The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1888-05-22
a GAME W G Il
The Costly ClarksOn md His Team Shut
Out by the indianapolis Players.
Brilliant Fielding on Both Sides with an Ex-
cited Crowd Threatening Umpire Decker
"A Contest Difficult TO Repeat

The high degree Of excitement to which .
srowd Of spectators at . ball game eau be ex-
srcised Was strikingly illustrated yesterday on
The Indianapolis grounds. The interest was
more or less intense all through the game. but
the climax occurred in the last half of the ninth
inning. At that time the score stood one 70
nothing in favor of the home team The battle
had been splendidIy fought through
out, but at this last stage OK the
game it would have been the
easiest thing in the world for the visiting team
to overcome the very small lead which the home
club had succeeded in obtaining. To make mat
ters look more gloomy, Boston's strongest bat
tiers were to face Boyle. Kelly was to lead of,
20 be followed by srch men as Wise, Nash and
Morrill,. 1t was natural. therefore, that the
happy faces Of she crowd should not
be ali smiles; and when Kelly
took up his hat and walked to the plate with q
fase glowing with excitement, it was quite .
sight to take q glance at the 1.500 people. many
Of them ladies', who sat in the grand stand with
heads leaning forward. watching almost breath
lessIy every movement Of the men in uniform
upon the field before them
The game supplants previous records, and be-
comes the best of the season events up to date.
1t was better than the one to nothing contest
with Detroit, for the very apparent reason that
the one run in that game lodged on the wrong
side OF the Official score-book. Then there were
some other features in which it was better. The
Bostons came nearer making runs yesterday
than the home team did in the Detroit game.
and Indianapolis was deprived of other runs
only by some splendid fielding and pitching.
1t would be difficult to pick out the individuals
participating in the contest who most distin-
guished themselves. Perhaps Boyle. Clarkson.
Nash. Esterbrook. Kelley and Myers should be
assigned to the front row, umpire Decker al
lotted to the second. and the rest Of both teams
arranged In the third, while several noisy occu-
pants OF the ''blsschsrs' can be stationed in the
fourth place, where there viii be no danger Of
their getting at the umpire. Boyls's pitching
was slightly better than Clarkson's, although the
latter did exceptional work, for the reason that
two Of the visitors hits were scratches,
while the home players sent more hard drives
to the Boston felders. Nash, at third, did
splendid work, and stopped one cannon ball
boundsr from McGeachy's bat Kelly also
caught well and directed GARRISON where to
hitch. besides Offering the umpire advice when
ever he saw occsion TO do so. Capt. Morrill, al
90 played . good game at first base. ard there
was not, in fact, q bad fielding play ON either
side. For the home team the good work Was
we'll divided. Besides his pitching, Boyle field
cd well In his position, stopping one
particularly bad drive from Kelly's
bat EstsrbrooK. on first, did 6ns
work and was heartily applauded- He made
several difficult foul-fy catches and felded well
In every way. Bassstt, Glasscock and Denny
did what they had . chance TO do like clock
work. and the last-named has the credit of
scoring the winning run.
Decker had one Of the most difficult games TO
umpire that ever fell to the lot Of bis much
abused class, and, with the exception Of
the last inning, he did his work
well. He had, however, to contend against the
reputation Of his bad work on Saturday
and, as . consequence. received abuse when he
did not deserve it For example, q section OF
che crowd Missed him In the seventh inning
when he called Hines out st second base. Boyle
had reached first on "a error by HornunR, and
Hinec followed, with Q base on balls There
were two outs. and Glasscock followed with Q
sharp drive toward second. Wise knocked the
ball down and 1t rolled . short distance away,
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fore Hines reached the base. Neverthe-
less. Decker was denounced for calling Hines
out In the eighth inning, however. Decker
was clearly wrong in dspriving Sssry OF . base
on balls. A portion Of the bleachers did thsm-
selves no credit early in the game in denouncing
Decker. who was doing fairly good work at
least. and this was not liable to put him IN q
humor for giving the homo team any favors In
the ninth inning.
Hines and Denny struck out in the first in
ming and Glasscock was thrown out IN fine style
by Nash The Bostons were also retired with
ont much effort, although Wise got Ia = bit
after he had made two bad efforts to hit the
ball. Nash's drive to Bassett. however. re-
suited in a double play.
In the second the home players secured two
hits and q stolen base but made no runs. Seery,
the first batter. caught q slow curve on the end
OF his bat and dropped IL in q safe place over
second base. Bassett let one nice ball 60 over
the plate IL order to give Seery q chance to steal,
but the latter waited for the SEQ
ond one. and then got . bad
start As q consequence he was
thrown out. Kelly sending the ball very aecu-
rately TO Burdock. After Bassett had been re-
tired Esterbrook sent o liner against the left
held fence, but could only get one base on the
play. He stole second, however, by grace Of
ksllys wide throw, but was left by MeGeAchy.
Boston was easily retired in this inning, not
being able 70 do anything with Boyle.
In the third the home team made It's run.
Boyle and Myers had been retired. when Hines
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followed with . two-bagger. sending Hines in,
and Seery came within an ace of sending two
more IN, rs he hit the ball hard, but Clsrkson
Knocked it down with his left hand and threw
him out
Boyle opened the fifth with q fne two-bareer
down the left foul line. Hins Q was thrown out
by Burdock, and then the next two batters
struck out. leaving Boyle on third.
Morrill, opened the last half Of this inning
with . pretty hit, and then Hornung cot in q
miserable scratch hit. To add to the trouble.
Myers misunderstood one Of Boyle's signs and
had a passed ball, which put the runners on
second and third, with no one out,
It looked blue for Indianapolis. bat
Boyle proved equal to the emergency.
Brilliant pitching and equally brilliant Fielding
were what pulled the home team out Of "a diff.
fculty. johnson sent @ foul toward th, north
benches. which Denny took in good style. Brown
foult-tipped and Burdock cent MP a high
foul. which Myers got near the grand
stand. The enthusiasm which created
the end OF the inning WAS very marked. In the
sixth Wiss got a hit. but was thrown out AZ seq
ond. In the seventh tie Bostons got past arst
base for the second time. After one OUT Morril
got q lucky bit. went 10 second on a sacrifice
and 70 third on Myers's bad throw 20 catch him
mapping, but Seefy captured Johnson's fy near
the fence.
At last the ninth inning was reached. and
Kelly walked mp TO the bat. Boyle threw one a
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