The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1888-05-01
DEFEAT FOR THE HOME CLUB
The Detroits Bat Pitcher Shrevo's De-
livery for Thirteen Earned Runs.
MeGsachy viii Join the Club at Chicago,
for Which Place the Team Left Last
Night-Base- Ball Notes.
Terrific batting Gives pstro,s . Can

Tsrsiao Batting Gives Detroit tame.
The Indianapolis club yesterday received lie
frst decisive defeat OF the season ~ tho hands
of tho ehampIon Dstroits Tho latter took one
Of their famous batting sireaks, which tells tho
history Of The entire game They ssrnsd ell Of
their thirteen rams. showing that the home team
did some exceptional hsldlns In the face OF such
heavy batting. With the exception Of the frat
second aud eighth innings shrsve pitched with
sxcellsnt effect. bat he was numerically ham.
msrsd IN the two opening Innings. Both teams aid
some beautiful fielding. and nothing could have
been prsttlsr than tho exhibition Of batting
by The visitors. The only thing that marred
ths game was liza ons-sdsdness. Denny's work
% short vas brilliant aud Captain HAnlon did
some excellent work In tho ou,hsld. one OF HE
catches In the ninth inning being OF the phenom'
email order GAnrsli caught great game, saw.
E sns Conway . number Of Wild pitches, and pre-
venting two or thres runs from coming In. He
Also captured n number OF difheult foul tps.
Buckley caught we'll, - he always deea His
only error Was . misIudsed foul fly. Brouthsrs
did some good fielding for the visitors The
feature Of tho game which was most appreciated
By the crowd was the great batting Of big Sam
Thompson. A crowd Of Thompson's
friends from Danville vas down, and they
ehssred hlstwo ssrrihc homerun drives. When
he sent the second one over the fence far down
IN center, the Danvillians shouted. "Hurrah for
Danville,' and somebody Ia another part OF the
park. not % DO outdone. yelled "Hurrnh FOR
Indiana" The homo team failed 10 bat Conway
with the readiness that they anticipated doing,
or with the success that they had with him last
year. This was partly due. no doubt. TO- the long
game. which ENCOURAGED Conway and dis
eouraeed the homo players. The onlyrun made
By the home team was by Bassettin tho seventh
inning. when he made what WAS almost squiva-
lent 20 . hit Co right field. Thompson getting his
hands on the ball when ND against tho fence.
Bassett has certainly been doing great deal OF
timely batting this year for . player who 10 not
considered heavy hitter.
The day was cloudy and cold, and not over six
or seven hundred people saw the game, the
crowd being the smallest since the season
opened. The ground. however. was Ia better
condition than the spectators sxpeetsd to find u.
10 was q little slippery In certain places, aud
Hines. the very frat batter TO step 20 the plate,
would have reached fret base but for having
slipped and fallen after hitting the ball. The
home players all wore Grape in respect TO the
memory OF Pitcher Ferguson, Of the Philadel-
piles. who had died the previous day.
After the home team had been retired In the
frat inning the Detroits Immediately began
fusillsde on the Indianapolis pitcher; Richardson
son single, and Rowe q homo drive over the
right-held fence. This made four runs with no
one out, aud then White hit for q single and
Twitchell achieved O base balls, and still no
outs. Buckley made one OF his quick attempts
20 catch Twitchsll mapping ct frat base. but the
ball hit the runner the head. The play adj
vanced White 10 third base and laid Twitchell
out for q few moments, but, after reviving he
made effort 20 steal second, and was put out
by the lively work Of Buckley and Denny. Then
the next two batfsrs went out, leaving White on
third base.
The home team started on we'll In the next
inning. Ssery, the best runner In the team. was
the first man az the bat and he got base
balls. Then Esterbrook. who has not yet made
q timely hit this season. batted the ball to
Rove: and double play followed. In the last
half of this inning the visitors again set upon
Shreve. Conway was given . base on balls.
Richardson made q single, Brouthers a three
bagger, Rowe q two-baeger aud White and
Twitchsll singles A double play brought the
inning co q close. Hanlon sending q liner to
Hines, who threw 70 Bassett. and the latter TO
hrst, doubling no Twitehel who had started TO
seeond. There was difference OF. opinion at
this point between Captain Hanlop aud umpire
Valentine as 70 whether Whites run
should count, he having crossed the
plate before the double play wasi conn leted.
the dispute did not wax very warm. about the
only thing at stake being cigar which the dis
putants bet at The beginning Of the controversy.
The umpire decided that Hanlon had Lost and
would not allow him 10 dispute his decision on
this point. The rest Of the game was dull and
embarrassing except for good fielding feats and
for two magnificent home-run drives by Thomp-
son over the center field fence Bassett went to
second on Thompson's excusab.e error Ia the
seventh. 70 third on an error by White Of Of
Buckley's lively erounder and homo while
Ganzsll Was throwing Buckley out at second.
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