The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1888-04-29
4 FINELY CONTESTED GAME
Thompson's HOme-Run Drive Over the
Left-Field Fence the Only Score Made.
How the League Clubs Have Been Playing
Chicago Loses It's First Game, but gos-
ton Still Wins-Base-B Notes.
The League Record.
Detroit wins ! Fine sau,a

There was very large crowd at the baseball
park, yesterday afternoon, and Ii Witnessed .
game which was almost equally creditabIe tn
victor and vauquised. The only run of sha eana
WAS when Thompson, the talIfright-ielder OF the
visiting team, batted the bail over the right AID
fence in the sixth inning and scored a homs-rnn.
T. has been several years since game was
played in which a home-run was the
only score made, and there have been
but two or three instances Of il ia the history
OF the game. With the exception Of Glasscock's
absence from the home club the two teams had
out the strongest mines that they could put on
the field, Gstzein and BeDnett being in the
pointsfor Detroit, and Boyle and Myers for the
home team. Jack Rowe appeared in his old DO
sitiou at short for the first time this season.
Boyle and Getzein had pretty even thing of il
from start to finish, for, while
the totals against the former are
larger because of Thompson's home-ruD,
Hines and Myers made live drives at White and
Rowe hich failed in being hits only by acct
dent IL was evident that Getzein was de-
termined to do his best from the manner in
which be started in, for determination was de-
pcted all over his broad German face. How
ever, Indianapolis would probably have batted
the game out of him in the very last inning had
not Myers thrown the chance away
by attempting to steal second. Myers
should not be condemned for this
Is il Is what ought to be done in most cases. but
under such circumstances as those of yesterday
it was .inadvisable. Bennett does not throw
wild to second base one time in twenty, and az
long as there were no outs, and two good batters
TO follow. it was utterly inadvisabIe 70 attempt
to steal Myers had reached first after sending
liner to Rowe, who dropped it. On the first
pitched ball he went down to second, and was
put out Shomberg ard Denny fol-
lowed with long singles, which would
ct least have sent in one run,
while another would probably have come in on
a sacrifice. Denny sized u the situation, for
be shouted to Myers, before he ran down, "Play
safe now. George" but the hard working little
catcher did not hear the warming. and Umpire
Valentine put 10 top TO Denny's coaching be-
cause the latter not standing in either Of
the coaching boxes. Nevertheless. Myers's mis-
have hsen failure to run down when the occa-
zion suggested that kind of play.
The fielding features of the game were catches
By Denny and Bassett Whites stops at third
and the work of the two catchers. There
not much of an outlook for runs either side
until the third inning. when Buckley opened
with 8 bit but Boyle struck cut Hines few out
and after Myers had got base on balls, Shom-
berg went out at first Again, in
the next inning. the outlook was
Seery got first on Richardson's error The next
three batters were easy outs, however In the
fifth Bennett made the first hit of OF Boyle.
He was the first batter and Richardson also got
ever, sent the first pitched ball over the fence
g. the sixth inning, and scored what proved to
Ee SSe winning run.
FosbOwin2 Ia the score: