The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1906-07-08

St. Paul at Milwaukee.
Toledo at Louisville. -
Columbus at Indianapolis.
Special to The Journal. 81
Kansas City, Mo-, July 7.-Playing
in the same pennant-winning form with
which they opened the season, the Kan
sas City blooz beat Minneapolis this
afternoon by score of 5 to 2. The
millers were outclassed-that IS why
they lost the game. If the tribe OF
Burke could play every day for the
rest of the home series in the same
form that they did today, in less than
q month they would rest secured in
the first division.
The whole tribe played consistent
ball. They did not put up perfect
exhibition, but it was good enough to
satisfy. the bunch of 1900 fans who
brought their hammers with them to
the plantation and were prepared to
howl if the least symptom of the BOBBY
itch should appear. The blue legs Were
no lemons, however, and the bleechers
chorus was with the town boys from
the kickoff.
To "Parson' Frantz can be given
. the most of the glory for the victory.
The pride of the Hoo Hoos was in
I charge of an emporium that furnished
( enigmatic evanescence while you wait
!. ed, and he put the lemon Juice in the
millers at the start. He had the kun
, ier stick working all the time and for
lie down, roll over, play dead and eat
out of his hand at his command. He
was the pinch hitter, too. In the Sec
ond he scored Phyle with well-chosen
s. two-bagger after two were out. The
blue legs had their sextants we'll pol
ished and went after Pitcher Cadwal-
lader with viciousness that had him
so worried that he could not have
spelled his name backwards and pro-
) nounced it without five minutes notice.
In the second inning Phyle drilled a
T. tunnel in the weather that almost
knocked board off the right field
fence. He got only two bases on the
smash. Had the ball gone a foot high
! er it would have gone. over the fence.
could, Kilroy came out. of the wings
and tried to play, the part. He did
fairly well, as the blue legs only scored
one run in the four innings he worked.
In the field the tribe of Burke
showed no evidences of sprained dunk:
ment. Burke made a wild throw and
but neither Of these boobies counted
in the scoring. Hugh Hill made q
, brilliant running catch of Harris long
!, fly in the second Perrine was there
with the mitt. He waxed sensational
in the third, running out into left field
and with his back to the infeld h,
X caught what threatened to be q Texa
. Lacquer from Cadwallader bat. HI
+ scooped up Yeager's speed skunk ant
:. buzzed to Slattery. Jack was over
come with establishment at the feat an<
] he let the ball go between his legs.
Oyler was the hitting kid again to
] day. Kansas City weather seems t,
/ agree with Andy's lamps. His singh
J In the ninth were the only bingle
in the ninth were the only two bingle
City scored oneErun in the first from
pass to Perrine, Cassady's sacrifice
! Cadwallader' wild throw that cav
y Waldron q life and Hill IS out.
Another came in the second. Phy1
doubled and scored on F'rantz's two
Dagger. Waldron got base on ball
in the third: He stole second an
scored on Hill s single.
& In the fourth Frantz walked and wa
il sent home by singles, by Perrine an
Cassady; In the seventh Waldron sill
gled. Hill did the same thing. Wa
dron scored when Slattery went out 9
first: Frantz hit Greminger in th
sixth, ~Oyler singled and Greminge
scored on Graham's fly to Cassidy.
In the ninth Sullivan walked II
went to third on Freeman double an
scored on Frantz s wild pitch. Thing
looked dark for the town bows in tt
third. Slattery's error, sullivan's 81
gle and felder's choice filed II
bases. Two were out and Greminge
4 the famous heavy hitter, came to ba
I Greminger swung into one. of Frantz
slants with all his might. He hit a Ii
tie low and the ball went high in Il
+ air back Of home plate. After five
landed in Leahy's glove.
Score: