The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1895-06-29
Mcfarland Also Has an OF Day BE-
Other Games and Notes.
standing of the Clubs
LOST AN EXCITING A VI
How Detroit Managed to Win from
I~ndIannnolis Yesterday.

In only two innings yesterday was Damon
hit at all, but those two suficed Detroit.
The young man from Ohio pitched a very
good article OF ball, the two causes that
contributed to his downfall and that OF
the club being the surprisingly careless
catching Of Mcfarland and the equally
astonishing inability of the Indianapolis
players to hit the ball when a hit was
needed to tie or win. 1t was distressing to
see them go down at critical stages before
Pears. who was so easy for last years
team that whenever he went into the box
the game was won in advance. Mcfarland
was not himself yesterday. His work was
seemingly Indifferent and no doubt that
fact helped the visitors to several hits In
the fourth inning. Aside from him the sup
port given the new pitcher was faultless.
Ten of the Detroit hits were made in the
fourth and sixth innings. During the other
six innings-the visitors did not play their
half of the ~ninth-they hit Damon safely
but twice. His first appearance here was
by no means. therefore, a failure. With
proper back-stop work and a little more
''get-there" spirit on the part of the In
dianapolis batters he would have pitched
winning ball.
The first inning was unproductive of runs.
but after two Indianapolis men had been
retired In the second, Roat scratched out
an infeId hit, Glenalvin and Mcfarland
followed with doubles TO left. and all this,
together with poor handling of a thrown
ball by Gillen and a passed ball, yielded
three runs. Damon got a base on balls and
Gillen couldn't stop Hogan's hot one. but
Newell retired the side from third to first.
The fourth was the heart-breaking
in the following fashion: Newman. Dun
gan, Campau and Strouthers reeled off
forced Strouthers out at second. but Gillen
hit to right center for a home run. Loh-
beck got a base on balls. was batted
around to third on Pears's two-bagger and
scored on a passed ball. Pears tried also
to come in on it. but Mcfarland threw
pitch Ram at the eaI pIste cat NICHOLSON { 1hf had p preUil
ously been retired from Damon to Motz.
The leaders came very near tying the
score In the fifth, when Hogan and Newell
started ava with singles and the latter
stole second. With nobody out there was a
limitless prospect. Canavan could only lift
to the rescue with a slashing single to
left, which sent two runs in. Motz hit into
Nicholson's hands and was doubled with
strouthers led off in the Detroit sixth
with a single, but was forced out at Sec
ond by Raymond. Gillen and Lohbeck got
singles and Pears a double, two runs re-
sulting. Nicholson and Newman were re-
tired at first without affording the run
ners a chance to move along. Again in the
seventh Indianapolis came close to pulling
the game out Hogan hit 10 left for a
base. and Newell sacrificed. but Canavan
once more lifted an easy infield fly. Nc
Carthy's single sent Hogan to third and
Gillen threw so badly to that base as to
let the lively center fielder score. A passed
ball moved Mccarthy TO third. Motz went
TO first on balls and Lohbeck kindly let
Roat's third strike get away from him,
Mccarthy scoring and Roat reaching first.
Glena1vfn had run out of base hits. having
already made two doubles. and proved an
easy victim from Gillen to Strouthers.
spelling another chance to win. With two
out In the ninth Mccarthy again hit safe
and the crowd looked to Motz with much
confidence. especially as Pears had purpose
ly given him a base on balls in the seventh
to get him out of the way. The big cap
tain was not equal to the task, however,
and rolled one down to Gillen, who threw
over to first and the leaders were de-
defeated. Score: