Kansas City daily journal. [volume] (Kansas City, Mo.) 1892-1897, 1895-09-08
HARTMANS HOME RUN HIT,
1T GAVE TERaE nAUTE THE VICTORY
IN YESTERDAYS GAME.
1t Was Close and Exciting Game and
II Looked Like the Blues Would
Win Up to the Last Half
OF the Ninth Inning.

The ITottentots ot Terre Haute with n
patched up team drove a nail in the coffin
OF the Blues penuant hopes yesterday
The game was bitter fight from the first
inning to the last and up to the last
moment 1t looked like victory for the
Blues, but when big Fred Hartman
smashed the bail over the left field fence
in the ninth inning with two men on
bases the Jig was UP and the Blues were
forced 10 accept defeat as their portion
Jimmy Hughey who for two years has
been q hoodoo to the Blues, was In the
box for the visitors. and he pitched as h.
has never pitched before in Kansas cry
Seven Of the Blues were unable to con-
meet with his deceptive curves. and, al
though they are credited with making
eleven hits off him. In point of fact not
more than five OF them were clean ones.
The Blues were really entitled to only the
two runs which they earned, the rest be.
ing gifts through dumb playing or thI part
Of the men behind Hughey. Billy III ng
nitrbod a GOOD game of bali for The ONE
team, but he was given very poor suppori
Carroll Hines, Killing aud Manning all
making errors which cost runs.
As Indianapolis administered two de-
feats to Milwaukee yesterday, theN Er az
Is wideued the gap betwe, n thetn.eVes
sim win out in the nennant fight, they
viii lust about have to win every one OF
tho games yet to be played.
Yesterdays game was one or the scrap
nldst and hardest fought ever Witnessed
At Exposition park 1t, was fun Of bril-
liant plays. interpreted with errors anu
the fact that first one and then the Other
of the coutonding teams was in tn" lead
served TO make the game highly eN / ing;
GnnauG,ES" iInas tdoE his rIaee at short carroll
playing in right field. Connaurh on's ah.
sonce cost the Blues the game, for though
Hines did admirably, his one error cost
a run, and Carroll played badly In the
field, missing an easy fly, which, would
played finely at third base and NiChoI
made n sensational catch n center. or
the Hotteutots, Hartman played wonuef-
ful bali at third base. as did inland at
The Blues were unable to score in the
first inning, but the Hottentots were pre-
part Of Jimmy Manning. with two men
out Hartman hit safely to right and Mel-
dige followed with n hit to me same
dige started to steal second and Be.gen
made n short throw TO Mann n%. NJ n
ming muffcl the ball and Hartman who
had not started for home on the trrow,
was able to get across the plate before
Hines could recover the ball.
II was not until the fourth inninG mat
the Blues broke the ice, and mon they
got three runs and took a good lead tor
a little while. Hines reached first on bal 5
Nirhol came to tho front vi h c'ean
single. which sent Hines across ne run i
Manning was given a ticket for frst by
Hughov. who was II little ratt'e1 for z
few minutes Manning also stole ,seconI
and both he and NiCho scored on ki7E :
a great effort In their half of the in0i"g
the visitors scored another. Gallagher W IS
on Nilara's hot rrounder over first ba.e,
which Elusman was unable 70 hand,a.
Outcalt, h't a fly To- Carroll, VINO caoEnt en-
GALLAGHER scored from third on the p'aN.
In tie sixth inning tho Hotento's tel