The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1888-04-25
TWO HITS AND THREE RUNS
A Lucky Column Should BE Placed in
the Chicago Teams Playing Record.
Henry Boyle Pitches Great Game, and Is
Well Supported, bat Chicago Wins
By the Chances of Accident.

Although the Chicagos scored but two hits
of OF Boyle yesterday, they managed to get
three out of it. 1t sounds like an old story
TO talk about luck, but even the Chicago players
admit that the local club has had . wretched run
of it in the last two games in addition TO the
laying off OF two of their strongest players.
Chicago owes the two runs which she made in
the fifth inning to an accident, hit from
Pfeffer's bat bounding over MosIet's head, after
striking small obstruction, and
making thrse-baser out of or
binary single. The visitors did great deal
of good playing, but that alone would never
have won yesterdays game for them. Ryan, in
center, saved it for his side by some remarkable
felding-notably stop of hit from Buckleys
bat which would have been good for three bases
Pfeffer also felded nicely, ard young Krock
pitched great game The manner in which
Krock fielded his position was also remarkable
for young player He made stop of drive
from Seery's bat at the opening of one inning
which looked almost accidental but from the
neat manner in which it was dons. It saved runs.
too. II was blunder which amounted almost
to accident that gave Chicago her first run.
It was in the second inning; Arson had opened
withsa hit and gone to SECOND on passed ball,
when Pfeffer drove liner at Boyle. The ball
struck him in the stomach, but he recovered
and threw his man out at first although Arson
reached third. Boyle was hurt bad enough to
delay the game for few inmates. and Ester
brook, without waiting for time to be called
tossed the ball out Shomberg. and Arson ran
home Denny protested that under such cir
cumstances it was understood that time was
called, but Valentine did not seem to think So
Hines was unable to play, and his place
taken by Moffet. The latter had two three
opportunities to bring in runs but could not do
it, for which of course he is not to be blamed
as he does not pretend to be 6 batter. Yet it
justifes the belief that if Hines had been play
ing the home team would have been able to win
the game. Boyle pitched one of the finest
and it was no fault of his that
the home team did rot win the
game, especially as he brought in the run made
by Indianapolis in the ninth inning. He dis
played remarkable neadwork, and gave evidence
of the fact that there would hardly be a better
pitcher in the country this yea~. He was finely
supported by Myers. Denny and Bassett.
Shomberg made one very clever catch in right
field, and Esterbrook took difficult foul fly in
good style
In the first inning Moffet got base on balls,
went TO second q wild pitch, TO third
Myers's hit and home on Dennys long sacrifice
fly to right. Indianapolis mace no more runs
until the last inning. when Esterbrook reached
first on Burns's wild throw. went to second on a
passed ball, to third on Bassetts sacrifice and
home Boyle's hit. Buckley, who had already
his safely twice. followed up Boyle's base
hit with another, and passed ball
put him and Boyle on second and
third. A little base hit was all that was neces-
sary to have won the game but it was NOS forth
coming. Moffet making the third out with a
grounder to Pfeffer, who had not missed single
chance offered him in the four games During
the intervening innings the homo team had
several promising openings for runs closed up
by unlucky hitting. In the sixth, for example,
Seery was hit by pitched ball, and being the
FIRST batter, a run was almost assured. On the
first pitched ball he started to steal second, and
was half way down to the base before the ball
left Krock's hand The worst possible thing
that could happen at that stage of the game was
foul tip and that was the very thing which
did occur, Seery being doubled mp; base-hiE
by Basset followed. and at least one would
have followed, and probably several, rs Krock
was not so steady when were bases.
This was the only foul tip offered either catehsr
during the game.
3 The manner in which Chicago made her first
run has already been described. The other two
were made in the fifth, when Pfeffer made hit
to center. Ths ball coming straight
toward Moffet. who STOPPED TO step it, when it
struck obstruction and bounded over the field
er's head. giving the runner three basss. where
he would have made bus one Williamson was
given q base balls, and started to steal second.
Myers then threw wild to that base, Pfeffer
scoring and Williamson going to third, whence
he scored on sacrifice. Giving them the ad-
vantage of every play made the visitors could
not have gotten man any further than third in
this inning but for the assistance of the pebble
in center field Following is the ssore: