Kansas City daily journal. [volume] (Kansas City, Mo.) 1892-1897, 1895-05-20
HASTINGS IN GREAT FORM.
ms MAsTERLY PIrCHiNG GAVE ruE
BLUES ANOTHER VICTORY.
fivc Thousand Spectators saw Nanning's
Men Take the Brewers Into Camp
for the Third Successive lime
Baseball aud sport News.

Three straight games from the Brewers
That's what the Blues made 1t 10y winning
yesterdays game, In the presence uf 900
well pleased spectators. The Blues are
playing the kind of ball that wins games
now ami II they keep 1t ZIP they will soon
be at the top OF the ladder. where they
rishtfully belong.
seven victories out Of the last eleven
games played, and eight OF those played on
foreign grounds. Is a record which Man
ning's men may well be proud OF, and
shows that they have struck their gate
and from this time on viii be a prom
inent factor in the race FOR the Western
League pennant.
The victory yesterday was gained by the
magnificent pitching OF Charley Hastings
backed up by superb fielding and hard and
timely hitting. Hastings takes particular
delight In winning q game from the Mil
waukeea. and he was on his mcttle yes
terday. Ever since Cushmau let him so
because as ne said. his arm was gone.
Hastings has been working hard to con-
vince the Brewers that his arm IA all
right. He did u yesterday. and did 1t TO a
ing team could not solve his perplcxing
curves ana speedy shoots with any degree
Of success. five hits being the sum total OF
the Brewers batting. Hastings famed Ave
OF the Brewers and gave but one base on
balls, as good "a pitching record as has
been made this year. Gus klopf agitatei
the atmosphere three times IN succession.
but the last time he connected for a home
run drive over the left field fence and
Hastings was backed up in splendid style
by the Blues. The inhed was the stone
seldom seen. Nothing could get through
ana several sharp raps that looked Ike
work. The only error charged to the Blues
was an eNcusable muft OF long fly to
right by Rupert.
stevens pitched very good ball for the
IrC WprS, but the Blues had their batting
eyes with them aud when hits were needed
e, drive IN runs they would not be denied.
driving the ball over the right field fence.
the second time In three games and in
addition he got in a thrce-bagger which
gave two runs. Connaughton was also very
much In the game, with his stick. lining
out two doubles and triple. Hernon got
In timely two-bagger which drove in two
runs, and all the Blues hit the ball hard
The Brewcrs put up. good game in the
who is Charged with two costly errors errors
Weaver carried off the honors, covering a
lot of ground in center field.
fear that rain would come Manager Man
ming called the game few minutes before
take bera WIN Wins m e. osfe to
After Hernon had been retired at first Con-
naughton lined the ball out between left
and center for three bags, amid the cheers
of the enthusiastic fans Nichol drove a
long one to center. which Weaver got un-
der in good shape, but Connaughton scored
-
the plate. Then Billy Killing picked up his
wagon tongue and stepped to the. plate.
Billy's friends on the bleachers yelled for
a home run and he accommodated them
by smashing the first ball pitched over the
right field fence and walking around the
bases
The Blues rested then until the third,
when Connaughton knocked out another
two-bagger and Sam Nichol sent him home
with n single. In the fifth these two
players repeated the performance, earn
Ing another run. In the sixth an error by
Taylor. base on balls to Manning. a
sacrifice by Hastings and a two-bagger by
Hernon gave two more runs and In the
ninth another pair came in on n base 10
Nichol and a three-bag drive by King,
who also scored when Sharpe made wild
throw to catch him at third base.
The Brewers scored first In the second
inning, when Taylor made a hit. went to
third on Longs hit and scored on the
throw to second TO head off Longs steal
In the fourth they got another on Twtch-
ellis base on balls and steal and Rupert's
muff of Taylors difficult fly TO right Their
last run was made in the eighth when Gus
klopf drove the hall over the left field
fence for a home run.
The score.