The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1895-07-13
wc.tern League standing.
WAS A A n Plight.
How Minneapolis Took Yesterdays
Game from the Leaders,


The leaders were In a trance yesterday.
Twice only did they really emerge from
II. and then but for a moment. Once was
in the fourth inning. when Motz and Roat
banged out triples, and the other time was
in the eighth, when Canavan and Mccarthy
accomplished a double steal In fine style,
and a tie seemed inevitable. as nobody was
out. II was agonizing TO the twelve hum
dred shouters present to see Motz pop up a
fly and Roat and GlenaIvin strike out Can
avan scored on MOTIFS fly, which was TO left
field. but one run was not quite enough.
Numerous chances were given TO win The
game, but the Indianapolis men played life
lessly for the most part, BOTH in the field
and at the bat. Glenalvin was especially
slow. and covered very little ground, a sur
prising circumstance. as everyone knows his
ability to hustle the best of them around
second. While the Millers hit Fisher more
freely than Is the custom. they earned but
three runs. and were lucky both In hitting
and fielding. In fact, the luck was all with
them. For instance. in the second inning
Fisher pitched a ball before Mcfarland was
quite ready. and KuehDe tipped a foul,
which would ordinarily have been an easy
out, but Mac was blowing up his chest pro-
tector at the time, and. putting up one
hand, he dropped 1t. Kuehne then hit out a
three-bagger. Wilson and Frazer were
quickly disposed OF, and the side should
thus have been retired, but Hulen hit along
the left foul line for two bases. sending
Kuehne in and scoring himself on Lally's
single. These two lucky runs proved just
enough to win the game. Then again, with
Mccarthy on first on a single and but one
out. Motz drove a slashing liner right over
that base. Werden's big glove shot out
and the ball lodged in IL, doubling McCar-
49,. - - - a2n4nd SaU0ror IF
the Minneapolis hits were infeld scratches,
which bounded in such a way as to allow
the runners TO beat them out. While all
luck was against Indianapolis the fact re-
mains that the leaders did not play the sort
of ball Of which they are capable, and.
therefore, did not deserve to win. They
could have downed their bad fortune and
come through victorious had they put up
their usual snappy game.
Fraser certainly pitched a great game. In
the face of the usual shouting ~accompani-
ment OF the 0leachers, urged on by their
favorite-Fisher-he kept his nerve superbly,
and. where two runs seemed absolutely GER
tain, managed 20 strike out two dangerous
hitters. This alone entities him to claim
most OF the credit of the game Besides this
ne bowled the indianapolis batters over at
various other stages when runs were immi-
nent. and. as the result proved, would have
been fatal TO Minneapolis. Fisher. too, was
generally effective With men on bases. as
Is shown by the fact That the visitors had
eleven men left there. Caravans catch OF
a short fly to right field was about the
only remarkable fielding feature OF the en-
tire game.
The Miliers were the first to score, getting
a run in the opening inning on Lally's base
on balls. Fishers bad throw to first and
Burns forced werden out at second. Strauss
followed with a two-bagger. but Werrick
flew to Mccarthy Indianapolis scored in
the second. when, with one out, Motz and
Roat hit safe 10 center and the former
scored when Roat drew a throw to second
on his steal, and Werrick's return throw
to the plate went Wild. The next two men
were easily disposed of. The two runs Sc
cured by the visitors in the second have
been described above. In the fourth triples
py MOTT and Roat earned another run for
time. and Glenalvin was unable to bring
Roat home. though he tried hard, and. in
stopping his grounder. werden robbed him
for both teams now. and Minneapolis Sc
cured Its fourth in the fifth inning on
Burns's single. Strauss sacrifice and wer-
rick's two-bagger. The next two men were
easy victims. Fraser's scratcs single. two
sacrifice hits and Werden's single gave the
visitors another run in the sixth, and the
winning one was scored in the seventh on
strauss three-bagger to left center and
kuehne's single. In the same inning the
leaders started the crowd to yelling by
picking up two runs after two men had
gone out. Mcfarland was given his base
on balls. and In his anxiety to catch tnt
runner mapping Fraser threw away over
Werden's head into the bleachers. and be-
fore the ball could be found Mac had
scored Fisher went to first on balls also
and when Hogan hit out a two-bagger TO LEFT
the shouts could be heard for q
mile. Laiiy's bad throw allowed Hogan Il
reach third. but Newell could not bring hin
In, going cut from Hulen to Werden. This
agony or the eighth inning and how Indian.
apolis failed TO get the one run necessary
TO tie has already been pictured. The ninth
was utterly unproductive. Fraser seeming Il
get better all the time. He struck out Nc.
fdrlanS and Fisher and Hogan hit ar
easy one to Kuehne and was thrown out al
0ral- ending the came Scnra.