The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1888-05-11
THE HOME TEAM VICTORIOUS
Pushed Hard for Few Innings, It
Brilliantly Winson a Decisive Score.
Chicago, Detroit and Boston Among the De-
feated-In the Association Cincinnati, Lou
isyille and Cleveland Win-Notes.

The Waterloo OF Wednesday at the hands OF
New York did not seem to discourage the ad-
mirers Of the National game in this city. and
very fair crowd was out yesterday to see the
two tail-snd clubs of the league wrestle for su-
premscy. The contest was quite brilliant az
fair for seven innings, although the batting was
so light that there was not much excitement.
The two teams had out the best mines that they
could muster, with the exception OF the absence
of Glasscock from short for Indianapolis. O'Day,
who was Ia the box for Washington, has been
very successful against majority Of the League
clubs he has faced this year. and for several inn
ings is looked as II he would prove disastrously
effective against Indianapolis. bat after the
home club had tied the score in the seventh
he lost his effectiveness. Boyle had the
-''statesmenS well in hand from first
20 last but he did some careless work in the
way Of watching bases in the fifth. which eavs
the visitors their only run. Buckley saved the
game in the seventh by his fine catch Of liner
rom Jimmie Donnsllys bat, and in fact played
. good game throughout. both at the bat and in
the aeld- Donnelly aud Irwin did some good
fielding for the visitors. Esterbrook also played
. good game for the home team, while the
catching Of both Myers and Mack was decidedly
brilliant, being the best exhibition Of the kind
yet this year.
There were 70 runs before the fifth inning,
but in the third the home team was prevented
from making runs only by Two eircus-stops by
Irwin and Donnelly. Buckley, after one out,
made two-oagger. Then Boyle and Hines
made hard drives. both apparently safe. but the
ehort-stop and third-baseman Of the visitors
were in the way. Buckley being left at third
The record Of ciphers was broken by the vie
itors in the fifth. when. after one out, r.
win reached first on Bassetts excusable tumble.
stois second and third partly by fine running
and sliding. but mainly because Boyle allowed
him to get such starts that 1t was impossible for
Meyers to head him of He then scored on
Msck's sacrifice towards first Estsrbrook, in
his anxiety to cut OF the run. threw homo, but
the runner was at the plate before the ball left
the frat bssenan's hand.
Buckley led of with bit in the sixth, but
could not GET around, and the game began to
look quite gloomy, but Denny enlivsned things
in the seventh, when he hit to deep center field
for three bases. AS he was the first batter things
looked pleasant. Seery raised q fly back Of first,
which was muffed by O'Brien after he had run
around and under it for some time. The error
gave Denny q run and tied the score, and then
Seery made the first steal accomplished
of Mack during the game. Several had tried it,
but the bony catcher had been throwing the ball
too accurately for the boys. HE throw in this
instance was also accurate enough, but 1t was
TOO slow for runner Of Seery's feetness Tbs
lively left-fsder then added to his lanrels by
stealing third, and Ia doing so upset Donnelly,
who Was standing squarely IN the line Then
Charley Bassett lined out single. and the home
team was in the lead. Bassets went to second
on Esterbrooks sacrifice and scored on Me-
The bright visions of victory which the crowd
had begun to entertain faded almost away in
the last half of the inning. for Myers, the first
Washington batter, got base on balls. and
Sesry made bad muff of Twins fly to left,
which plante the runners on second and third,
with no one out Mack came to the bat, and
George Myers raised the hopes OF the crowd by
taking pretty foul tip from his bat DonnellY,
however. smashed the bali hard, and il seemed
to be sailing away past Buckley, but that
player made a spring for the ball and caught il.
The Washington Myers was too far OF third to
get back. aud 'Buck" made double play and
ended Washinetons' chances for the game. The
play was greeted with great applause by the
crowd, and was no less gratifying to the players.
Even George Myers threw bis mask into the
air and gave vent to a small Comanche yell
The home team cIinched the victory in the
next inning Zines, the first batter. sent the
ball ever the high fence at left field for home
run. and Myers got a base on balls. Washing
ton Myers fumbled Denny's grounder. and
seery got in base hit These, with stolen
base and two sacrifice flies. yielded three more
runs-or four during the inning. Buckley got
in a hit in the ninth. the only ether, hit of the
game. =. -