The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1895-05-30
MOTIFS Men Outbat the MfIIers, but
Erratic Pitching and Hard Luck
Get i'm Their Work.
How the Clubs stand.
festerday's Game Was a
Fight observation-disclosures Hitting.


The Minneapolis men had the toughest
sort OF time pulling that game out yester-
nay. They have made a sorry showing on
the present trip. and it was a desperate case
with them. With weak pitchers in the box.
those who follow the game pretty closely
expected Indianapolis to lose. Motz and his
men came very nearly surprising them, and
gave the visitors about as hot an argumen
AS they could have without losing alto
gether. Primarily. the game was lost
through poor pitching, but several causes
contributed indirectly to the result. Had the
instructions in the last half of the eighth
and ninth innings been reversed and the in
fielders played for the plate in the eighth.
and stayed back in the ninth, the chances
are ten to one that Indianapolis would have
turned the trick. Under these conditions
Wilson'S single would probably have been
an out at first in the eighth, and two runs
thus scored, while Werrick's little fly back
or second in the ninth, and which scored
the winning run, would nave been easily
caught. The infielders were playing close
to the plate, and the miserable little pop-up
dro1ped just out Of everybody's reach. OF
course, this vas simply hard luck. Nobody
could foresee 1t, and the Instructions were
all for the best, as 1t seemed the proper
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a double in the eighth. 1t is cited merely
as an instance of the tough luck that will
occasionally down good people. The In
dianapolis players hit hard enough TO win
with any sort of smooth work in the box.
Their total bases foot up thirty as against
twenty for the visitors, but Fraser gave oniy
three bases on balls, while Nicol and Witt
rock gave nine.
Gettinger made the star play of the game
"A jumping catch of Hulen's terrific line
drive in the fifth. which looked good for
four bases. and which the fielder captured
on a run and jump; Neweifs work. both
in the field and at the bat, was very fine.
de got two triples. two singles and a base
on balls. Roat was right after him with a
triple and three singles, and Motz had a
very hard. but was effective enough. at
several critical stages, to shut off runs.
Nicol had very little control and no speed
at all, while Wittrock was fast enough but
confined himself to a straight ball and an
outcurve. Neither pitcher was especially
effective. and both suffered from the exc
cradle Judgment of Umpire Battin on balls
and strikes. .O'Brien. in his worst mood,
was never quite as bad as was Battin yes
terday. Fraser<did not escape. either, but
the dose given him was not nearly so severe
as that meted out to the indianapolis pitch
ers. Werden and Burns each drew a s.
fine from Battin during the latter portion
Of the game.
Singles by Hogan and Newell, MOTIFS
sacrifice and Netherlands fly TO Lally, with
a stolen base, earned two for Indianapolis
in the first. The visitors went them one
better III the laSI NAN, Wne0 a DaSS OH
balls, singles by Werden and Ially, a
sacrifice and a safe hit by Werricx scored
three runs. In the third singles by Hogan,
Newell and Mccarthy and MOTIFS %slashing
home-run hit to right center earned four
more runs for indianapolis. Werden's men
forged TO the front in the fifth, when &
base on balls and singles by Kuehie, Wer-
rick, Wilson, Fraser and Burns yielded four
runs. Gettinger's wonderful catch, referred
to above, cut off several runs in this inning.
4 double by Strauss, Kuehne's sacrifice and
Roat'S wild throw to first added another
Minneapolis run in the sixth.
Indianapolis resumed the lead in the
seventh, when Newells triple. McCarthy's
single, MOTIFS base on balls and Roat's
three-bagger netted three runs. Three more
were chalked up in the eighth on Witt
rocks double. McCarthy's life, MOTIFS three
Dagger to left center and McF'arland's
single. Although ROGt led off in the ninth
with a safe hit and Glenalvin sacrificed,
neither Wittrock nor Hogan could bring
him in, the former striking out and the
latter being retired at first.
Strauss's single. a base on balls, Werrick's
sacrifice and Wilson'S single gave Mime
aDolis two in the eighth. Werden started
the ninth with a twO7bagger, Lally fol-
lowed With a single and Strauss struck out,
but Kuehne hit safe to center and Wer-
rick's fly fell UNDECIDED pack of second
base and all was over. Two thousand peo-
~. con tho ~opoo Srnra-