The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1888-09-22
DEFEATED ON ACLOSE SCORE
The Proverbial Bad Luck Follows the
Local Niue to the Close of the Season.
Chicago Wins from Washington, New York
and Detroit Are Tied, and P~ittsburg Defeats
Beston-Last Game This Afternoon.

There was q very large man in the box for the
Philadelphia club yesterday, measured by his
ability to play baseball, and chiefly as a conse-
quence of that fact the home club was defeated.
1t was by the same old marein-one run. 1t
was rumored last night. and there 10 the great
est reason to believe that il lie true, that the
stockholders of the indianapolis club have re-
Gently applied for an exclusive privilege on all
ons-run defeats Hereafter no other club viii
be allowed to lose q game by one run, and the
Indianapolis club will lose all its games
by one run. The two thousand
spectators witnessed another good game. but
it did not abound in brilliant plays. However,
there wsrs few bad ones, and enough pretty
work Wis done to furnish frst-clsss entertain
msnt The Philadelphia men played one Of their
characteristic games-one that was full of
ginger" pepper or any other of the terms
that are popular in the language OF baseball
when q lively, nsvergive-up spirit 10 signifed-
They did not do much better batting than the
home team; their fielding was not so good. but
they worked hard. and played better at critical
stages They displayed better Judgment, too,
in running bases, for, while so per cent. better
runners than the home team, they threw
away no chances trying to steai
bases There is no use Of denying the
fact that the base-stealing rage has
declined this season in the League, where there
are eatehers who can throw accurately, and the
leading teams have very small base-siealing
records, while the losing ones have larger rec
ords in this department.. The only two stolen
bases by the home team, yesterday, were que,
not to wild throws, but TO muffs by men cover
ing second base Burdick pitched q good game;
it might have been q winning one bad be not
made a fatal tumble in the ninth. De was Also
Ssll supported, the only fielding error being an
excusable one oy Glasscock- The latter old
other Fielding that was very fine, as did the rest
Of the irhelders, Bsssett making one pick up
Eat WAS exceptionally good. Mulvey made =
beautiful stop in the last inning. and Andrews
made q great throw from the outheld-
The home club got the lssh. In the second
inning. after one man had fallen q victim to
Bufinton's curves and Glasscoek had made
Wild and Intellectual drives 81 two of them, the
after got the ball on the end of his bat and sent
IL safely to right field. He tried to steal second
and succeed by grace o: Irwin's muff of Gle
mentss. speedy throw MeOeachv made bis
customary sacrifice. aud Shoeneck then came 10
the rescue with a line drive TO left Held 1t
looked ike the ball Kept rising higher instead Of
falling, and il got tn Wood before it reached
she ground The big left-felder was out Of
balance, however, and the ball did not stick,
. mishap which opened wide the threats OF two
Thousand people. for il permitted Glasscock to
score the first run 10 the fifth inning. after
two men were out Burdick battsd an aggravat-
ing little ball down In front Of the plate and
sprinted toward first He gos there before the
active Bufinton could feld the bail accurately.
Then Hines came forward and landed the ball
up against the right field netting. and Burdick.
BY a really fne exhibition of running crossed
the plate just about the oce thousandth part OF
q second before Clements swung around at him
with the ball.
This lead Of tao looked large. healthy and
smiling, bat proved consumptive after ali. 10
their turn at the bat 10 toe nextiuuing the visit
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Wood began matters by batting a long fly over
Illness head for two bases. A singular play fol-
lowed, when q foul tip from Farrars bat struck
Buckley on the knee and bounded back into the
diamond, where 1t was caught before the ball
reached the ground. aud the batter was declared
out Not evan this hard luck could keen the
visitors from scoring, for Burdick aid what be
TOO frequently does-sa;led 3 nice straight ball
over the plate which Delebanty lined to center
field, bringing Wood In. Hines made q futile
effort TO catch the ruoper at the plate, which
only resulted in tte batter reaching second.
whence be came in on Clementss single, made OF
another nice straight ball
The tie remained until the ninth, although in
the sighth the local club had . small show Tor a
run. Denny, after ono out. got IN a slow single
over second, bat persisted in M attempt TO steal.
Then Seary bit a slow grounder, which Bas.ian
went afse- awkwardly and failed TO field. He
attempted q steal-tne proper thing TO DO. mas
much as there we're two outs-but would have
been cut OF had not Bastian mufed the throw.
bassett was Lnen called out on strlkes, no odte-
ly got his bat across the plate on the third
strike, II he did that, and the umpire should
have given him and the home club the advantage
OF the doubt, but he did not
In the ninth the visitors won the game. Null
vey sent q nice ball st Burdick, but the latter
was over-anxious, and failed TO get upon it. Ir-
win made n nice sacrifice. which seat him TO
second Bufinton should have made the same
record. he hit = slow ball down in front of the
Plate: IL stopped . moment. got It's bearings,
and then started on o slow roll TO first base
Burdick ran toward it, but it began to roll
faster as ne approached it, and the first thing he
knew he was up against Schoenecg near frat
base, tho ball lay motionless between them.
and Bufinton stood on first, smiling as
benignly ss IL he were sitting for
? o cabinet photo. Perhaps Burdick was not re-
sponsibls for failing to get the ball; perhaps
Schoensek was not, but In the language of a fat
man in the grand stand Somebody was to
blame. by thunder" 1t won the game. for the
next batter. Bastian, hit a slow grounder toward
Bassett, who saw there was no chance Of catch
ing the runner at the plate and accordingly
threw out the runner. which made the second
out. This run was sufficient, for the home team
wept out in order 10 the ninth. Score: