The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1895-05-31

A RECORD BREAKER.


Everybody who saw those two games of
ball yesterday knows why st. Paul is the
tail-end team of the Western League. 1t
is because Comiskey's men are outclassed
by every club in the organization, and are
not to be mentioned in the same category
with Indianapolis. They put up two of the
worst exhibitions ever seen here. 1t is not
so much what they did as what they failed
to do. Their actual errors were not so
numerous. but the score cannot show the
crude work as it appeared to the thousands
of spectators yesterday. 1t will be a great
wonder IL they better their position in the
race at any time during the season unless
they are greatly strengthened.
indianapolis broke a couple of records
yesterday. In the first place they knocked
out all previous records in the matter of at
tendance. Nearly two thousand people saw
the morning game, and in the afternoon
fully six thousand were on the grounds.
From a thousand to 1900 people were turned
away, unable to find seats, and many of
them unable to get to the ticket office. This
latter fact was due to the blockade of street
cars by the parade. and the consequent
massing of the baseball trains at the
grounds. For a time it looked as though
the crowd would break down the doors and
gates and fairly sweep the ticket office
away, so wild was the rush. Nothing like
it has ever been known in the history of
baseball here, and 1T only goes to show
what an interest there is in the sport, es-
pecially when the city has as strong a team
as the present one. The grand stand was
literally damned, the boxes were all crowd
ed, the bleachers were full and the crowd
encircled the entire field. 1t was a ire
mendous turnout. Manager Comiskey, of
the St. Paul team, and who is well-known
as a former brilliant Association and
League star, was delighted with the at
tendance, and said that the season would
be a splendid one for the Western League.
Another record broken by Indianapolis yes
terday was that of runs. MOTIFS men
scored more runs in the afternoon game
than any team has done in any one game
here this season. While they hit the ball
very hard in the morning, it remained for
the afternoon game to fully demonstrate
their capacity for smuggling the ball. They
hit Johnson, who is Comiskey's star pitcher.
safely twenty-four times for a total of fifty
bases, earning sixteen of their twenty-six
runs. Nine of the hits were three-baggers,
five were for two bases and one a home
playing left field for st. Paul., borrowed a
bicycle from some man in the crowd over
in his vicinity and brought 1t out into the
field with him.. A shout went up when the
smile. The out1elders certainly needed
the hits that rained ali around them. There
has not been such an exhibition of batting
here for years, II ever.
THE FIRST GAME.
The morning game was very quickly de-
| cided. Comiskey's players arrived from To-
ledo just in time to drive to the grounds
and jump into the field. They went with
out breakfast, and it was soon evident
xLok o~-oXI;oo ill., xra,, FOR Tp1;o,anol;e
ran up nine runs in the opening inning,
robbing the game of any possible interest.
as a contest, and RELOCATING it
to an exhibition game class. Ho-
gan started the slaughter as usual
with a safe hit, and a triple by New
ell, a single by Motz. a muff by Smith of
McFarland's fly, a base on balls, another
single, Glenalvin's home run, Cross's safe
hit, Hogan's home run-this being his sec
ond time at bat in that Misunderstanding
for the runs just mentioned. Pickett's
| tumble. a sacrifice and a single in the sec
ond added another indianapolis run. and
two more were taken on in the third by
Carthy and McFarland's double. -Four more
were added in the fifth, when Cross, Hogan
and Mots hit safe ana smith and Mari
visitors scored twice in the third, when
| Jones hit for a home run, Smith for three
enth. Umpire Battin, who was as erratic
as ever, failed to observe that Cross was
pitching balls across the plate right along
and insisted on sending three of the visi-
tors 10 first. This fact, together with
| O'Rourke's triple. Irwin's single and a
mum by Mccarthy. gave them three more
runs. At the close of this inning they
/ thought they had enough and, az it was
nearing 1 o'clock. the game was called.
It's features. were a wonderful running
catch by Camp, a great stop by Irwin and
Hogan's batting. The latter got five hits.
one a home run, and his bunting was even
| c~leverer than usual. and that is saying a
good deal. Cross pitched a strong game.
taking things pretty easy after the first
two innings. when 1t was evident that
/ st Paul would never figure in il. Score: