Kansas City daily journal. [volume] (Kansas City, Mo.) 1892-1897, 1896-07-08
HURRAH FOR JIMMY CALLAHAN!
MS MAGNIFICENT PITCHING roo
Much ron TuE HOOsIERs.
Biucs Won the Opening Gnmc OF the
series From the Champions Att
er an Exciting Contest and
u Iinir Raising Finish.

Yesterdays game between the Blues and
! the fioosiers was an exciting and bitterly
contested struggle. IN which both teams
played some brilliant and some ragged ball.
Callahan was pitted against Davis, the
Squirrel Hunter Of Tennessee" who was
been pitching such effective ball for the
champions. and the star twfler of the
Blues carried on the honors Of the battle,
not only in the point OF pitching the most
effective game. but at the bat and in Held
irc his position.
Five hits was tho sum total of the cham
pions' batting. while the Blues connected
with Davis curves for ten safe ones. three
Of which were punched In the seventh inn
ing. and won the game. Callahan struck
out eight OF the Ioosiers, while Davis
caused i've of the local batsmen to fan the
air.
The Hooscrs got two OF their hits in the
first inning. two in the third inning. and
after that they got hut one lonesome hit.
SO effectively did Callahan pitch. 1t took
the Blues some timo to get the hang Of
Davis delivery. but in the sixth and sew
cnth innings they punched five hits and
scored the four runs which put them In the
lead, The Blues did better work in running
the bases than the visitors. despite the
fact that Buckley threw well and quickly.
Callahan had considerable fun at the oS-
perso Of Shannon. who played with him on
the Springfield team last year. shannon
evidently forgot that Callahan was n
sprintcr, for he played deep field and
tried to throw him out at first on a bound
or. Callahan beating the ball ten feet.
The errors made by both teams were the
result of over careful playing. The play
ors were worked UP. knowing that the
game was going TO he n close and hard
fought one. and made errors on balls that
they would ordinarily have handled with
ease. Two fumbles In succession by Hat
field in the fourth inning gave the Hoosicrs
n run. and the two errors by Manning and
Nyce in the ninth inning gave them an
other Motz' double error gave the Blues
one run in the seventh inning, and the
Hoosiers other mistakes were not disas-
trous.
While Hatfield made two errors he did
the most brilliant fielding of the game. and
amply atoncd for the run he gave the
Hoosiers In the eighth inning he caught
n terrific line drive from Buckley's bat.
which almost knocked him down. and he
made several clever stops and throws at
critical stages OF the game. a fine running
catch by Hogan of what looked like sure
fielding feature on the Hoosiers side.
The Blues, failed TO score IN the hrst.
while the Hoosiers started the ball by
buckley. Callahan, struck Mccarthy and
NIotz out in this inning. In the second
non on a hard drive from Hines bat spoil
ing great chance for the Blues
run on Hogriever's single and steal. a sin
Gle by Buckley and a sacrifice by, Mccar.
any purpose. and UP TO the sixth inning
they failed TO get man across the rubber,
In ne sixth Lake LED ,ST OF with ni iwS6asf sSoasS
on kinsman's long fly to Hogan.
Squirrel Hunter" With one out, Hines
hit one at SchicbeCk too hot TO be handled,
and Went TO third on Mannng's safe one
short. which he easily beat out; Callahan
stole second; and then Hatfield hit an ugly
baseman fumblcd until Manning was
across the plate, and then threw wildly at
in the lead. The excitement was intense n
this stage Of the game, as the fans realized
that FOR the FIRST time the Blues We're in
the game, with better than an even chance
TO beat the leaders. No more runs came in.
nIppeI in an attempt to steal second
When the HOOsiers came In TO bat they
were plainly desperate, Schieheck led or
bases, and 1t seemed # certainty that the
champions would tie the score, shannon
putting up little, foul for Lake, and Ho;
Eau's high fly in the intieli was smOthercd
by klusman. \ wild pitch put, SCh!ebeck
on third base and Davis, who had struck
out every time At bat, got a base on balls,
llogriover tried hard for a hit, but Hines
took caro- OF his drive to right reld, and
the Blues had pulled out OF one bad hole.
In the eighth both were retired in order.
In The ninth n" Blues got one more ,i.ih, TYR,
one ont, Hines walked 10 first On balls.
stole second, took third on a sacrifice by
hit. which Davis, partially stopped, but
could not field, The HOosiers died hard,
aEd aI GGl pulled thg Tagg out in sS Sng
easy groundcrs at Manning and Nyce, and