The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1891-05-26
BASEBALL AND RACE-TRACK
Kelly's Club Has Grown Weary OF Its
Sunday Experiment in Cincinnati.
There Is q Possibility Of the Team Coming
Rere-Games Of the Leagues-Pool Selling
Denounced -Latonia and Grsyesend.


1iRb 4LAA
It Il Looking for . Home Where Policemen
Are Not Troublesome.
There 10 no doubt whatever that TIL
Association. as announced in Sundays
Journal, is casting about for q good point
in which to locate Kelly's Cincinnati tesm.
The determined stand taken by the author
tiles of that city on the Sunday game ques-
ton will practically force the club from
that field. Without Sunday games
1T cannot help losing money there.
and cannot afford to Keep mp
9 losing campaign against the
League Club for the poor satisfaction of
extent dividing the interest. The plan was
fall back upon the Sunday IA for tnan-
cial ~reliet. 1t was even decided that the
clubs could stand arrest and fines each
Sunday they played. but the determine
ticipated. Last Sundays proceeding.
when sixty policemen appeared IN
the field and not only stopped
the contest in the first inning. but
arreste the players, convinced the Asso-
c~iatio. -.oDle that their case was hope
less. Their meeting a week from to-mor-
row 10 neccssitated by the general desire to
get the matter straightened out just as
soon as possible. lnOlan8pOilo le tno City
upon which their eyes are turned, and II
they conclude that there is q strong base
ball feeling here and that the club will re-
ceiye good support the change will be
made. There. is no doubt whatever that
the games will be well patronized, pro-
vided the team plays good ball.
To two things, however. the Association
people must make up their minds, namely,
there can be no Sunday games here and IL
will be impossible TO raise any money to en-
rAurQCa the pRmoVal nf tho feam to tlla
city. 1t is too late In the season for . move
ment of the latter SOFT to meet with any
success. If il is decided to put the club
here it will not be q week before the old
time enthusiasm Is back in full force ano
the games are sure to draw out the peo-
pie. Kelly has q good, strong team
and 25-cent ball will prove a card when the
race is close and the clubs as well matched
as those of che Association. The city is IN
good shape for a ball club, and the few peO-
pie who have an idea that the interest in
the game is not what il used to be. will
ind themselves wonderfully mistaken II
to support one of its teams. 1t must
not be expected that the Cincinnati
team can come mp here and draw
ont a crowd In an exhibition game:
t tess' Bn It let sy Kell No and m s;s men e come sa =.
representatives of I~ndianapolis and open
with q championship game and the psople
Will turn out. They will support the team
and support il well six days in the week,
so that il will not have to be dependent
upon Sunday games for existence. Indian
apOlis Will receive the Association with
open arms, INT right here the Cincinnati
club can find a haven of financial rest.
Messrs. Won der Abe. BarDle, Price and
the other rebellious magnates who frac-
tured the national agreement, should care
fully investigate the advantages of this
city before that meeting 10 held next week.
National League.
Philadeiphia.......o o o o o 3 o Q %
Hits-Cincinnati, z; Philadelphia, 4. Errors
lane and Harrington; Gleason and Clements.
At P,ttsbury-
B Boston Q . ! 9 IA
Hits.Pittsearg 9; Boston; 3: EEroEsmPi it's
Mack; Nichols and Bennett.
AT Ctereland-
Brooklyn ......-...1 o 8 o 3 o 0 o '-l2
Hits-Clevelsnd Q; BROOKLYN, IA. Errors,
| Cleveland. 4; Brooklyn, /. Batteries-Viau and
| thinner; Lovett and Tom DAILY.
Pain prevented the Chicago-New York game.
American Association.
Only one game was played yesterday.
At Cincinnati
cincinnati-.---o o9o1 IL
Hits-Cincinnati, 9; Athletics. 9. Errors
CINCINNATI, 5; Athletics, 2. Batteries-Crane and
Hurley; Chamberlain and Milligan.
Northwestern Ball League.
Special to the Indianapolis Journal.
TERRE HAUTE, lid. May 25.-It was in
the last half of the ninth inning that Peoria
got the one hit off Dougan in the most re-
markable game ever played on these
grounds. to-day. 1t was in that inning, too,
that all of Terre Haute's errors were made.
Score:
PsG5s Haute..1 g g g 3 g g
Batteries, Dougan and Mills; Mccoy and Fer
rien. Errors-Terre Haute. A; Peoria 4. Earned
runs-Terre Haute, 2. Base hits-rerre Haute,
10; Peoria 1. TwO-base hit-Terre Haute, 1.
Home Run-Terre Haute, 1. Passed ball-Terre
Haute, i.
EVANSVILLE, Ind, May 25.-After the
fourth inning to-day Dayton wasn't in it."
ming. but ne Jared no better than the latter.
being hit hard at times. The features of
the game were some magnificent catches by
Mcmillan in left and the batting of Wentz
and Sommers of the home team. Score:
bSapsSille..-.-.9a Z ! $685. I'll !
Hits-Evansville, IA; Dayton, IL. Errors
Evansville; Q; Dayton, z. Batteries-Evansville,
HARNESS, Smith and Schellhasse; Dayton, Fetty,
keenan, and WEIGH.
FRANKLIN Defeats Butler.
Special TO the Indianapolis Journal.
FRANKLIN. Ind, May 2a.-The Butler
University and Franklin College baseball
clubs played q ragged game this afternoon
on the home grounds, and the Franklin
College team was an easy winner. The
Franklins won by a score of 16 TO q. Shank
and Fall did battery work for Butler,
in the first two innings, the home team
making two hits and nine runs OF of
Shank. Meeker and Cullum did better
work in the remainder of the game. Buck
ner and McColly were in the points for
Franklin. Butler got q total of five hits
and six runs. Franklin got nine hits and
sixteen runs. Erros-Butler, II; Franklin.
3. Struck out-By Shank. 3; by Meeker,
2; by Buckner. II.
"Sigs" Defeat the "Phi KAPPA"
SPECIAL TO the Indianapolis ] Journal
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