The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1888-09-06
BASEBALL AND THE TRACK
Burdick Helps the Home Team TO Take
Another Game from Pittshurg.
Chicago. New York and BOsts, the Other
League Winners-St Louis D Heats Brook
lyn-GOOd Races on the Lxal Track.
BASEBALL.

Burdick's Good Pitching, Aided by Pitts
bure's Errors Gives Indi = uapolis n Game.
The Indianapolis club bracsd ND Yesterday,
and won a eame from Fittsbure. Burdick's
steady pitching and timegf bits by Denny and
Daily were mainly resp s'Isible for the victory.
The visitors this time started off with a lead,
and. considering the uss.nner in which the home
club bad weakened in the previous games, the
spectators had little Aopes of its winning the
game. But Burdick kept cool, and as Pittsburg
made one or two errors at critical stages, the
contest was settled in favor of the tsil-cuders, a
distinction which The home club expects to lose
now IN about tseo days, inasmuch az it is but
one game behind. Washington. There were only
about seven or eight hundred spec
tators. AmfElg them was Judge Martin
dale, and a few seats away sat
Chairman Charles Jewett, of the Democrats
State central committee. and United States
Marshal En- Hawkins As soon as the two latter
found that the Pittsburgs had q player by the
nam Of Cleveland, they began pulling for the
success of that club. They were greatly affected
when Cleveland struck out in the second inning,
1t BEL ri the first time that he had come to the
bar, and agreed together that, taken with the re-
suls In Vermont, il WAS certainly very bad
Omen. The game was not as full Of feat
Ares as most games Burdick held the
visitors down to such . degree that the
home team did not have q great deal OF
hard fielding to do. Ssery made an excellent
catch In left field early In the game Denny
went back to his place at third. and Daily COW
cred second. where be only got three chances
and accepted shem. Hines was still unable to
play, and George Myers took his place. filing it
very creditably. He is accustomed to tho posi-
tion. h--inS played it half a season with the
Bufslo club. Norris was also more effective
than IN Monday, yet the local team batted sons
very lively flies to Maui and Coleman. The
former made so many catches that Glasscosk
suggested he get a horse aud play the field.
NsIther team did much in the first inning. In
the second Kuehns, tho visitors Teutonic short.
stop, reached first on an over-throw by Denny.
Two hands were ont, but the runner stole sec
ond and scored on Mauls timely double to the
right fence. In the third inning little
Fields surprised everybody by knocking the ball
over the left field fence and scoring a homo run.
This gave the visitors q lead of two, and blue
enough it looked until the fourth. when the
homo team made one run. Seery, who was the
6rst batter. got his base on balls, vent to Sec
ond on q passed ball, to third on Glasscock's
sacrifice and home on Daily's two Dagger to left.
In the next inning the game was won. Buckley
began with . single. but was forced at second
by Myers, making two outs. The latter stole
second and tied the game on Denny's timely
bit TO left Seery hit q little ono toward Nor
us. who made a low throw to FIRST, Denny CON-
ing In and Sesry reaching second. The local
men still further increased their lead In the
eighth, when Glasseock got his base on balls,
'stole second, went to third on q wild pitch, and
came homo on Beckley's muff Of Clevelsnd's as
sisG The visitors did not do much hitting after
Fisldss home run In the third. In the fourth
Beckley made a bic after ono cut. but WAS
doubled mp by D~alrymple's fly to Denny. he
having made a start to steal second Kuehne
got IN q hit after two outs in the seventh, but
was forced. In the eighth Cleveland began
with a hit, but Morris famed the wind. and
Fields was thrown out in fine style by Burdick,
while Coleman bit q difficult fy to right. which
McGeachy attended to-. Beckley made a hie
after one out in the Iinth, but no one followed
his example Score: