The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1895-04-05
THREE EXTRA INNINGS
sT. LOUIS NEEDED TWELVE TRIALS
TO DOWN THE BOOSTERS.
Mcfarland shows what He Can Do
Carthy's Wonderful Glitch.

| Yesterdays ball game was one that made
the thousand or more spectators shout with
JOY, and even though it was lost, the home
players were not blamed for that. but were
! given due credit for playing one of the
best games ever seen in the city 1t took
twelve innings for the ST. Louis men to
defeat the Hoosiers and even then it was
done by some playing which is not con-
sidered altogether fair and il st. The game
opened with a run in the first inning for
the visitors and it then looked as if the
Hoosiers would have little chance to hold
their own. Goose eggs were piled up on
both sides until the fifth inning when Me-
FarIand tied the score by hitting a three
Dagger to right center field. He reached
home on NewelPs two-bagger in the same
direction. Ciphers again appeared on the
score board and at the end of the ninth
inning the score was still tie. The spec
tators were breathless with excitement.
They had not expected any such playing
by team that has had only one weeks
practice against team that has been in
| the South for three weeks. hard at work
After the tenth inning brought nothing for
either side the excitemeft was more in
tense
The eleventh inning passed and Indian
apolis played the first half of the twelfth
without scoring. Then Miller came to bat
and as Cross pitched him a good ball he
deliberately stepped out and allowed it to
hit him and went to first base. Common
| followed with hit and Lyons reached
first on balls, forcing Miller to third. Quinn
| came to bat and Mcfarland allowed bali
| to pass him but recovered it in time to
assist Cross in catching Miller as he came
| Quinn's single, ending the game with
score of to |, after a hard fought twelve
Although there were i've errors on one
side and four on the other the game was
home grounds. Only one error had any
| effect on the final score. In the first INNS
ing ing Mott fum6led grounder cry, Which s II it
| tired Conner. with a chance for double
play and might have resulted in a victory
errors counted for nothing.
Mcfarland showed his lightning move
ments in the first inning and. after that
steal bases With. ali the bases full, NC
Farland caught Conner too far. off first
and retired him. In the second inning ke
caught Hogan in an attempt to steal sec
cheers of the bieachers After that there
was only one serious attempt to steal g.
base Megan tried it in the tTefth ba
the good will of the spectators by, catch
ing fly which was batted near the foui
line in left field in the fifth and fielding
the ball to Motz in time to perfect a double
play.
first inning and Dowd led off in the last
half with a two-bagger, followed by a sim
fumbled grounder by Motz, but was caught
off the base by Mcfarland. Lyons struck
III In the the second inning Motz made an out
on "a snr e to third stre on out
Ely went out on grounder to Newell
and Hogan got a base on Newells tumble
but was caught by MERCHANTS IDS, E goo d
struck out Canavan began the third by
striking out and Mccormick sent a ground
er to first and was put out by the pitcher
Breitenstein got base on balls and was
to s short DoWd p Went out at second on Mil
er'S bunt to Fisher and Common struck
Not Mott Vent he out 9u on DATED Balls that did
not get out of the infield. Lyons got to
FIRST m Newt te n men hro sae OF Cuts MS g auek
succession, leaving Lyons at first.
the adna th nnn a@ fr fer
Dagger and came in on Newelrs two-bagger
After stealing third Newell went out in
were made. Twineham made an out at first
and the next two men got hits. Miller
by Mcfarland Conner got four balls, fill
ing the bases. but al We're left there by
left field, which lacked not more than two
or three feet of being foul.
single and reaching second and third by
sacrifices by Nicol and Motz. He was left
there by McFarlands grounder to short
Quinn knocked a fly into Henrys hands
and Ely put the bali safely between Cana
van and Newell. stole second and was left
there by Hogan's fly into Henry's hands,
followed by Twineham striking out.
In the seventh Newell reached first on
scratch. Caravan followed with fly to
Hogan which was muffed, but recovered in
time TO catch Newell at second. Caravan
reached second OF! an error, and was caught
into Dowd's hands. Breitenstein went out
at first and Dowd got a hit, but caught
l.: NHa(sn H.
nor dropped a fly into Henrys hands
The first half of the eighth was short
batted balls. Lyons grounder was success
fully handled by Mccormick, and Quinn
knocked high E+ which coald have az been
van. 1t dropped between them. Ely fol-
lowed with a fly into left. which it was not
Quinn tried to reach third on it, but Me-
Carthy fooled the. visitors and caught it,
He threw it from left field to Motz in time
to head off Quinn. 1t was a. fine double
play. The throw was extremely long.
reach first. but Mcfarland got there on
balls. Newell struck out and left him there.
Hogan began the. last half with a hit to
tumble Hogan struck out and Breiten-
stein and Dowd were doubled by Caravan
Canavan went to bat in the tenth and
went out on a grounder to. first, McCor-
balls. lie was left there by Motz going out
on a slow ball to first. Mcfarland caught
Lyons got four balls. Lyons went out at
second on Quinn's grounder and Ely on q
fly to Henry.
In the eleventh the Hoosiers were retired
on two flies to second and a grounder to
Breitenstein White had relieved Newell
who was Injured by being struck on the
arm by Lyons at second base in the tenth
Hogan got hit on slow ball to White
but was caught in trying to steal second
and Twinelianl reached first on Whites wild
throw This was followed by two fly outs.
Mcfarland began the twelfth by a. fly
n
Canavan got four balls, but was doubled
by Quinn on McCormicks fly. Miller opened
it for the other side by allowing himself to
be hit by a pitched ball. He got second on
Connor's hit and third on balls to Lyons.
but tried to come in on a passed ball and
was caught by Cross. Conner scored on
Quinn's hit and ended the game The score:
Indianapolis. ABB. *. H o. A. E
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