The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1894-09-25
SEASON is OVER
How the Closing Contest Was Won
Two Grand Rapids Games to Be
Throw ~Out-Other Scores.

Seven or eight hundred people shivered
through the closing game Of the season yes
terday. and had the satisfaction of seeing
Indianapolis defeat Milwaukee again, and
rather easily. though the visitors made a
little squirt at the finish that caused a
momentary excitement. Pepper pitched
three innings, and retired in the fourth be-
cause OF an injury to his hand from a
batted ball. ushm men failed to get
q hit off him and four Of them struck out
Cross. who relieved him, was effective un-
til the last inning, when he was hit pretty
freely. but all to no purpose. Westlake had
a finger knocked out Saturday, and so Gray
caught yesterday, and his throwing to sec
ond was one of the pretty features Of the
game He nailed three ambitious base-run-
ners on as clean and quick throwing as
has been seen this season and was a de-
cided success as a back-stop. Phillips
played In left and Cross in right until called
TO the box, when Westlake took his place.
The fielding Of Roat and Shields was of
the sort that helps win games. one OF the
formers catches in short left field being
very fine. Mccarthy covered first in regu-
lar Motz fashion.
The M~ilwaukees were also twisted around
somewhat, Twitchell playing second, Rett-
ger first and Baker right. The fielding of
Twtchell was up TO the mark. Besides
accepting all twelve of his chances. he had
earthly, Clingman and Westlake had line
catches, the last named player picking a
vicious drive from Clingman's bat almost
on the ground in the sixth inning.
Indianapolis started the scoring in the
third, when Shields's single, Peppers triple
TO the right center fence End McCarthy's
single earned two runs. The good work
was kept up in the fourth, Phillips lead
Ing with a single. Mills following with a
double to left, Cross with a fly which Good
enough Topped Roat with a single and
three basis. -Four runs resulted from this
smuggling, after which westlake was retired
Henry on fiys to Clingman and Long, re-
spectively. After Pepper had pulled out
or the game in the fourth Twitchel hit
Cross for three bases and scored OF Ba-
ker's hot hit past Roat. Indianapolis
wiped out this run in the fifth on singles
by Gray and Phillips and Bakers muff
OF Cross ny.
The score remained unchanged until the
eighth. when Henry dropped Rettger's fly,
Roat funbled StephenS'S grounder, Good
enough hit for a single and Clingman for
a double, yielding two runs GOodenough
was caught at the plate trying 10 score
on CllngmanS hit, which was quickly ham
died by Westiake- Henry's. single in the
ninth and ~Stephens'S wild throw or Phil
lips's ~grounder placed those runners on
third and second. and Mills scored them
both on a siashing line hit to right. but
was caught at second himself by trying
to make two bases on il. In their half the
visitors did more hitting than they had
done In the other eight innings. Baker
drove one TO center which got away from
Henry. Long followed with a single to
right, scoring him, but was himself caught
trying to steal second F1aherty was re-
tired at first by Roat Rettger hit TO
left for two bases, Bolan to right for three,
stephens and G0Odenough 10 center for one
each, two more runs resulting. Clingman
ended the. game, however, with a line fly
TO Henry. Score.