The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1904-05-20
MILLERS PLAYED
PUNK TEA BALL
SOCIAL SESSION DID NOT REACH
HOME PLATE.
Callers at Third Were. Few and Col.
umbus' Second Baseman Grew
Lonesome for Lack of Base Run
ming Due for an Awful
Drubbing To-day.
BY o,LouoHL,N.

The agonies Of Tantalus looked like a
farmer boy with a stubbed toe, as COM
pared with what the fans endured at Mic
ollet park yesterday afternoon. They
rooted, squeezed, hunched and pinched for
the locals, but try as they would, Wat
kins men could not get a sprinter to the
plate. Clymer's men massaged Thomas
curves for ten hits, which netted them.
five runs. Hans Hickey was on the rubber
for Columbus and was as stingy as st.
Louis hotel keeper. Only five stabs were
made off his offerings and as general pas
senger agent he refused to issue trans
portation past third base Oyler reached
third in the fifth Inning, but could not
have come home in a mountain engine.
Only the mercy O. providence prevented
the Clymerites from piling up a bigger
score than they did. This Columbus series
is bad case of forget it, Maudie, but
hopes of downing the water-logged Louis
villes and getting back in the first 4divis-
ion are high to-day.
Not score was made until the fifth
inning. The play was fast but automan-
like. In the fourth inning Wrigley made
the first hit for Columbus and took two
bases on a sacrifice, the thief, while Sun
ny James Fox and dangerous Lally were
downing the suicide at first. He tried to
score on Kihm's bunt to Oyler, but I4ally
whipped the ball to the plate in time to
catch Wrigley. At least Mr.. Hart said it
was an out, altho the stands remarked,
soto voice, that the decision was very
much dead rat under the pantry floor.
Minneapolis declined to. carry tho bat
tie to Columbus in their half of the fifth,
altho there was an excellent opening.
Weaver struck out and then Lally inocu
lated Hickey for two-bagger. Oyler fol-
lowed at bat and drove the ball to short.
Calmly cycling the man with the ball, Lal-
ly started to third, prancing like an oats
fed park horse. The shortstop could
ha1ieva his. tho ha
to third to see if he was asleep or awake.
The ball had plenty of time to pin on
reception badge before Mr.. Lally arrived
! and presented his card. He was out six
miles and never even attempted to spike
the third baseman Owens made a single
and Oyler reached third. Thomas then
ended the suspense with his usual out
Things were different, however, in the
Columbus half. Clymer bludgeoned the
ball to right and Martin sacrificed. Bird
well uppercut drop and sent it to the
suburbs. Yeager gave the pill love pat
without further demonstration.
In the sixth Wrigley went to first on q
single and second on Oyler's foozle of the
put to first. Friel followed with three
bag head on collision with the ball allow
! ing Wrigley to wriggle home. Kihm
walked to first and Clymer followed with
another SINGLE, Martin sacrificed, but it
awaited not, as Friel had come home on
Derby Days single and the next two men
up were throttled. In the eighth Friel led
off with bingle to right and Kihm
headed his to the left. Clymer sacrificed
and Martin broke bit of the Thomas
china for a single. Friel and Kihm can
; tered home like Bashaw colts at a cross
roads horse show Bridwell was then sup
pressed at first and Lally whipped the ball
| to third in time to head off the larcenous
Martin. The ninth inning was featureless
| Yes, Geraldine, Minneapolis was there all
this time, coming up to bat and going out
with the regularity Of icemen on Four
tenth street fiat route. In. the ninth Sulli-
van reached first on an error by Bridwell,
but Maloney struck out and after Weaver
| singled Lally popped up a long fly that
May Irwin Yeager couldn't help catching.
That ended it, Following Is the way Car
| roll D. Wright would tell it: