The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1905-09-06
Greminger's Mighty Hit.

Then came the glad doincs of the day. Gre
minger came up to the judges stand and waved
ridge took the advice of Miss Philipp Geier in
right field, who yelled the ill-stared challenge,
make him hit it,
Whiteridge put the ball the pan square
ly--and sorry he did. The big fellow colld-
ed with it with the ash, and there was rush
Of the winds. There was ''plop'' that sound
ed like the engine Of the Empire State express
hitting oustard pie suspended by twin string
from a semaphore arm. The ball sailed high
over the head of the center fielder and out into
the calf pasture back Of the fence. Minneapolis
got right up and howled many ways that 1t
sounded like one of the majestic discOrds Of
Parsifal. Coulter and Greminger trotted across
the plate, winning the game 9-s, while the
saints sat on the benches as quiet as an oss1-
fed man frozen up in an Arctic glacier. Down
in the cat cage where the st. Paul players are
wont to sit there was silence that could have
been slapped with bed Stat. Minneapolis
kicked open the gates, rushed on the field and
made much noise that the sleepy hollow folks
of the silent city thought the statehouse was
on fire. Then the locals came home and have
/ been talking about it continuously. Greminser
is bigger man than the governor or Jeems
Hill, and will be until he boots one or throws
Stovall Was a Pipe.
Jesse stovall was pitching for the millers
and had mis- head beaten off had it not been
\ was pounded for thirteen hits and badly sup
II ported in the seventh inning. Ferguson was
4 pitching for the saints and doing fairly we'll
until Stovan bounced inshoot off the st:
Paul pitchers dome Of thought, whereupon he
4 went down to the right field fence and spent the
remainder of the afternoon trying to figure out
how streetcars came to be running thru the dia-
amond and bunting him. Whiteridge finish ed
i the game the slab artistic.
The game started off in splashy style when
4 the saints scored twice In the first inning on
fright back and base on balls, felder's choice
that was a bad one sacrifice, error by Fey
McyllGH ND hon oil 1nnn orI
SSullivan to score. st. Paul was held safely
suntil the seventh inning. Minneapolis scored
aagain in the fourth, when Greminger smeared
Hthe ball into the alfalfa back of left-feld
afence. In the fifth Sullivan scored single.
EFreeman's JOLT Coulters pass and passed
fball In the sixth Pa" Mitchell fonoTed the
Ethe fence for home run, and then came thu
Thinning when the Minneapolis players started
NkiddlnS the saints.
Beauteous Ascension.
4 Ferguson was knocked down and Kilroy took
First for him. Geier was sGueched at first and
JHemphill drew four wide throws. Wheeler
Ssingled O'Brien made clout that went tc
Ioyier's territory and Andrew Jackson slammed
1T wild to second Fox got it and threw home
Ito shut out an advance, too late, whereupor
tBill Marshall saw another saint sneaking fol
Ethird base and threw the ball 10 feet AZ inches
Pyer Greminger's head. A double play ended
Ethe chop suey matinee, but not until three Of
Ehe Lennonites had scored.
II Minneapolis trailed and made another run il
fheir half of the seventh on base on balls
Rind two singles. In the eighth Stovall threw
put little sand and went higher and higher
Three singles. q pass. a wild pitch and passed
pail permitted three more of Kelly's minion
TO see home base via third Minneapolis wen
flown in ne-two-three order, and the happiness
IF the saints stopped over. Two singles and
bass fell to the home team in the ninth, bu
70 score: Then came the incident wherein Grem
niger made his title clear to a niche in tn,
sall of fame and the mob dispersed.
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