The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1906-05-31

It was shame to do it, but did. In
years gone by it has been the habit OF the
st. Paul ball team to come here ON Me-
raorfn1 day and on national holidays
fax the life out Of the milers before a home
crowd. Yesterday the worm turned and kept
twisting until St. Paul last night was as sorrow
full as Johnstown, Pa, the night after the high
water
Yesterday morning the millers fell upon the
Lennonites at Nicollet park and exploded Mr..
Park1n, one Of their pet pitchers. with noise
like pounding on gas tank with trip-hammer.
Yesterday afternoon all Of Minneapolis base
balloon and several thousand fans moved
Lexington park, where they refought the battle
of Lexington, with the St Paul team taking the
role of the defeated but not disgrsced aggre-
CATION
Uncle Richard Padden had spent the time be-
tween the morning and afternoon in rubbing
his ancient gladiators with goose grease and
rattlesnake oil, and expected them to go some
! in the afternoon on their home park. He
groomed the aspiring Mr.. Coy for the fray. Over
mothers scare the kids into being good by tell
ing them that Coy will get EN- If they don't
watch out. He thought to be about the
fercest thing on earth, except mad bobcat, and
Padden really had Qualms of conscience about
turning this maneater loose against Minneapolis,
q sister city. Only the pressing necessity OF
winning game now ana then caused MIN lo
loose this juggernaut
Mr.. Coy rushed out to the rubber when the
leash was slipped and growled in sheer innocent
ferocity. He paved dirt until the arbitrator
With howl like hungry hyena the Coy
cyclone doubled up and shot one over to the
calm but collected Mr.. Lefty Davis, the first
victim of the sacrifice. Lefty deliberately
soused it into the uncovered part of the green
Mr.. Sullivan, perfect lady from Hollyhocks,
S. D.. smeared another into the dim and distant,
and James Hart sacrificed. Baron Edouard
ersmnger, from the mine county stuck aa his
sailed away for a year and day. MIR. Davis
and Mr.. Sullivan scored. Mr.. Graham singled
and Van Zandt heaved the ball to third to Lii
liam Russell Wheeler to catch the batteship.
The distinguished prima donna at third failed
to get his digital dexterity warmed up In
time and the Count Of Wurtemburg came home
like Jersey calf an1bling up the lane at salt
Whereupon great joy songs broke from the lips
Of the 5000 Minneapolis fans on the premises #
In the second inning the millers behaved
themselves with Mr.. Coy--just like the cat
lets the get foot away only to claw
him the more roughly second later. In the
third the saints broke away and got two runs
and St. Paul hope sprung eternal for three
minutes. Then the Memorial day parade.
Kelley's colts started prancing around the
bases like bumblebees pouring out of prodded
nest in the meadow. There was nothing to it
but hit and run The scores came in SO fast
and the hits SO thick that the residents near
the park thought someone was playing blue
Danube as bass-drum solo.
They only quit when five men had teetered
home. Four singles. double, two stolen bases
and another ST. Paul glassarm play permitted
the doings: Mr.. Coy, the fierce Numidian lion
of Padden's World Renowned Zoo, was perched
on the bench. and Mr.. Buchanan sent out
put a rail in the pilgrims progress of the
nillers. ,
He did better, but the millers took pity and
called of the massacre to enable the crowd to
get home to- eat before the hired girls grew
tired of waiting and put the shortcake back into
the refrigerator :. 2 : + =
They looked as tho they could make a million
If they wished. In the fourth two singles and
q double gave the millers two more. Then they
started teasing the saints and let it at tina t.
final score stood 1913, about the way the odds
on form would stand on tbs teams on hand
book - =
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