The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1905-09-04
Millers Make a Spectacle o
Themselves in Attempt at
Umpire Batting.
STANDING OF THE CLUBS. Z
BY O'Loughlin.


Minneapolis took the small end of double
header at Minnehaha yesterday afternoon Tho
secret Of the losses to st. Paul was In the
fact that the high salaried swatters of the red
brigade could not connect with the st. Paul
pitchers when it was necessary to do SO to
gain runs. They failed around and knocked
them higher and higher or drove puny lobs to the
infelders to be thrown out at bases.
The day cold, and rain fell several times
during the progress of the play. Despite the fact
that it about the worst day in the year for
baseball tie first game was thriller. Frosty
Thomas was doing the delivering for the millers
while Slagle was wrapping up the mustard shoots
for the saints. Frosty effective and should
have won his game allowing but four hits during
the matinee. slagle was tapped up seven times,
but there nothing doing for the scorers save
to chronicle the Dutouts.
The game went thru ten innings without
score. In the second inning Greminger singled,
and Marshall made two-bagger. Oyler damned
one down to O'Brien, and Greminger was thrown
out at the plate he attempted to score.
Oyler was caught asleep off the first bag
ing led of with out at first In the third
Minneapolis got to third base Thomas single,
Jones' out and Kelly's error. No score resulted
from the walkaround. After that the miers
OLD not get man past second base.
Scored in Eleventh.
The saints noundered along in the mud with
out doing any damage until the eleventh in
ming. Marcan led off with single, and Noonan
sacrifice. Slagle singled and Geier's hyout
to right field permitted Marcan to score the win
ming run.
Minneapolis came in to bat and Sullivan
struck out. Freeman singled and Coulter flew
out to left. Greminger made single and
Marshall struck out He had three balls and
high and across the corner Of the plate. Umpire
Sullivan properly called it strike. retiring the
side. whereupon the Minneapolis team gave an
/ exhibition which caused them to drop like lead
in the estimation of far-minded fans who saw
the ball cross the plate. The players followed
the umpire across tlse field quarreling like Il
company OF drunken fishwives. The non-think:
ing section of the crowd took up the cry and
called the arbitrator everything they could lay
tongue to. Some of the players went far
as to throw mud at Sullivan-behind his back
and put the brand of the rowdy upon them
selves when it their own fault that they
lost the game. They attempted to make the
umpire stand for their own incompetence. 1t
was the greatest exhibition Of pinheaded tactics
z given by the millers this A few more
breaks Of the kind and baseball will be as dead
as wrestling so far as the decent-minded sup
q porters OF the game are concerned.
4 The Second Game.
4 In the second game Kelum picked to
y float them and opposed by Whiteridge, the
iscoresome game with Kellum batted freely.
The millers made two In the second in
lining Greminger singled and Kanoe followed
with stiff clout thru center. Fox scored
NGreminger with stiff single. In the ninth the
slocals scored again when Kellum singled and
sJones and Sullivan followed with one-base belts.
fSt. Paul scored two in the fifth on Geiers sin
fgle wild pitch, and Wheeler's two-bagger.
dWhiteridge had scored in the third single,
sGeier's hit the forceout Of Geier at first second
cby Hemphil and Freeman's error on Wheeler
islam. In the sixth the visitors assessed three
truns Flournoy's two-bagger, the error of
- ssKellum in trying to nail Flournoy at third on
aKelly's bunt Noonans home run cleaned up
fthe bases. After that the Saints were held III
pounds The reds rally In the ninth made
Hbout much noise water-soaked fire.
acracker and the day was done.
Y Following are the roars at the umpire:
FIRST GAME