The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1889-08-06
VICTORY FOR THE VISITORS
Hard Luck Brings Defeat tOthe Earnest
Hoosiers, Who Played Good Game.
Boston's Young Pitcher Also Enabled Them to
Keep Winning ScOre-Playing That Had
Several Brilliant Features-0ther Sports.

There was large and enthusiastic crowd
at the League Park yesterday afternoon 10
witness the opening game of the Boston
series and to welcome the Hoosiers homo
after their successful trip. While the visi-
tors scored victory, the defeat was one
that will cast no discredit upon the home
team, because il played good ball and lost
more through bad luck than any fault of
its own. Everything favored the Bostons,
while lust the reverse was the case with
the Hoosier players. Ten hits were made
off Boyle, but at least four of them were of
the scratch order. and came In at the proper
time. Beside, the Hoosiers were without
the services of their captain, and, of course.
suffered on that account. Had Glasscock
been in his position the result might have
been different.
1t true Denny played short field in fine
style, making several brilliant stops and
assists while Daily did we'll at third base;
but the work of the HOosiers' manager was
greatly missed. That he was not in his
place was not his fault. He stopped at
wheeling Saturday night to see his family,
and arranged TO be here at noon yesterday.
but on account of a wreck was delayed and
missed his train at Cincinnati. GlasscOck
Is not disabled. as was stated in yesterday
Sentinel. There is nothing the matter with
him. and he Will be in his position this
afternoon.
Luck was all on the side of the
visitors yesterday. and they owe their
success more to that element than anything
else. For instance. kellys twO-base hit
was the worst kind of a scratch, the ball
atriking an obstruction just in front of
Denny and bounding high over his head.
Two other hits were made inside the dia-
mond. just out of reach of the fielders. and
so it went throughout the contest On the
other hand, the Hoosers made several long
drives to the out field that were cut off by
scratch catches. Denny's playing at short
was really the feature of the game. He
made remarkable stop of line hit, and
with the assistance of Hines completed a
brilliant double play. Seery also did fine
work, as did Daily.
The visitors scored in the first inning on
a tumble by Bassett and singles by Brouth-
ers and Richardson after Kelly had reached
from a close corner in this inning. as
the bases were full and only one
out when Johnston hit a grounder
third Da1ly who Quickly touched
making nice double play. The next runs
made by the visitors were in the third inn
ing, when q single by Nash and home run
by Richardson scored two. A single by
zell gave Boston her last tally in the sixth.
Indianapolis had men on first and second
in the latter inning but failed to score. In
the seventh Hines got his base on balls and
went to third on Sullivans twO-bagger.
Buckley followed with fine drive to
center, but Johnston was playing deep
field and took it off the fence, Hines scoring
on the out McGeacby also sent long fly
TO left, which Brown got after hard run.
In the ninth Hines made a single, and
scored on hits made by McGeachy and Bias
sett. but Boyle struck out, and the game
was lost Getzein and Daily will be the
battery in to-day's game, and Madden will
expected. Score: