The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1906-05-07

Toledo at Minneapolis.
Columbus at st. Paul
Louisville at Kansas City.
Indianapolis at Milwaukee.
BY o'Loughlln.
Frosty Thomas put turtle egg into the nest
of Jed Grillos mudhens yesterday at Mime
haha. 1t required eleven innings to turn the
trick, but Frosty into his with
round turn and had the hens as helpless as a
rabbit in barbed- wire fence. The old cam
paigner had speed, curves and splendid control.
When the hens clouted him and got on bases
the from Pike county shifted his assort-
ment of slants and worked himself out OF the
hole. He was given faultlesS support, despite
the raw weather, and the victory by score
OF FL deserved.
About 5000 willing takers assembled In the
stands to assist in the performance, and rem
dered yeoman service in calling the hens names
at critical moments. When noise was wanted
to rattle Wiley Piatt the crowd met the emer-
gency with sterling fortitude. 1t only required
the wave of an from the coaching line
to set the bleachers to buzzing, and when
Battleship Greminger steamed into the drydock
with the winning run in the eleventh inning
there was nothing doing but disturbance that
lasted until the last streetcar had been filled
until even the starter was filed with COM
passion--and 1t takes something less than 200
people in a car to satisfy the craving soul of
the corporation when handling baseball
crowd.
The Battle Begins.
Piatt and Abbott were chucker and snatcher
respectively for the hens, while Thomas and
Shannon took up the artillery work for the
millers. Toledo started off the proceedings In
the first inning with two hits, but not a hen
got by second base. Minneapolis could do moth
ing in its half In the second Toledo got
hit, but nothing came of it. When the millers
came up Greminger put the steam on ana
damned one thru the nheld that set the hens
to cackling. He reached third on sacrifice
and an out, but after two inaelders had had a
chance at Fo1's drive, they nailed the captain
st first inst as Greminger Sneaked across the
disc. without counting.
Affairs were peaceable until the fourth, when
Dom Paul Kruger bent his energies against
vicious slam and settled on second base oefore
Lefty Davis could corral the pill. Nance then
found Frosty for single and the man from
the Transvaal came home. It was the last and
! only time that a hen got within scratching dis
! tance of the plate until the eleventh, when
Count Eugenia Demontreville started up a
rally and drove out a tWo-oase punt. -, he
reached third the next out, but the mlilers
/ stung the third man before the count coulo
: pursue himself home.
Millers Break In.
The millers did not get into the habit
until the sixth. Dennis Sullivan came up,
Father Piatt slammed over an inshoot and 1t
clipped Dennis on the arm. He took MS oase
amid the ieers of the hens, who 1ntlmated that
he got hit a-purpose' Hart sent Sullivan TO
second with clever sacrifice and Peaches
Graham walloped Wiley for a good long single
Sullivan came home like Archie Hahn doing
tied I'D the score.
The battle waged fercey until the tenth When
1t looked as tho the milers were going to get
IT. Lefty Davis, after Thomas out, led off with
a souse on the nose of the ball that was good
for two corners. Piatt was as agitated as a
Minnetonka dogfsh in the bottom Of a boat. He
lobbed in wild and 1T rolled out OF Alb
bolts hands and into the dandel1ons. LEFTY
pranced to third base and issued proclama
ton to the effect that Sullivan was to knocs
the ball over into the Wonderland lake.
Sullivan tried to get it into Smith HAIR
bathtub but it fell inside the fence and Nance
nailed it, Hart was anxious and popped
ND a high foul which fell into the clutches OF
Paul Kruger. This left Lefty far from hom'
and mad as a bobcat in bear trap.
The Sun Shines.
Then came the eleventh, when the sun brok
thru the clouds and the glorious light of salts
faction settled in the souls Of the local popu
lace.
Wesley Piatt trotted out slow, straight one
..Mother mother, mother, cast your eye on me,
I sang Greninger he turned ON one heel an
nut about thirty-horse2ower on the wagon
tongue. He met the ball squarely ana 1t sane
for the milkweed territory. He landed on sec
Vnd base and reached third on bad throw
Wiley's to catch him mapping on second ora
; ham then came up, holsted PARKWAY out
left field and Greminger came home SO fast tina
the air behind him sounded like Great Norl
ern passenger train ripping over the stone arc
! bridge The day done. rs hc1ency,' as Sal
Bernard remarks.