The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1906-05-13
THOMAS PITCHES IN
RARE FORM AGAIN
q Stecher Hammered in a Runget-
ting Style When Hits
Were Necessary. {,
By O'LouqhIln.

of bumptious ball players from the
south blew into Minneapolis yesterday
morning and announced that they would
have a look at Nicollet park in the
i afternoon. It was the Louisville lub-
bers, sometimes known as Tebeau's
! Terriers and likewise the Colonies.
They loaded themselves into a bus,
went out to the park and encountered
a reception that set them to wishing
they had never left the country where
tered 5000 fans, a Thunderstorm and
! Frosty Thomas pitching chained light
| ming. The combination resulted in
slaughter to the tune of 8 to 2, with
t Lcoyville on the small end Of the
string.
; Threatening clouds. did not keep a
great crowd away from the field. Thev
for the millers until the last one of
Tebeau's men had been picked in the
, brine. Just as play started another
Thunderstorm came along and hung
about the premises for the entire nine
innings. Thunderbolt Thomas was on
the rubber for Minneapolis and was in
corking form again. He had everything
from Sutor Sullivan to fadeaway floats
at his command. He was invlnclble.
stecher Was Easy.
from somewhere in Breatthitt county,
Kentucky, was selected by the big chap
of the frightened three to do his pitch
ing. The millers warmed to him amaI,
irgly. They clouted his Blenders all
dueked his head every time it thun-
dered, thinking it the crack of another
two or three-bagger. The locals ran
bases and scored until Kelley threat.
eDed to "sic his pull pup on 'em -
if they didn't quit it and end the game.
Taken all in all, "a pleasant time was
had by those present, as the juniper
Dilettante Dan Kerwin started OIL
for Louisville at the first round, of
slaughter and failed to reach first.
Mailman drew hit, but when Sutor
p Sullivan popped up foul fly to James
; Hart on first Mailman hiked for second:
Hart passed the ball to Fox, covering
first, and the tobasco was on the ter
riers for that round ,:.-,~,
Minneapolis came to bat and started
smuggling up against the stecher. boy
, like a millhand and his lady fair on
the o'clock car Sunday. morning
Davis lifted high one which Kerwln
garncred and Sullivan smearcd the first.
Hart tried to knock the ball out Of the
! diamond and into "Doc'' s KohlcIr.'s
zvocket again. but Kerwin sbutted in;
1}ulled it off tie planking-but not until
The Sullivan lad had scored.
In the second inning Brashear con,
nected nicely for two bags and outs at
him. Nothing else doing for the bred
in old Kentucks. This incident was
followed by the exempliication OF the
fallacy of sending child to mill.
The Calling Salute.
! Graham led off with base on balls.
Shannon singled, Oyler sacrificed. Fox
lacerated the horsehide tor tar away
one that slid thru the felder's fingers
Thomas came up and swung his blua-
peon so awkwardly that Stecher stuck
over a straight one. Fatal error.
Frosty stung it for clean single;
Davis followed with nice single and
Sullivan sacrificed. Hart struck out
while trying to haste the cover OIL the
ball.
This series of joystabs had made a
enade for the miller baserunners;;
Graham. Shannon and Fox scored and
when Hart struck out Thomas was on
third and Davis on second, waiting TOR
another pelt to percolate home. 1t
was very fine billiards.
In the seventh inning Louisville
VA
error by Oyler, which let Woodruff get
to second whereupon Quinlan took
heart of hope and lit upon Frosty fol
a two bagger-nice one-scoring the
Woodruff boy. E.
All of this time Frosty had been clip.
ping corners, wrapping them thru the
buttonholes in their collar band and
twisting them thru their legs. HI
kept the hits so we'll scattered that the
I ILL hoo, q
" Minneapolis scored again in the fifth
ON Harris two Dagger. Greminger'
sacrifice and Graham 9 single. In tn,
sixth the amalgamated association o1
: red sox got to twinkling again AM
three more runs came home. Oyle1
was safe when Sutor Sullivan messed
up his drive. Fox struck out. Thoma!
drew base on balls. Davis flew out
to center and Sullivan resined up hi
bow and fddled out two base quick
step. Hart came by with single
strikes, Oyler, Thomas and Sullivan
scoring during this shower of bingles
Beyond this point the millers did not
care to go. Fox broke away AM
smashed out clean two Dagger in thu
eighth, but the ninth was not played
It WASH It necessary.
: Today the same bunch of comedians
from the Uncle Tom s country will ap
pear at Minnehaha park in a. nine-aet
drama entitled Gliding Down thu
Creased Pole, or Those Who are Dow
Need Fear No Fall Costumes by
George Tebeau, incidental music Z BY
the bleacher birds.
Foliowing are the assaults Of the
day: ~
Minneapolis ABB r n Pc +
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