Omaha daily bee., 1892-05-02

N refer TO the In
~ W dianapolis base bali
team.
Sz.l However, they are
heavily handicapped. That uniform is GER
tainly very Billy Harrington and Brush
should demand that President Williams
shufIies tho cards again and give him an
other cut.
All OF the Raphaelesque lights and shades
of the millennium plan are conspicuously
brought out In his present aggregation, and
he has got to be good top and bottom dealer
TO ever get within hailrg distance.
IL was cold and Dark and dreary yesterday,
but despite this discouraging condition OF
thngs, quito a fair crowd went out to
Sportsman's park to see the second bout be-
tween the Hoosiers and the Rustlers.
The bulk OF thy conceurSe, however, was OF
the genus bleacher.
HPromptly at o'clock Umpire McQuad put
o new ball on tap, and a misguided young
man, yolept Gayle, on account OF the won
derful slowness OF his speed, took his position
within the little square near the center OF
the diamond
He was full of hope, confidence and prunes.
Gayle's Great Efforts.
Before he pitched the first bali he looked
IT carefully over, rubbed it between his
palms, smct of it, spit on his hands, took
II was u good shot-nearv taking Shei-
beck's foot off-aud limping painfully, for the
umpre's sake, he went to first.
Young MIR Gayle was oxasperated, and he
shook his good right paw tiercely, and an al
tltudinous pitch was the consequence.
On this Shy ran to second.
Robert (Ttlks then pressed his club against
nice drop regular marshma!low, and Shy
scampered home Bobby cmbez2led the next
bag himself, but was caught trying to get
home on kepS safe drive.
The next moment Tun Berger slammed
Collopy out at first, and your Uncle sue
cumbed on high one to Letcher.
What ought to have been pile OF runs
dwindled down to one pcarly little tally.
But the Jays didn't last as long as il takes
to tell it.
McQuaid quit on a pop-up to Collopy,
Lawrence smashed Iious in the jaw three
successive times, ana he, too. wandered into
other paths and byways
Mr.. Letcher shocked tine whole team by
making hit Then O'Brien, OF German ex-
traction, sent little lazy ono down to Col
lopy and when he reached first your Uncle
had il there waiting for him.
And the Jays failed to score.
Camp Hayes and Fitzgerald furnished
speedy outs. Louis p from Quinn to
dance man on three weird lunges into space.
For the Billy Harringtons Quinn was tho
first man up. He took his position at the
bat and never said a word, but stood and
heart beat thick and fast.
He made four failures to put her over, and
Quinn took first
Some Double Plays Come Up.
Berger fouled to Collopy an on Old hick-
ory's hot smash to the same corner the two
runners were doubled. CoIly shot the ball
to Fitz and Fitz to Uncle.
And tho Jays failed to score.
In the next Darby led off with q grouuder
that had whiskers on 1t that would have
made Gus Schmelz sick with envy. Shy
flew out TO Letcher and Gllks forced Darby
at second, and Kelly did likewise for Robert
Again were the Jays doubled.
After Tommy Magic, the boy who used to
line 'em down to second like bullets from a
gun, in the hulcyon days of 80, had been
Switched off at iirst by CoIlopy, Gayle made
hit. Following this marvellous achieve
ment came nice little parobolc fly to Col
lopy from McQuaid's bat, and before Gayle
could get back TO first he nailed him. too
And the Hoosiers failed to score.
In tho fourth Colopy reached first on an
accidental bunt. Rowe hit to Gayle and,
ambitious to give the Rustlers taste OF
their own medicine, he turned to cut Coly
off at second but instead throw wild, an d
Colly went on TO third and your Uncle t O
second.
But neither got any further Camp
struck out, Gayle and OBrien attended to
Hayes, and Old Hick and O'Bren to Fitz.
For the HHrringtonB Lawrence gashed
the circumambient. Darby threw O'Brien
out at first, and Quinn did the gashing act
again.
And the Jays failed to score.
Old Hickory iuggled hot one from the
end of Darby's stick, and wild pitch
ticketed him to second Shy miscued on his
sacrifice, his half-hearted fly falling into
took another one from Gilks, aud it looked
like another arid waste for Omaha. Blu,
Kelly came next. He felt us IL something
ought to be done, and. he did it. Swinging
against one of young Gayle's highest priced
ana when the ball hit way out in Buck
Keefe's center crocus bed, Darby was il
and Kel pulling on second. He stole IhirC
and Collopy's second safe scored him.
Your Uncle popped upa high one and Ole
Hick earned another p o.
Pleasant to tho End.
Then Just to keep their hand in the Rust
lers executed another douole-their third il
the game.
pushed agrounder down 10 Shy, who scoopec
1t up and threw 1T TO F'itZ and Quinn wa
Re nipped. thon Fitz fired it on TO your Uncl,
md Berger was also made a sucker OF. Car
penter died enroute to first, Shy's quicl
throw beating them by n dozen yards OF
more.
And again the Jays failed to score.
In the sixth Camp beat little infeld tai
r. out, HAYES fouled to Nagle and Fitzgerald
TO o. Brien, while Darcy waited.
The Hoosiers didn't last as long. Nc
Qusld few out to Shy, and Darby threw the
4. Indiana battery out Mt first.
And again they failed to score
t, In the next the Rustlers made their fourtl
and last run.
Shy made a hit and Gik got his base OF
four wide ones Kelly hit to Gayle and Sh
was headed of at third, but on Collopy'
third safe bit Bob got home and Kelly .
third. On Rowe's hit TO Carpenter he ant
Kelly were doubled Carp throwing Uncl
'' out at 6rst, ana O'Brien Kel at the plate
As usual the Jays failed to score, and Il
fact kept on failing until the ninth, when
by the grace Of Omaha's only error, the
managed TO squeeze in a solitary tally, an
were happy.
About this time Letcher delivered himsel
of tho only evidence he has 50 far given Q
his right TO draw a salary. Uncle drove on
away out into right for a good hard singl,
Collopy was tearing along coward shome
the time Letcher got the ball. What did b
doi Why, that big Jay threw to Nagle a
prettily as anything YOU ever seen, and Co
lopy was caught at the plate.
q This is how the Jays got the run:
McQuaid made hit, and Lawren CO 70
lowed with hot one down TO Coilopy, an
over eager 10 cut tho game OF short Coll
threw TO F'itz to catch Mac, but his thror
was bad, and both runnors landed SAT-
Letcher's sacrifice advanced the runner:
aud on O'Brisn's long fly to kel, the first ra
home.