The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1895-06-19
Sporting Notes.


1t was a great day for Cross.
Fisher pitches again this afternoon.
That lead is growing better every day.
Caravan played great right field yester-
Luck enabled Philadelphia to win from
Pittsburg yesterday.
Motz and Glenalvin did valiant service
with their sticks yesterday.
day. and the base running of Mccarthy and
Motz was feature or the game.
Stivetts struck out ten Spiders yester-
day and caused two more to foul out
The. Orioles" could do little with Brett
ensteins pitching and the Browns won.
The Senators got only four hits off Terry,
tut the Colt gave them eight bases on
balls
The mat at EngEsh's Opera House is pro-
nounced by both Mcleod and Wttmer the
finest they ever wrestled on.
Grand Rapids and Minneapolis were
downed again yesterday Things are COM
ing the indianapolis way in carriages. sure.
At the wrestling match last night some
one in the gallery caught sight of Motz
and shouted: Line 'er out, Notify, for a
home run
Cross pitched only four balls in the first
inning yesterday, Roach fouling to catcher
Gilks flying to Newell and Weddige hitting
to short and dying at first.
mo wonder they don't let you play on
Sunday" shouted a "bleacher" in disgust
after the first half of the seventh inning
The Sunday injunction case against the
Toledo ball club is in the Circuit Court and
VIII be decided this week, probably. Indian
apolis is scheduled there Sunday. June 80.
Pitcher Sullivan will play with the Port
land, Me-, club That is settled. Indianap-
oils is reaching out for good man, how
ever, and hopes to land him before long.
The "Colonels" played with their usual
run. This time IL was erTors-possbly due
to cucumbers-for Shugart made four OF
them.
Second baseman Quinn, of st. Louis. tried
to do all the work for his team yesterday.
Here is his record: Four times at bat, three
hits. one run. eight put outs. six assists
and one error.
evidently thinking that was the only way
they could find Cross. Battin, however,
called them down and made them stick to
the regulation bat
The six National League clubs that lost
yesterday scored but twenty-one runs in
all. six less than Detroit did. Three of the
National League winners scored six runs
each, and four of the losers three runs
each.
Common put up beautiful game for To-
ledo. several OF his chances being very diff
cult Two catches in the fifth inning were
made one of the finest catches OF the game,
running far out into the field in the eighth
and robbing Jack Newell of a seemingly
safe hit.
A New Castle fan who knows pitcher
Gear. of the Toledo Club. writes the Jour
nal the following sarcastic note: "Goar,
the gentleman who pitched the game for the
visitors yesterday and who is from some
place in Indiana. would be willing that IL
he known through the Journal that he is
from New Castle"
Umpire Battin called a ball Nops in
the third inning yesterday which Motz
struck at. The umpire was behind the
pitcher. and evidently failed TO see Motz
strike at the ball. The mistake caused much
h!larity at Battin's expense. but did not
affect the score. as Motz had only one
strike. and hit the next ball pitched for two
bases.