The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1904-05-28
KANSAS CITY IS
A DONATION BOX
GEARS MEN AGAIN TROUNCED
BY THE MILLERs.
Captain Fox Forgot Himself and Was
Chased to the Bench by the Irate
MISUNDERSTANDING Does Not
Shine as q Second BaseInan.

Two straight games for Minneapo-
isl Watkins and his men are getting
as proud as a cotton picker with a
cane and an imitation Panama hat.
Dale Gears walking delegates were
encountered at Nicollet park yester-
day afternoon and the open shop ques-
ton was argued out again. There
was a strike-several of them-but
most Of them were on the offerings Of
Durham, the man for whom the to-
bacco was named, who undertook to
act as the corkscrew thrower for the
visitors.
There was one disagreeable feature
which genuine baseball fans hope will
not be repeated. Captain Fox jawed
at Umpire Pears after the manner Of
a garrulous fish-wife. Pears was
troubled with an opthalmic eye for
that matter, but a baseball captain Of
q team in the position Of Minneapolis
has no business getting put out of the
game. That is what happened to Fox
and was a demonstration Of short
sightedness that should not be repeated.
Campion was obliged to go to second.
as thick as rattlesnakes in Deacon
Jones blackberry patch. Leslie went
to first and did all that his bulk
would permit him to stop the gap, but
such changes disorganize team play
and are fatal to success: Magnate
l.
the woodshed and slap him violently
upon the left wrist with a powder
puff.
Thomas was up to do the S. Holmes
act for Minneapolis, and succeeded
fairly well. In the opening innings
he was trif1e wild but steadied. The
team generally played good ball, Oy
Ter picking up an excusable error and
McNichols following suit.
Everything was quiet in the first
inning. and Kansas City was refr1ger-
ated in their half Of the second. Min
neapolis came in and started a Mardi
Gras. Weaver singled, Fox drew a
badge, McNichol sacrificed and Oyler
made hit. This allowed the hui
man semaphore to score, Fox coming
home behind him. Oyler reached
second on the game Of football start
ed in center by Nance-who says he
isn't-and went third on Thomas fly
out. He scored thru hay derrick
thrown by Lewee to catch him at
third. The Kansas City team played
like the Katzenjammer kids, but final
1y Maloney took too many liberties
with them and was really caught at
third base. Affidavits forthcoming if
desired.
Gears men took a stand in the third
and looked dangerous for a time. Hill
perched on one of Thomas straight
ones and Van Buren, followed with a
pile driver jolt to left. Nance wiped
his dirty hands upon his clean shirt
and smacked the ball to the far fence,
allowing Hill and Van Buren, to reach
their stalls on the bench with runs
to their credit. Ryan made a single,
but real double play by the millers
closed the gap. They scored again in
the fifth and sixth on two errors by
Campion, and a hit by B. Durham.
In the eighth they picked up couple
of runs when Andy Oyler was stricken
with temporary attack of locomotor
reached first on a fielder's choice and
Durham broke out Of his pen and
gored the ball until it flew over into
Nicollet avenue, giving a baseball to
the captain Of the holy terrors, who
was watching the game thru a knot
hole in the fence. Lewee and Dur.
ham scored. In the ninth Watkins
snake eaters "ate 'em alive" as fast
as they came up.
The fourth inning was another case,
for Minneapolis. of hating to do 1t
but had to. Weaver singled, Fox
made one, McNichols drew a rain
check and Oyler singled. There was
a sad mixup at third base, the K. c..
aggregation running around like dogs
after their own tails and tripping
each other up generally. There was
force play at third, downing Mich
OILS, but the Minneapolis team did not
see 1t that way. They gathered
around Umpire Pears Watkins with
them, and used language such as no
lady ever does, but the arbitrator
stood his ground and cleared the field.
Bailey reached first on a single, as
did Maloney and Sullivan. Campion
finally struck out, but not before four
|anillers had scored. Leslie's double
and McNichoIs single netted another
in the fifth and things were quiet
until the eighth. Oyler then rang UP
a, single, Bailey made a double, Ma
1oney walked on balls and Sullivan
made a single. Three men scored
on the Sullivan souse. The next
three men were downed and it was
all over. Following is the residue: