The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1893-04-09
DEppENS WIN BALI GAME
Home Club Showed Up Fine in New Uni
forms and Field Practice at Lanham's.
Visitors a Picked-Up Nine Of Unemployed Pro-
fessiOnals-GoOd Batting and Sharp Play.
ing the Rule-Gsme To-Day.

The first ball game of the season, which
was played yesterday afternoon at tie
grounds out at Lsnham's road house. did
not prove TO be q great success as far AS its
financial end was concerned, but 1t was q
close. interesting exhibition of the national
game. and one that kept what spectators
there were in doubt until the last inning
ss To which club would DO the
victOrs. The opposing teams were the
Louisville Deppens. of that city, and the
Club, OF indianapolis. The DeDpens Is q
team composed of material gathered from
among the players of the various leagues
who have not as yet signed contracts for
the coming season. and il is an aggregation
of players who know the game from the
start to the finish. The club has for it's
members men who have been play
ing ball In local teams for q
number of seasons. and several who
have helped several of the National League
teams To success. At o'clock, when time
Vas called for the game. there were prob
ably three hundred spectators seated on
the benches and lined up along the fence
that skiTted right held. The crowd was
composed almost wholly OF men. and they
were ones who seemed TO have al intimate
aoauaIDtance wIth every play or who APP
peared on the diamond. for they spent most
CT their time in ~good-Datured guying. One
or two of the fair sex occupied seats nign
M IN the stands. but they were so much In
the minority that they kept hidden from
sight as much as possible. The teams pre-
sented the following batting order:
Deppens-clino. Q. T.; Reeder. 3D.; Lanssfort.
shrevS, J. T.; Gagen. p Brook, ID.
Club Fischer. 2b.; Waters. T. f.; schaub. c.;
". sowders. H.; 4. Donovan. l. T.; r. schaub,
3D.; Hoilingsworth. 8 s.; White, @. I.
The Deppens presented q rather queer
appearances as they trotted ont into the
field. Their uniforms were of a decidedly
Dondeseript appearance. and were of the
clubs 10 which the men had previously be-
longed. shreve, the old indianapolis
lad on the breast of the shirt
the word .Louisville;" Monk Cline
sported one of about the same color,
but 1t was nameless; Reeder and Reccius
had the word Spokane in big letters
across their breasts. but the suit of one
was of q dirty white and the other of q
SOlled blue; still another player sported a
uniform of the now defunct Marinette
Club and another of some local team In
Louisville. Tne Club presented quite a
contrast in their brand new white uni
forms and black trimmings. and they
showed up in practice fully as well as their
opponents.
The game vas marked By some very hard
hitting. particularly on the side of the Dep
pens, and some clever fielding by both
clubs. The pitchers box was set back to a
distance of sixty Ieet and SIX inches from
the batter. or five feet six inches further
from the batter shan it was in former sea-
Sous. The change did not make itself very
apparent, either In the batting or to the
ey c. IN yesterdays game. but It Is plain to
be seen that it Is going to increase the bat
ting averages of the play ers TO a very ma
terial extent.
Fer the visitors Gacen and Cline did the
best batting, and Reccius and Reeder
carried oil the fielding hOnors. Recclus
distIn guished himself by nabbing a couple
of hard line hits, making an unassisted
double-play on one. and Reeders throwing
across the diamond was q feature OF the
game. Shreve. who played In lett field.
did not have q chancs to do any
work. ont when he came to the bat
he was shown by the applause given him
that be had not been forgotten. Cline, in
the eighth inning. when there was one
man on base. knocked the ball over the
right-ield fence for q home run. For the
home team the two Schaubs, Holm gs-
worth and VIII SOwders made the best
showing at the bar. and the work of all in
the field was well Gone. except that at
times the throwing to cases was slow.
The score by innings is as follows:
Oab---------O o 1 2 o o 1 o o.
The same teams will play again. to-day.
on the same grounds. and If yesterdays
&OAACGt IT ~ eAo 8oIto a OO
an interesting one. The batting order of
each team will be the same as it was yes
terday, except that Shepherd will pitch
for the Club and Shreve for the Deppens.
The game will be called promptly at 3
o'clock.
Game To-Day at Brighton Beach.
The Grand Avenues and Daltons play the
second of q series OF games at Brighton
Beach to-day. The game Will be called
promptly at 3 o'clock. The grounds have
been rolled and put in excellent condition
during the past week and a good game may
be expected. The makeup of both teams
Will be as follows:
Grand Avenues-Rahert. g.; Rhodes, p;
Ramsey, p; Darmody. =. s.; Dufiecy, H.; Stow
art. 2b; Barnes, 3D.; O'Brien, /. f.; Adams, L. f.;
Vance. @. I.
DaltOns-Bright, O; Derrick. D.; Sowders p;
Stokes. 8. s.: st. Clair, 1b: Casey, %; Mulligan,
3D.; Haspel. l. T.; Conners, r. f.; Kiefer. G +.
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