The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1894-07-17

The Indianapolis public is taking great
deal OF interest these days in Its ball team.
The Sioux City and Indianapolis teams
meet again on the formers grounds next
Tuesday for three games.
Knorr, the new pitcher, arrived last
evening, and will very likely be put In
against Detroit Friday or Saturday.
Twice yesterday Camp managed to block
done so Hogriever would never have stolen
the base.
Phillips was none the worse last night
for that terrific drive Of Newelrs, yester-
day, which struck him squarely on the
chest He will probably remember for
few days to come, however, that he was
hard hit
1t is Peppers day to pitch, and Indianap-
oils should make another stride toward the
800 mark. The leaders are not so very far
away, and the half-mile post has just
been passed, so the race is not hopeless
one by any means.
Indianapolis has won the last ten games
played on the home grounds. The Sioux
Citys have been away for thirty-three
games, of which they have won nineteen
and lost fourteen. on their last trip they
won twelve games and lost three.
The regularly Scheduled Detroit games
this week are Wednesday, Thursday and
will be shifted so as to fill in Friday, thus
giving Indianapolis a full week of baseball
prior to the home teams Western trip.
That fly of Grays in the ninth inning
caught on the Indianapolis grounds. On
the grounds of most of the Western
League clubs it would have easily cleared
the fence and been a home run. The park
here is by all odds the best in the league.
Phillips came pretty nearly reaching
Cunningham's Saturday strike-out record.
He moved down three men yesterday and
wound I'D the game by striking out Newell,
with the bases filled. When the hard-hit-
ting Sioux City shortstop cannot find the
ball few of them have much license to
hunt for 1t.
The private boxes at the baseball park
with the exception of those reserved for
the press and the officials OF the club, will
hereafter be reserved, and no person will
be allowed in them without a ticket. Spe-
cial tickets for them will be on sale each
day, up TO 2:3O p. m, at the cigar stores OF
j. G. II. Mayer * Bro, on North Pennsyl-
vania street, and Herman Adam, on North
Illinois street.
The last Sioux City-Indianapolis game
will be played this afternoon. Hart and
Pepper will probably be the opposing pitch
ers and Sharsig'S men should make 1t three
straight. Tomorrow, which will be ladies'
day. the DetroitS, who are fighting the
home team hard for sixth place, will begin
these ere concluded Sharsig's men will go
away for two weeks. The Detroits have
been putting up great ball recently, having
won eight games out of the last ten played.
Frank Scheibeck, of the Pittsburg League
team, who so badly wanted by Indian
apoliS some time ago. has been released,
but was at once signed by Washington,
and will join that club at New York to-
day. His batting average is .356, and he
practically leads the PittSburg hitters,
though Beckley. who has played in seventy
games to his twenty-four, has average
of $50 and Stencil of .342. The Pittsburg
management is cutting down expenses and
will carry but fourteen men from now on.