The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1896-08-27
1t Took Eleven Innings, but watkins
Fooled McGreevy and Put in the
Big Squirrel Hunter.
How the Clubs stand.
CHAMPIONS TAKE TWO.
Wiley Davis Not Too Badly Crippled
to Bat Out a Game.

to Bat Out a Game.
The champions cleaned up two more
games yesterday and are now in shape to
give Minneapolis a good hot fight for the
pennant. They will leave for Kansas City
this noon twenty-five points behind the
leaders and il some Of the Eastern teams
can stop Wilmot's men for Il few days
Watkins is confident Indianapolis can over
haul them on the trip and beat them out
on the home grounds next month.
Again yesterday did the Columbus team
make the champions play the hardest kind
of ball for over two hours. 1t took eleven
innings to put Loftus's men out and the
Hoosier representatives had pretty much
all they could do to hold that first game
level. After pitching ten strong innings
McGreevy fell down in the eleventh and
was raped for four runs. The second
game was easy, Fisher holding the visitors
level and shutting them out for seven
innings.
There were $500 people at the grounds
and they were all pulling hard for a brace
of victories. The first game was largely a
pitchers battle. in which Damon had the
best of it all through. though he was not
quite so steady as McGreevy. The Indian
apolis man gave but four hits in eleven
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ting team like Columbus. The champions
should have won 1t out in nine. innings
and, but for Hogriever's getting caught
mapping at second in the fifth inning. they
would have done so. There was some live
ly fielding done by both sides and
Hogriever mad a good bit of the work to
do. Shiebeck and Parrott played fine ball
at short and Bob Wood saved the day in
the ninth by a hard catch of a foul fly
almost against the grand stand. The In
dianapolis infield was weakened by the alb
sence of Shannon, who was hit in the head
by a bat slipping from the hands of one
of the players while practicing. and
knocked senseless. He was unable to play
t~Unately there was little work around third
yesterday and the change, therefore,, cut
no figure. Williams had a bad throw IN
each game. but the errors Gust nothing.
He hit well. getting a couple of safe ones
off each pitcher.
THE FIRST GAME.
After two men had gone out in the first
inning Williams and Motz hit to left for
singles and McGreevy gave Shiebeck one by
hitting him. After getting the crowds ex-
pectations up to concert pitch McGreevy
settled down and all Stewart could do was
10 hit to Latham and force Shiebeck at
second. Columbus did better in the last
half. Butler led off with a hit to left.
Latham few to Hogan. but Sharp scratched
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been easy for Shiebeck' had he not been
covering second for Buffers steal. The
latter reached third on the hit and scored
on Wilson'S fly to Mccarthy. Frank
struck out.
For four innings watkins's men did moth
ing toward accommodating. runs, but in the
fifth they braced up and. aided by some
errors. scored twice. Wood hit to Parrot,
who fumbled the ball and then threw it
ont into 6f h lsft f MSTI ie an se Effort 1T an to . entch
Wood at second. The latter kept on to
third and, after Damon had hit to PARROT,
Hogriever sent the first indianapolis run
in with a safe hit to right. Frank FUN
bled the ball long enough to let Hogriever
slide safely into second. but ne was caught
quick throw to Sharp. This blunder cost a
run and possibly two or three for Nc
Carthy, Williams and Motz hit safe. Mac"
scored from third on the throw to second
to catch Williams stealing. 1t took a good
slide to make the play as Sharp returned
the ball quickly, but he was safe. MOTIFS
hit was a slow grounder 20 PARROT, which
he beat out, but Williams. in trying to
score from second on the play, was caught
at the plate.
Columbus lost little time catching up.
Damon gave Butler a base in the sixth
and Latham hunted safe. Sharp sacrificed.
Shiebeck making a clever stop and throw
Of ii. Wilson hit to Stewart. who threw
to the plate on Butler. The throw was a
little low and Wood dropped the ball:
knot that it took Indianapolis five more
innings TO undo it. Wilson was caught
| stealing second ana FRANK new 10 Hogan.
With two out in the ninth Parrot caused
some uneasiness by hitting for two bases,
but Wood caught McGreevy's foul after a
desperate run and the crowd cheered him
long and loud. 1t was not until the
eleventh inning that the champions sue
ceeded in shaking off the Ohio delegation
and then they did IL artistically and when
they finished they had runs to spare. With
one out Motz drove the ball TO right clean
and hard and Shiebeck followed his ex-
ample. After a consultation with about
everybody on his team McGreevy was ad-
vised TO give Stewart a base on balls.
which he did. filling the corners. Instead
of sending Hogan to bat. however. Wat
kins put Wiley Davis up. When the big
pitcher picked out a bat and started for
the plate Tom Lotus threw up his hands
in despair. Latham. Cantillon. Wilson and
Sharp argued with Mcdonald for five min
utes. claiming Davis had not been in uni
form on the field as the rules require.
They were wrong. however. as Davis had
been sitting over by the clubhouse in uni
form and was eligible TO play at any time.
When he faced McGreevy it was all over.
for the latter was visibly nervous at the
d-isarrangement of his plans. After a
couple of balls and n strike Davis drove in
two runs with a hit TO right and the crowd
let out a lot of pent-up enthusiasm. Wood
followed the big pitchers example and his
single sent in two more runs. Damon flew
10 Butler and Hogriever was retired at
first. a tumble by Damon gave Frank n
life in the last half, but a pretty double
play followed and Cantillon ended the
game by going out from pitcher to first.
Score: