The Saint Paul globe., 1904-08-31
A swatfest for the Saints!

A SWaC16St Tor the oalnlS!
Whether Willy Reidy went into yester--
days game under the hallucination that
he was an aeronaut doing cloud chasing
stunts at the state fair. is not a matter
of record, but that he had Santos Du-
mont looking like a selling platter was a
certainty. And the slaughter was awful!
Seventeen safe SwatS, including Two
hOmerS. was the record that fattened the
batting averages of .Kelley's bunch and
won the game against Louisville. u TO. Z:
There was nothing to it after the third
inning. The ball was cracked out over
the fence with such astonishing regulafl-
ty that Umpire Klein was obliged to enter
a requisition for another dozen of the
spheres after seven had been lost. Mean
while Reidy refused to come down out OF
the clouds and handed out easy. ones until
even the time-tIi fans howled to the
Saints to show mercy.
Chech. for St Paul pitched a steady
game keeping the, hits well scattered,
save in the fourth inning. when a base
on balls. a tN9o-bagger by Hart and safe
one by Arndt netted the Colonels two
In the first three innings neither side
scored. nor was there any danger Of
scoring apparent. 1t looked as if the
game would establish a record for fast
work until the fourth. And then came
the SkyrocketS.
Haiiman led off for Louisville and was
presented with pass. Hart folloWea ana
a Dagger scored Hallman Afndt
cracked out single and Hart trotted
home But that was all. for Schriver
went out on a fly and Brashear was
thrown out at first after A1ndt had been
tagged at second.
coIonels in the Lead
With a lead of two runs to overcome
the Saints came to bat with Jackson up:
He sent high one in the dlrectlon OF
right garden which landed him safely on
first. Wheeler followed. and dupllcated
JackSon'S performance after the ball had
bounded from Kerwins nit. Then it was
that Flournoy stepped up to the SAUCER 1G,el
and the crowd waited eXpectantly. The
first ball over was pipe. Crack! II
happened so quickly that the fans scarce
ly realized for an instant what was dolng
as thev watched the sphere describe
paraboia and become lost to view in the
distance on the far side of the left held
Meanwhile Flournoy ambIed leisqrely
around the circuit in pursuit OF jackson
and Wheeler to the home plate. 1t
seemed as though this performance
jarred upon the nerves of Aeronaut
served a pass, which was followed
moment later with a two-sacker by
O'Brien, which scored Mike. Marcan came
next with hit. but was thrown out az at
retiring the side. Score, ST Paul 4,
One-two-three order was the way the
Colonels went out in the fifth, but not SO
with the KelIeyites, who had a taste of
chasing airShipS and wanted more. Inc
first man up was Chech. He seemed 10
appreciate the fact that he hadn't had
look-in in the fun during the preceding
inning and wanted his share. 1t is Sald
that a crowd of small boys will resume
search for the ball today across the street
from the right field fence, but be that as
it may, Chech stopped at the second bag
because the ground rules prevented his
going further. Then Jones, who hadn
been doing much stepped to the plate 10
show what he could do in an emergency
and a line drive to the outfield landed
him on first and scored Chech.
Bombardment Continues
Jackson hadn't had enough and he tap
ped the leather so that again it became
lost to view over the right field fence, net
ting him two bases and scoring Jones' To
relieve the monotony, Wheeler filed out,
to he followed by FIournoy with another
for two bases as Jackson trotted home
A single by Kelley scored Flournoy and
it wasn't till then that the Saints We're
satiated. O'Brien filed out, and, after
Marcan hit safely for one, sack, sullivan
dropped an easy one into the center field
ers mitt thus ending the session. Score:
st. Paul 8, Louisville 2.
Again in the sixth inning three of the
COlonels went out in succession, and again
the Saints came up looking for slaughter.
Chech was the first and went out on a
long fly. Jones came next and another
bah was lost as it sailed over the left
field fence and Jones walked around for
the second home run of the game. jack
son banged out single and Wheeler flied
out. Flournoy, not satisfied with a home
run and twO-Sacker, contented himself
with a safe one, advancing Jackson. Then
Kelley thought that he, too, ought to fig
ure in the new game called losing the
ball" and as the sphere shot over the
right garden fence he trotued to second,
while Flournoy and Jackson walked home.
O'Brien went out on an easy grounder to
short. Score: st. Paul II, Louisville 2.
In the seventh there was nothing doing
for Louisville, but three men coming to
bat. But Marcan had not as yet made
any scores and he didn't want to be given
the worst of it. Accordingly. he cracked
out p single. was advanced to second by
sacrifice by Sullivan and scored on
scratch hits by Jones and Jackson.
That ended the run getting
The two teams will meet again today
in a double header, the first game to be
callGd at 2 o'clock. The score:
Louisville AR r. II PO. H