The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1892-06-14
HOW THEY DID POUND HIM
Indianapolis Makes Another Cowboy
Pitcher Think He Has Glass Arm.
Fort Wayne Won Aeain-Mr Brush's Fancy
Team Takes Fall Out o: the freSumI tiOus
R0ston Lsaders-Ansen Falling Pack.
WESTERN LEAGUE.
Hoosiers Afflicted with Another Batting
Streak That Won.

Hoosiers Afflicted with Another Batting
Streak That Won.
sreciaI TO the Indianap ois Journal
KANSAS CITY, June 13.-The Hoosiers
were out to break records to-day, and as q
consequence the Blues again went down to-
defeat. For the first time this season
Sharsig's men have won two games In sue
c.ssion andwona majority Of the series with
another team. While the Blues did not put
much animation in the game, 1t was not
their errors which defeated them so much
as the hard and timely hitting of the Hoos-
lers. who appeared to be able to smash
the ball whenever they wanted TO. They
gave Eiteljorg q royal dressing down.
touching him up for sixteen safe hits and
a total of twenty -four bases. Letcher led
the stick-work with q single, a double and
home-run, and he was ably assisted by
Genins. Sullivan. Madden and Maggie. In
the field the HOosiers did some splendid
work, and some that was not so brilliant
Hick Carpenter having been summoned to
his home in Massachusetts by the cad in
telligence of the death of his another, his
place at third base was taken by Quinn.
whose catch OF EIteljorgs hard line hit
right at HIM was the feature of the game
The Blues could no: gauge Sullivans de-
livery with any degree or success, making
but SIX scattered hits IN tho game. In the
field their play was without life or am-
bItioE, seeming to feel the shadow of de-
feat. 1t was one, two, three for the Blues
In the first inning, and the Rain-makers
could do no better, though they bad men
on second and third. In the second inn ing
the Blues scored the first run OF the game,
Carney making first on Bergers wild
throw, and following il with a steal
of second, and finishing the circuit on sacri-
fees by NcMahan and Payne. In the third
the visitors forged ahead with two runs
which they secured by means of a single
by Sullivan. double by Genins and SIN
gle by Berger. In the hrst half of the
fourth the Blnes also accumulated a PAIR
and went into the lead for minute. A
single by Carney, q base on balls TO No
Mahon and a sacrifice by Payne, after
which a wild throw by Sullivan and SIN
gle by Alberts sent in the runs In their
half the Hoosiers batted out three runs and
again took the lead. The fnns were scored
after two were out on single by Sullivan,
doubles by Letcber and GenIns and Sun
days muff of OBrien's fly.
For the Blues, in the sixth, Payne hit to
center for a clean homer and in the sew
enth Manning scored the tieing run on his
single and dou BILE by Sunday. The score
remained tie until the last half of the
eighth. when the Hoosiers struck another
terrific streak of hitting and batted out
four earned runs, which proved to be
enough to win and to spare. With one ont
10 center. Lawrence drove him home with
his three-bagger 10 left and scored himself
on a single by Sullivan. Letcher kept up
the fun by smashing the bail away down
IN center field for home-run and Genins
also hit safely, hut was left. The score: