The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1895-04-02
THE SUNDAY QUESTION
BASEBALL CLUB DIRECTORS WILL
CONSIDER 1T TODAY.
Did Not Anticipate So Much Oppose
tion-Cincinnati Trip Was "a
Profitable One.

The directors of the indianapolis Baseball
Club will hold meeting this afternoon and
determine whether or not to attempt Sun
day games The sudden and pronounced
stand taken by the ministers of the city in
their puipits last Sunday was something the
directors hardly Anticipated, and it may
have some effect on their deliberations to-
day. President Watkins and his ballplayers
came home from Cincinnati last night. the
game announced for yesterday having been
abandoned on account of rain. Mr.. Watkins
is quite well satisfied with the outcome OF
the trip. which, as he said, convinced him
that ne had better club than he was
claiming. The Sunday game was profit
able one to the Indianapolis team, the clubs
satchel returning home with $500 more than
it had when it went away. There were
seven thousand people at the game more
than ever before attended an exhibition
game in Cincinnati All the Indianapolis
players were fined yesterday, together with
the Cincinnati players. for Sunday ball
playing, but the Queen City management
paid this little extra expense. The Cincin-
natl team has had twenty days practice
in the South and had partly recovered from
that sore feeling which makes life a
burden to the professional ballplayer in
the early rheumatic days of spring. The re-
ports of the game sent out credited Newell
with playing at short stop. Newell failed
to arrive and Tommy White, an Indianapo-
lis boy whom Watkins has been developing.
filled the position in a manner to make the
managers heart. glad. He played great
on account of lack of practice and the
stiffness thereby entailed, was unable to
push the ball to first base with sufficient
with favors Cincinnati crowd is won't
to be when opponents make brilliant play,
a f,r,1n 1n6 xx-fth rrnrln oh n Ia Z
James Caravan. of the Cincinnati team,
was released and Immediately thereafter
at second base where he will be placed
with the indianapolis team. His record in
sne oo oa OF hs Snared av was Ia
had batting average of .293 He will re-
port here this evening, but will not play
The Grand Avenue team. with Tom Ram
sey. and Ed Boland in the points. will fur
dax and soner W p3sb
the leaguers and Woods catch. Thursday
the st. Louis League team will play.
The Interstate League Schedule.
Special to the Indianapolis Journal.
LAFAYETTE, Ind, April 1.--Representa-
tives of the baseball teams of Fort
Wayne, Terre Haute and Lafayette,
this State, and of Bloomington,
Joliet and Aurora. of Illinois. met
at the Lair House in this city, this after
noon, to agree on a schedule for the sea-
son. III. F. Schmidt, president and treas
urer of the league, was present. Under
the schedule the season will open in this
city on the I'd of May, Bloomington play
ing Lafayette on that date. The umpires
selected are Jack Cavanaugh, David Cor
coran and Edward Cline: the latter of Lou
isville KY. The ball fever is quite pro-
nounced and a good season is confidently
expected.
Exhibition Ball Games.
AT Nashville-St. Louis, IA; Nashville, A.
At Charleston, S. C.-Pfttsburg 10; wash
ington, 8.
At Portsmouth, Philadelphia, IL
Portsmouth, TO-