
and for about nine innings the locals were
as puzzled as a Jasper in his first faro en-
gagement Not run was made by either
side until the eighth inning. Up to this
period Indianapolis had but one hit and
Minneapolis had scratched out but two.
Such heavy stick artists as Oyler, Fox
and McNichols, to say nothing OF the
lesser bat artists, Sullivan, Coulter and
Maloney, had failed to connect. Then In
dianapolis started what James Johnson
refers to as ''bloom1n' buntin',' and
trouble began.
Carr hunted one down in front Of the
plate and the half back Of the shadow
battery made bad throw to first. Berry
propelled an easy one down to the base
line but in a temporary absence Of judy
ment McNichols ran in so far that 1t
sailed over his head. Dickey followed
suit with another and the bases were
filed with Indians. Martin followed up
with another measly smack and Oyler
threw out Carr at the plate on the force.
Crowley dribbled another to Oyler, who
again tried for a plate shutout. While he
had thirty days to beat Berry, Andrew be-
came bothered with the opthalmic eye and
the charley horse arm at the same time.
AS a result Buck Weaver had to chassay
down third basewards to get the throw
and Berry wasn't picked. He lit in the
pan safe by two city blocks and the cop
| off duty. Indianapolis was then rounded
! up and the brand placed on sufficient
number to stop the going.
In the Minneapolis half Of the eighth
| there was no one working save Bauswine
All he did was to say You're out!'' thrice
In the ninth the Raschaupt rowdies at
tempted to grow too friendly again, but
Dickey struck out, while McCreery was or
third and anxious to get back to the
bench. Then came the tieup. Maloney put
D the pestle against the leather and Sull!-
van followed by wood massage good FOL
first. Coulter sent them along with g
sacrifice. Maloney made a beautiful rur
to score on it, but the Indianapolis infielC
put the pressure on him at the plate
Freeman, the one-legged wonder from the
coast, 1arruped the cue ball for clean.
cut two-bagger and Sullivan came home
as fast as the limited trains go thru st
Paul In the tenth inning indianapolis go
a man on first thru the Hberality of Ford
but he reached no farther. Then came thu
cataclysn1, when the little house of cards
was smeared all over the ears Of the Wis
itors
;! McNichols reached first thru an erro
by Crowley. Fox, the arlnored cruiser o
the fleet, put out a shot that went safe
and McNicl1ols reached second. Oyler fel
that If he wished to remain a citizen o
. Minneapolis it was up to him to do some
thing. He atoned for his nisdeed by send
ing clever bunt rolling just out of tn
. way Of the visiting harvesters, pushing
McNichols to third. Then Ford cause
the surprise Of the day and made single
landing McNichols across the plate, an,
the game was over. Following is tn
bookkeeper's story Of the game: