The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1906-07-16

large crowd probably 5000 fans in ALL
crowded the grandstands paddock and quarter
stretch at the Minnehaha racecourse Yesterday
afternoon for the running Of the Suburban han
Sacap. Suburban because 1t was run of In the
suburbs.) The Grille selling platter. Toledo, was
an even favorite with Mike Kelley's colts but
youth will tell and youth will be served. The
colts won the game in rafting finish and
came under the wire by nose, but going easy.
Score As. Ez' .-g.t ST.,
When Starter Loneley dropped the flag the
Toledo team jumped into the lead beating the
colts away from the barrier At the quarter
stretch the colts caught their stride and began
to make up lost ground. quick sprint at the
head Of the hackstretch put them in the lead
down the straight, but at the three-quarters
and turning the home. the Toledo team came
up and challenged. They worked up to nose
and nose with the colts, but in the last eighth
the colts Fingered up and bolted under the
wire a winner Lefty Davis first, With Grem-
niger, the jockey, applying the lash OF
corking two-bagger that lifted him under the
wire. ..s E. ~ .. ....--t, o.. --
"Get away from that boss head!''
Winning baseball games IS getting to be as
easy for the milers falling off the water
wagon when you have your weeks wages ana
meet old friends The colts are getting so full
of pep that Kelley never enters the den at the
clubhouse without club Or a pttchfork. Some
of these days of them is going to crawl
into the grandstand and bite someone, The
town Is just baseball crazy as the team and
''hrst place" is the slogan.
HeCOTu Su1ludy C1OWc.
Yesterday afternoon the crowd filled the big
Minnehaha stands and bleachers and then
spread behind the ropes all around the out
field It was a cloudy, rainy looking afternoon,
but that did not keep the record Sunday crowd
Of the year from attending.
Kilroy was to pitch but yesterday morning
he developed symptoms alarmingly like ap-
pendictis and under a PHYSICIANS care
all day. Gehring was sent In to pluck the
pludhens and succeeded admirably. P1att
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was as wild st. Paul censustaker when the
graveyards have given out and the count is
still behind Minneapolis Sutthoff was substi-
tuted in the fifth inning. but the millers were
locoed On the hit proposition and he was as
helpless as crawfsh trying to swim the At
lantic ocean.
The hens scored first In the first inning
Joshua Clark led off with a two-bagger and
came home when William Percy Nance hinged
out a single that hit the outheld with the
sound Of a raw egg dropping on an asphalt
pavement. Kruger followed with SINGLE but
the hens were shooed off the roost before they
scored again.
In the second Knabe lobsterized clout by
Greminger and Hart drew base on balls. oyle1
scored on the single and Hart came home On
Yeager's out. --..
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In the fourth the millers picked up another
when "Busher'' Gremtnger raped out a single
and James Pestlewaite Hart extracted two
Dagger from the assortment Of Herr sutthof
Greminger scored.
In the sixth the hens started cackling wher
Joshua Clarke singled and stole second. Nance
brought him home with single. In the eight
Cllngnan singled and series of outs let hin
to third. Nance drove one down to Andrew
J. Oyler, who became vexed at the effronter!
and threw the boots into it. Clingman scored
Then the millers went out fast possible
and in the ninth the hens followed suit. .Th'
millers came to bat with the score tied 8 t.
g. Davis drew a base on balls and Sullivan sac
rificed. Freeman flew out and Sutthof had thre
BALLS and two strikes on Gremnger. The mex
up curved over the plate gently al
artist working in the clay and Sculptor Gre
minger put the chisel into it for keeps. tn
ball sailed away over behind the bleacher Il
left field and Davis streaked across the plat
like rat terrier after Maltese kitten.
The crowd yelled its way out Of the stands
yelled its way to the cars and kept yelling al
of the way down town until the conductor
requested silence so the spoilers could hear tn
fare registers ringing.
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