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Game 2 in Minneapolis featured two of the top pitchers in the Western Association - Staley and Winkelman. The game began under the threat enforcement of a court injunction against Sunday baseball, which had been issued a few days prior, but no actions were taken. Instead the game proceeded with no interruptions. Both pitchers lived up to the billing, but the Whites allowed four unearned runs in the 5-0 loss. The put runners on base in almost every inning, but were unable to score any runs against Winkelman. Arundel was fined $5 for arguing with the umpire in the sixth inning, and he resumed arguing with the umpire after the game ended. The St. Paul Globe also noted "Arundel's throwing was weak as usual, as the column for stolen bases will attest." When Crooks came up to bat in the first inning, a package was delivered to him from the crowd, which turned out to be a large horn. Crooks was born in St. Paul and played in Minneapolis and St. Paul in the previous two seasons. The headline in the Star Tribune stated "Minneapolis Administers a Coat of Calcimine to St. Louis." Calcimine was a chalky white coating for walls, so this was a way of saying a team was whitewashed, or shut out.
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