The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1904-08-25
FINE BILLIARDS
FOR LOCAL FANS
WATKINS WARRIORS WIN TWO
UPHILL GAMES.
With Dark Prospects, the Millers Don
Their Batting Clothes and Fatten
Their Averages at the Expense of
Three Hoosier Twirlers-Coulter
the Hero.

Watkins men can play uphill baseball.
II they couldn't, they would have gone
down to defeat twice yesterday before
the gentlemen from Indiana. AS 1t was,
the miller fighting crew would not say
die and after the fans thought their pets
were badly beaten they were agreeably
surprised to see the boys don their bat
ting clothes and win out.
The boosters had blood in their eyes
when they landed at Nicollet park yes
terday. They had the determined air OF
born conquerors. and the Watkins crew
opened up a little shaky. Gene Ford went
in to whirl for the home bunch. but the
Minneapolis lad was not in his usual form.
He started In well in the first and famed
the two batsmen who had the honor Of
starting things for Indianapolis. In the
third inning, however, things began to
happen for the visitors. This round was
but harbinger Of what fate had In
store for Mr.. Ford, and the fourth inning
made the local fans a'weary of this great
world. The hoosier band proceeded to
land on Mr.. Ford when and where they
liked, and 1t was disheartening spec
tacle wherein the millers romped vainly
over the diamond and the outheld in
frantic endeavors to hang on to the grSr
ropes of the balloon which was ascend
Ing before the advertised time.
Mr.. Watkins looked downcast, and when
the fifth inning opened the elongated
tWirler known to the baseball world as
the "old reliable Archie Stimmel ap-
peared in the place where Ford had lately
sported. Archie was good, and, altho
the boosters managed to hit him now and
then, they couldn't bunch their efforts and
were unable to pull off anything in the
score line.
With the onward march Of the visitors
checked the millers took heart, and in
their half of the fifth inning, with the
score standing to against them, they
proceeded to open a package which sur
prlsed the visitors and brought 10y to the
hearts Of the rooters Johnnie Fisher
was treated to a lovely party and showed
signs of nervous strain by losing con-
troll of the ball. When the inning was
over Minneapolis had scored four times
and Fisher was down and out.
Allemang went in the box at the sixth
milestone and the Watkins heroes rested
for an inning while they took his meas
ure The wisdom Of their action was
proved in the seventh, when Coulter.
Greminger and McNichols did a stunt
which tied the score. Then came the
glorious eighth. Fox singled. Oyler sac
rlf1ced and Maloney was given a pass
because Allemang didn't like his method
or handling the willow. That was be-
ginning, and Freeman, Coulter and Grem-
niger put on the finishing touches of
what turned out to be four more runs.
1t was a great batting rally and one
as model of uphill work. Everyone
helped little, but ICY" Coulter carried
off the lions share of the honors with
the stick He is credited with a single.
a tWo-sacker and home run, all at
opportune times.
The second game opened up in lovely
fashion, but before it had proceeded far
Morgan developed marked signs of Wild
ness. He issued free transportation in
a manner which would prove disastrous
10 the financial standing Of a transcon-
tlnental l1ne and as a result thereof the
hoos1ers scored twice in the second and
once In the fifth. That was incentive
enough for the Watkins warriors, and
they began to go some. They opened. up
on the Heretofore invincible Newlin, and
from that time on he was easy money.
Two In the fifth and three in the sixth
and another, just for fun, in the eighth
tells the story
Morgan developed March hare charac-
teristics in the ninth, and, with the ba SEES
full, Archibald stimmel was again. sent
for-and he came. The side was retired
without further accident.
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