The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1888-04-15
SPORT At ATHLETIC PARK
The indianapolis Team Toys with the
Uninitiated Players from Toledo.
President Brush Would Like to Get Radbourne,
but Doubts II Boston Will Release Him
Personnel of the Charlottesville Club.

There was not nueh Of a game about ysster-
days exhibition AZ Athletic Park 1t was more
ike q couple Of hours practice between two
teams, In which the idea of making did not
seem TO be in the minds of the players. Good
fielding records were also Mt discount, and the
man who finished the game without error
was compelled to listen to a reprimsnd
from the manager The Toledo club
is composed exclusively of young
players, not one OF whom has
yet succeeded in placing his name upon the
baseball scroll of fame. They have Brown.
but it is not the Brown who is trying to bluff
New York into paying him sxorbiEant salary,
or the Brown who struck out for the IndiAnapo-
lis club 90 often las. season. And they have
Barney, but IL is not the ivory headed gentle
man who manages the Baltimore club, and
they also have an Allen, bus
not the one who ploughed mp the
ground in CIsveland'a left field last season
Drischell may be French for DriscoIl which is
Irish, but this is not one Of the old-time Dris-
coils Bottenus and Hutt names which no
other mortnls have even laid claim to. and
while there may be other Washes. Saleses
and Dunns, they are not bal-players. The
Toledos came on the field yesterday
dressed in Southeru Confederacy uniforms
and after a few minutes practice.
In which they did not show up SO badly. the
pitching and hitting began. Il must be acknowl-
edged that the club made n most creditable
showing under the circumsta noes. Notwith-
standing tne heavy hitting Of the homo team.
they made but six fielding errors. or less than
the home team The catcher. Brown, showed
up eredirably, and second bAseman Bottsnus
played rafting game. Sales, the short-stop,
seems all in all, to be the best
nan the 70 noints il , hot e.s H ne errors ves sOa
day was one of judgment, in throwing homo
when there was no possible chance of him get
ting a runner Hutt, the first baseman, was q
decided success at the bat but not in the field.
The man in the team who looks most like bat
ter is Walsh, who is perfect imitation OF Sam
grand stand on FIRE, however, by his fielding.
he throws to first like the small boy plays
'Andy-over.s
very atrikinR except the batting. and that was
exceedingly striking" A feature of the game
was DsnDys home run in the first inning. He
grand-stand thinking it would 20 any great
distance; but il finally dropped into Tennessee
street. Denny also nit it over the left field
after Shomberg had knocked it over the right
field fence. Every man in the team got at least
enc hit EsteFbrook made Eve sashing drives
1.-TWO OF them for two bases. Glasscock and
Hines also hit with vigor. The home teams
twenty-three hits yielded a total of fortythree
bases. At one period in the game Manager
Smith, Of the ToIedos. walked over to Manager
Spence aud suggested the advisability of the lat
ter telling his lieutenants ITO let up little"
The pitcher. why, no. said Spence, 'aTn not
going tell them 60 let mp. Our pitcher is
tossing the ball at your hatters, while the field
srs are throwing the ball about and giving you
every chance TO make runs. You onghtn't to
complain" And so he should not. Shreye did
very little hard work and had a great deal Of
fun AT one sime be stood about five feet In
front Of The pitchers box and delivered couple
Of balls before he was called down BY the UNI
pre-
The game WAC prolific ia runs base hits and
errors The only exciting feature was when
Presidents Brush attempted. in tbs sixth inning
20 catch foul from his place in the directors
box. The effort brought forth stupendous ap-
plause.
The game as il was may possibly be eked out
Of tha following aeorn: