The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1895-05-22
Kansas City Goes Down Before MOTIFS
Men, While Minneapolis Falls an
Easy Victim at Detxoif.
How the Clubs stand.
WON 1T RATHER EASILY.
Indianapolis Takes the First Game
with kausus Cifx

Indianapolis is in front again and all the
baseball enthusiasts in the city rejoice in
consequence MOTIFS men earned the
coveted position by defeating Kansas CITY
yesterday with comparative ease. 1t was a
fine crowd that welcomed them home. two
thousand people being at the grounds. and
nobody regretted going out either. Cross
was in the box for indianapolis and was
up TO his usual fine form, the visitors get
ting but ten well scattered hits off him.
three OF which were scratches. He was
STEADY as clock, giving only one base
on balls and he and Mcfarland kept the
base runners so close to the corners that
the Kansas City score shows no stolen
bases. Captain Manning presented pitcher
new to indianapolis in the person of a
young man named Stultz. Indiana polls
warmed to young Mr.. Stultz i'm commenda-
bic fashion, hitting him freely throughout
the game. 1t is true that several of the
hits were on the lucky order but, at the
same time the pitcher touched up very
freely, and ii is only by an unusual cir
cumstance that Indianapolis failed TO add
three or four more runs in the ninth in
from errors, Mccarthy having the only one
for indianapolis. and that an excusably
wild throw in the eighth inning. The visit
ors gave their pitcher good support though
there were one or two errors of Judgment
which slipped in and are not apparent in
the score. Probably the prettiest. fielding
was done by Manning and Newell. while
Hernon and Mccarthy each had some clever
catches. One Of the features, az usual, was
HOgan's base running, and there is no
doubt whatever that ne will easily lead the
Western League players in this respect.
Hos Hogan led off in the opening inning
Nichol made a desperate attempt to reach
on the fly. but failed and kicking the ball.
enabled Hogan to make three bases on it,
%
ell hit hard grounder which the pitcher
diverted, but which nobody could reach
until the runner had crossed first. Cana
sacrificed and Motz brought Newell
home with a clean single to center. McFar-
land struck out. Kansas City came to the
front with two runs in the last half. Her
non and Connaughton hitting safe, Nichol
sacrificing and klusman getting single,
which sent Hernon in. Connaughton scored
on the attempt to catch Klusman at Sec
ond. Caravan holding the ball tri1e too
long. Hatfield flew to Motz and Bergen
team scored in the second inning, though
Gettinger led off with safe hit In the
third, with one out. Newell hit safe to right.
Canavan flew to Bergen. but Motz got a
base on balls and Netherlands single to
left drove Newell across the plate. The
visitors however. were not to be shaken off
so easily, and after Hernon had scratched
out single, Connaughton moved him along
with clean hit TO center. Nichol hit to
Cross, who threw Connaughton out at sec
ond. Klusman's single to left scored Her.
non. Hatfield flew to Gettinger, and Ber-
gen struck out.
indianapolis won the game in the fourth
inning, taking lead that the visitors never
stood show to overcome. Roat and Cross
hit SAFE and a passed bah advanced them.
Hogan hit TO short and the ball was fielded
to the plate too late to catch Roat. who
scored on it, Hogan getting life. he stole
second. and. after Mccarthy had gone out
on fly to Rupert on which Cross scored,
Newell got his third base hit, sending Ho-
gan fin. Caravan sacrificed and MOTIFS
single sent Newell home. Mcfarland flew
to Counaughton. retiring the side In the
seventh the home team took on another.
Motz getting a base on balls and scoring on
McFarlands single and wild throw by
Stultz into the bleachers. Mcfarland was
playing we'll off second. when Gettinger hit
a hot liner right into Connaughtons hands
and the latter running across second COM
pleted an unassisted double play. Roat hit
safe TO center. but Cross forced him out at
second hit to Manning.
In the eighth Kansas City scored
couple of runs. Connaughton getting a base
balls and reaching home KfIsman's
hard two-base hit to left. McCarthy's wild
throw moved Klusman up base. and he
scored on Hatfield's sacrifice. indianapolis
had the bases filled in the ninth. Motz led
with a three-bagger clear over back of the
bulletin board. and Mcfarland sent him
home with a single to left. Gettinger and
Roat hit safe. and with the bases full and
nobody out there was a beautiful prospect.
Cross. however, hit to Stultz. who threw
doubled with him at first. Hogan flew to
Nichol Kansas City went out in easy
fashion after Motz had captured Rupert's
hot liner. Score: