The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1883-09-01
TARNISHED THE GILT EDGE.
The National League Champions
Given a Lesson in Ball-Playing.
The Indianapolis Boys Mar the Beauty
of Their Boosted "Gilt Edge"-A
Hard-Batting Game.

The manner in which the Indianapolis boys
took in the ''gilt edge" nine from Cleveland,
yesterday afternoon, was calculated to satisfy
The lOngngs of even their most enthusiastic
friends, and certainly demonstrated their ability
to play ball when there is real necessity for It,
The Cevelands presented Hunter and Broughton
as their battery, while Indianapolis put forward
the old reliables, McKeOn and keenan,. For the
first two innings the visitors seemed to have
little the best of the show down, but the re-
markably quick work of McKeon, Kerins
and Downing caught Glasscock at
first and Evans at second, after they had
reached the bags on clear hits, while none of
the Indianapolis heavy hitters were able to hit
safely In the third inning, however, three runs
were made, as follows: Peltz went to first on
seven balls; Downing went out on foul fly to
Evans; Donnelly followed with foul fly to
Phillips; then Keenan, sent long fly to right
field, which Broidy muffed after long run,
Pelts getting to third; Callahan followed with
tremendous drive to left field, way back among
the carriages, which Hotaling was unable to Sc
cure, Peltz. keenan, and Callahan crossing the
plate, aided the latter was by Hotal-
ing's error. O'Leary ended the inning by striking
out
The fourth inning was where the picnic was
enjoyed. Hotaling, Gasscock and Broidy went
out in order for the visitors, and Nc
Keen opened the bali for indianapolis,
sending the sphere down the right floul-line to
the fence for three bases; Peoples limped up
to the plate on his crippled pins and lit into the
ball with vigor that must have astonished the
pitcher, 1t striking the top Of the lefteld fence
and bounding back among the carriages. scoring
McKeon; Kerins lifted the next ball almost to
the same spot, Peoples coming home; Peltz
brought Kerins in with long hit for three bases
to right field, crossing the plate himself on
wild pitch; Downing went out by a fly back of
third base, to Evans; Donnelly WAS retired by
Hunter to Phillips; Keenan, hit safely to right,
was advanced to third on Caahan's safe hit,
and both were put forward bag by OIeary's
base on seven balls, bringing McKeon to the bat
for the secOnS time in the inning. Lawrence
found the ball all right, but dropped it into
Br0idy's hands In right field, retiring the side
with three men bases
With the next inning the battery was changed
on the boys, Sawyer and Broidy relieving Hun
ter and BrOughton. OF the first three men to
face the left-handed phenomenon Peoples
struck ont and Kerins and PelUZ made two-base
hits, adding one earned run to Indfanapolis's
score, bnt after this the batting was light. The
other run was made by Peoples, who got his
base in the seventh inning on BrOidy's passed
ball after three strikes, Broidy's overthrow to
Dunlap and Peltz's hit
Meanwhile the visitors got their runs In the
sixth and ninth innings. on a base hit by Brough
ton, followed by twO-base hit by Dunlap in the
first. and in the last hit by Glasscock
Broidv's long fly to DOnnelly and Evans's hit to
left OF the full game the following is