The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1894-04-13
WAS A GREAT FINISH
indianapolis Pulls Game Out in
the Ninth Inning.
A Change of Pitchers Proves Disastrous
and Only Lively Rally at the
Close Saves the Day.


ball grounds yesterday afternoon and they
got their moneys worth. The game was
full of excitement, especially from the
fifth inning on and indianapolis won it.
lost it and won it again in a way that kept
the crowd i'm an almost continuous uproar
Minneapolis was outfelded and outbatted
the home players showing the enthusiastic
crowd some brilliant fielding good enough
for League company AS usual the outfield
work was exceptionally fine, and a catch
by Leidy of Wilson'S line drive to left in
the fourth inning won an ovation for the
lively little left fielder. He picked it almost
off the ground after long run, end the
crowd made him lift his cap three or four
times as he came in at the close of the
inning. Leidy also had the longest hit of
the game. Gray had several beautiful rum
ming catches in right, one In the eighth of
Garry's long fly being especially notable.
The infielders put up a faultless game De-
vinny pulling down a pretty line hit from
McCauly's bat in the fourth. Phillips
pitched for five innings the visitors getting
but four hits off him. In the sixth Sowders
went in to finish the game, but was wild
and ineffective. and after Minneapolis had
piled up five runs Manager Sharsig in the
seventh substituted Gayle, who managed to
stop the run getting that came so near
losing the game Gayle has had no practice
at all, but was comparatively steady, and.
with good work in the field, held Minneap-
oils down to one run.
The visitors played good ball up to the
ninth, when the fusillade of hits discon-
certed them to such an extent that Indian
apolis was enabled 10 pull the game right
out of the flames. McCauley, well known
here. played his first game with them yes
terday, having been signed to cover first.
Hess has been released. Mcclure, Nc
Cauley. Mains San and n, Hines did some good
Cincinnati pitcher. was In the box, and the
indianapolis boys took rather kindly to
him, especially in the earlier and closing
stages of the game; The greatest fault
Minneapolis has Is that the players seem
to pay more attention to kicking at the
umpire than to watching the ball. When
they reverse this order of things their
work will be far more effective. Mcclure,
their short stop, is from California, and
GROWER. He took a fancy to Gray's bat
yesterday. and came near getting away
with it, but the latter fished 1t out of the
Minneapolis bat bag, much to the Cali
fornans discontinue.
Garry opened the game with a single, but
ii was one, two, three with the succeeding
one out, Mills hit safe to center. and
Leidy's three-base drive to right brought
him home Graham was hit by pitcher, and
on his steal to second Wilson threw down.
Leidy scoring on the bad return of the
ball by Hines. Divinny flew to Garry, who
doubled Graham at second and retired the
side. Singles by Gray, Westlake, Phillips
and McTamany added two in the second to
the Indianapolis score, and In the third
Graham and Devinny hit safe, and bad
throw by Wilson to second let the former
in, while Devnny was caught at the plate
trying to score on the same error Care
full coaching would have saved the out.
as the chance was well nigh hopeless and
there was only one out. Flock retired the
side at first.
Good pitching and sharp fielding prevent
ed Minneapolis from scoring until the fifth,
when Mcclure led off with a triple to the
left-feld fence and Corbett hit safe in the
same direction. the former scoring. Corbett
was batted around on Duryea's sacrifice and
a single by Hines. Gray went out at first
and Hines at second. Sowders relieved Phil
lips In the sixth and Mains hit safe to cen
ter. The next two men We're retired at first,
bali and sent two men TO base on balls and
Mains across the plate on wild pitch.
Hulen come in on a bad throw TO second
by Snyder. who had relieved .Westlake.
After q long, hard run. Gray dropped Cor
Hett's short fly to right and Mcclure
| scored. Duryea retired the side at first.
| This tied the score, and the visitors con-
tinued their destructive work in the sew
| enth. With one out, Hines hit safe to left
Mains went to base on balls and McCauly
| drove the ball over Leidys head for a
J double, sending BOTH men in. Gayle ther
son hit safe TO center and stole second, but
the next two men went out, leaving him
there. Nothing was done In the eighth, Dul
| i'm the ninth the visitors picked up another
| on singles by Mains and Wilson and HUI
| lens sacrifice.
| 1t looked very much like a lost game
| when Gray, after hunting among the Min
neapols bats found his favorite stick and
| faced Duryea for the last time. A moment
more and the ball went sailing over Cor
| belts, head, while the crowd shouted Itself
| hoarse. Flock was hit by pitched ball
| and then the chances of pulling out begar
| to brighten. Snyder and Phillips hit safe
| to right and the runs commenced coming
| in. A bunt hit by McTammany, which was
| fielded to Hulen, who dropped it, filled tbs
bases, and Millss fly to Gary tied tht
| score. McTammany foolishly tried to reach
| second on the throw-in from center, bu
| was easily caught there. 1--WE want an
! other to win," shouted Manager Sharsig t
| Graham who hit a slow one toward third
! Duryea ran over, picked 1t up and threw
/ to McCauly, who dropped the ball just a:
! Graham reached first, and GAYLE crossed
] the plate with the winning run. Score:
| Indianapolis ABB. r. III. O. n. T.
McTammany, No..