The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1895-07-06
Damon CouIdn'f Keep the Bail Away
from Those Big Michigan Bats
kansas City Here To-day.
Grand Rapids. 11-Indianapoifs -. Z
Detroit ........10-Terre Haute... 3
MIGHT HAVE BEEN SAVED.
A Game That Indianapolis Needed
Goes to the TaiI-Enders-

9Ot4 10 the
Had Manager Watkins taken Damon out
after indianapolis tied the score In the sew
enth inning yesterday and put either Cross
or Fisher In the box the leaders would in all
probability have won the game. One vic
tory Is as good as another to a club that
is hustling for the pennant, and when a
good chance to pull out a game presents it
self advantage should certainly be taken
OF It. Detroit and Kansas City are close
up In the race, and yesterdays game was
badly needed. Damon has pretty clearly
demonstrated one thing. and that is that he
can pitch just good enough to lose. He lacks
experience. has not cultivated the all-im-
portant faculty OF watching first base close
ly. which should be an easy matter for a
le~ft-handed pitcher TO do, and is nervous
with men on bases. At critical moments he
seems unable to keep the batters from lin
ing them out good ard hard. a very dam
aging defect in a pitcher. With another sea-
sons experience Damon should make a
winning pitcher. He has speed and great
curves. but lacks control at times when
bases on balls mean runs. Once yesterday.
with the able assistance OF Newell and
Glenalvin. he pulled out OF a hole into
which he had put himself by hitting one
nan and sending another 10 base on balls.
It was in the second inning. and nobody
vas out. Runs seemed imminent, but New
ell. playing close in, captured two ground
ers and Glenalvin another, so that no
one scored.
"Bumpus" Jones was hit as hard as Da-
mon. but was more effective in a general
sense. and finished stronger than the In
dianapolis pitcher. In addition he cut quite
a figure in that unfortunate eighth inning,
his antics having much to do with Damon's
collapse. The latter pitched good ball in the
seventh. but. with the score tied, Wheelock
opened the Grand Rapids eighth with a
safe drive TO center. Then came Bum
prs's" opportunity. He was next at bat,
and proceeded to give a good exhibition OF
a a having a fit. He jumped up and
down. shook his bat at Damon, stepped
out Of the batter's box twice, hunched
away Town so that McDermott was fooled
into calling balls instead of strikes, and
finally walked to first base. Then Wright
hit a hot one to center. and Carroll fol-
lowed with a t~wo-bagger to left, sending
three runs in. Roat stopped Georges drive
in great shape and threw him out at first,
and Cassidy sacrificed Carroll to third and
he scored on Newelrs wide throw OF Zah-
That was how the game was won. 1t might
have been saved, but II wasn't Newell and
Cdndvar reached nrst on bGliS after Hogan
had gone out In the ninth, but Mccarthy
few TO Carroll and Motz to George.
The other runs were made in this fash
ion: Singles by Wright. Carroll and Cas-
stdy and. a steal earned two for Grand
Rapids in the third Indianapolis promptly
tied the score in the fourth. when Mccarthy
got a base on balls and Motz hit a beauty
away over Wrights head for a home run.
The yellow Legs" drew away in their half.
when Wheelock's base on balls, Jones's
SINGLE Wright's base on balls, CARROTS
three-basger and Georges fly to Caravan
yielded four runs. McFarland's triple to the
center-held fence and Hogan's single earned
another in the fifth. and, though the latter
failed to bring him in. McCerthy's double,
Roats base on balls. Glenalvin's sacrifice
and McFarland's single gave the leaders
two more in the sixth. Grand RAPIDS added
one In the last half. when Wright's two
Dagger. a passed ball and CARROTS sacri-
nee enabled the big captain to score.
There was as much noise and enthusiasm
as 1t is possible for six hundred people to
work up when. by Hogan's base on balls,
a steal, Newelfs sacrifice, Caravans two
Dagger and MOTIFS lively single. Indianapolis
That was the best MOTIFS men could do
however. The features of the game were
the hard hitting of Motz. Mcfarland and
Carroll, Hogan'S base running. several fine
stops by Newell and Roat and the error.
less work OF the visitors. 1t was their frs,
victory In so long that they were fairly de,
1irious over IL, and Deacon Ellis took then
nome well satisfied with themselves and
the world in general. 1t is scarcely neces.
sary to add that the Deacon is contentec
with his share OF Thursdays receipts
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