The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1892-04-17
Western League
National League
WESTERN LEAGUE.

Championship Series Opens with Milwaukee
Home Team Beaten by One Point.
In point of weather and attendance the
opening championship game of the West
ern League series. yesterday. at the League
Park, was q glittering. s~cintlIlating sgc-
cess. but in point of scientific playing the
game, perhaps. creaked strife in the Joints.
Although the Milwaukee team won by q
point, the home team covered itself with
glory in the latter part of the game. and
had there been one more inning would have
gone through to ap easy victory on q walk.
As early as 9 o'clock crowds began board
ing the street cars for the park. and by 2:3O
the pavilion was two-thIrds filled, and all
the seats taken outside of it. When the
game was called. at $50, there were very
few vacant seats in the pavilion, and q
large crowd stood mp through the game.
and testified. by free exercise of their lungs.
totheir lingering love for the national game.
The trees to the northwest were as
thickly populated as pigeon roosts. while
hundreds of people on the high ground east
of the park took in the situation at reduced
rates. Everybody wore a b~ase-balIish ex-
preston, and opened their mouths very
wide when the game was called at $3.50.
The Indianapolis team, dressed in i'm
maculate suits of white, were first to bat.
while the drab-colored M~ilwaukeeans re-
tired modestly to the background
and Lake began his deceptive
twirls, which, in the course of
time. become decidedly monotonous.
base. MeQuaid made a good, strong strike
and got to first, but Letcher went out at
third. Meara made q light hit and went
out at first, with McQuaid at second.
OBrien took the bat and sent the first ball
to the infeld and went ont. but Nc
Quad got in home and the first blood was
for indianapolis. The Milwaukees accom-
pIished nothing in the first inning. but
out on : sky-baII to Meara, Ward
took his base hit with pitched
ball. Twitchell went out on q
fly to the center field, and Ward was caught
Carpenter was the first Indianapolis man
to strike out, which he ola at the begin
ming of the second inning. Hengle went
out on q foul. as did kllngman. Then it
SaiI. lax taxing was firs 81" Henry made
a single and Hamburg got to first on an
error by Hengle. thus filling the bases. A
man. thus letting Lake in, though Roat
went out and Henry scored on a sacrifice
by Henry. thus ending the inning.
At the beginning OF the third inning
Quinn struck to left field and went
out. Madden took first base on balls.
and Letcher made first base on O mutfed
inheld fly. but as Madden did not leave
first on the strike. he was out. McQuaid
sent a vicious bali to the short.stop,
which was safely caught, and that ended
the first half of the third inning.
McQuaid caught Ward out. Twitchell went
out on first. as well as Earl. and the third
inning left both teams breast to breast.
In the fourth inning Lake. Henry and
Roet scored for Milwaukee. The fifth
inning was full of goose-eggs. Madden
and McQuaid went out at first. and
Letcher lost on a foul. The Milwaukees
did no better. 1t was lone. two.
three" with Mears. O'Brien and
Carpenter in the sixth inning. Nc
Carr, Ward and Twitchll initiated them.
Hengle, Madden and Letcher scored in the
eighth and raised the score to four for
Indianapolis. At this point there was en-
thusiasm manifested in the pavilion and
the trees for about three miles around.
The first half of the ninth inning was q
Disappointment to the H~arringtons and
gave the game to the Milwaukees with q
score of 5 TO 4, as follows: