The Minneapolis journal., 1904-07-25
LENNONITES WON
BY A SCRATCH
HrIIERs LOSE CREDITABLE
GAME AT LEXINGTON.
Ferry Too Liberal, and Lost His Game
After Chech Had Been Given a
Terrific Walloping by the Watkins
willing Workers-How 1t Hap

By O'Loughlln.

,r,,neanolis bumped up against one Of
the unwritten laws of basepai yesteroay.
They were beaten as a result. Inc law
Is that the dubs Of a league can seneIaiS
scratch out a game when playing Win Tue
fastest club in the organization. frloay
at st. Paul the Watkins whalers mar
pooned the saints In beautiful fashion In
the sanity city post-hole park. oaturuay
afternoon the treatment accorded the 'ls-
itors at Nicollet bordered upon the shaHle-
full The biggest Saturday croWd Oh the
season was present and the locals set
out to wipe out the regrets over that
Fourth of July fiasco They did 1T. Ihey
hguratively dragged the saints about the
diamond by the hair Of the head. 1t was
the most glorious seance since the Peca-
tonicas of Peoatonica got theirs at coon
Run from the Cuban giants.
Yesterday afternoon the gladiators held
q tourney at Lexington park Manager
Kelly had been hustled back from C1ncln-
natl, where, full Of confidence, ne had
gone to sell a player or two so that the
st. Paul ghost might walk ON pay day.
He was instructed, by wire, not to sell
any as they were needed, but Chech had
been already transferred. When Garry
of the stoutbox hears Of the manner In
which the locals mistreated Checn yes
terday he will probably try to sneak out
of his bargain. ...s.- 4
Cy Ferry was selected as the official
torturer, but had forgotten his lines. He
was full Of pride and pepper but needed
transit to locate the plate. In the
first inning st. Paul ran away with three
scores as result Of ferry ticket to
Jones, a sacrifice by Jackson, a two-block
bolt by Wheeler, a single by Flournoy and
a two-bag jolt by Kelly. This made Ferry
sit up and look around but the team did
not lose confidence. They came In ana
went out like sheep in blackberry patch
until the fifth inning. when they pounced
~ 1l0rf 4ySc n 10
futtering heart every time he lobbed the
ball toward the plate. Freeman singled,
Starnagle walked, Fox drew a delegates
badge. Oyler's drive resulted in an out,
but Weaver, running for Freeman. scored.
Ferry attempted to add his mite and
made a two-bagger, scoring Fox and
Oyler. Maloney tripled to right, scoring
Ferry, and Sullivan singled, scoring Ma
1oney. Freeman ended the gents -to-the-
center-and- -ba ack-again" with an 1nf1eld
jab. Very fine Virginia reel. Heap much
crepe hung on the pitching arm Of one
Chech. 1t demonstrated that he is not
a successful north pole He can be
reached. -, r..
He's not live wire. We touched
him repeatedly and found it to be good
for the health. Another balloon pune
tured. Poor old st. Paul! --
This left the score to g. whereat
there were symptoms of great joy in the
Copper cent Minneapolis crowd which
crowded the stands. Cy Ferry became
filled with a pride which passeth under
standing and held the wrecks too cheap.
AS result they piled up four runs in
the last half of the inning. Minneapolis
picked up another run in the seventh.
Archie Stimnel went into the box, while
Ferry was tied up at the bench dock for
repairs. Stimme1 kept the saints dancing
quicksteps in the box and was too much
pigs in clover for the vaunted heavy-hit>
for of+ +I,oc 10 1ic
made a strong bid for place. but went
under the wire one run to the bad. In
the face of defeat, such as it was. Min
neapolis came home we'll pleased with the
game and laying up walls of wrath for the
next meeting. Following are the nota-
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