The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1896-04-25

Cross Pitched n Good, Steady Game
Yesterday.


The men from the north were easy vic
tins yesterday. They did not give the cham
pions trouble at any stage. Egan pitched
for them and was hit quite freely and very
hard, two home runs being chalked up TO the
credit Of Watkins's men. Both teams were
a little off in the fielding. About the only
brilliant feature Of the game was a stop by
Buckley in the sixth inning OF Trost's hard
hit groundr. 1t was a beautiful pickup and
greatly appreciated by everybody but the
Detroit players. Cross pitched a strong,
even game. keeping Detroit's eight hits nice
ly scattered. In the eighth inning he struck
out Egan and Nicholson, after frost had
reached first on a hit. The visitors did not
earn a run Off him. The thirteen hundred
people at the grounds enjoyed the sport
hugely. 1t was not as exciting. by any man.
ner OF means, as the opening game, but the
result was altogether satisfactory. and the
FANS were all happy. Snyder umpired an
other excellent game. His good judgment on
balls and strikes impressed everybody. just
as on the opening day.
With Hogriever out to Knoll as a starter,
Roat lift to Stallings, who muffed the fly,
and Fred landed on third. Mccarthy scored
him with a nice hit to right. which DUNCAN
fumbled long enough TO let Mac to second.
Corcoran got Stewards grounder. but threw
1t so badly to first that the captain reached
second and Mccarthy scored. Wood hit safe
to center, scoring Stewart, and the next two
men were quickly retired. The visitors were
easily disposed of in their half. With two
out In the second. Hogriever hit to right for
a base and Roat to left for a double. earning
one run. DUNCAN got McCarthy's fly. De-
troit picked up a run in the last half.
Whistler getting first on balls and scoring on
singles by Corcoran and frost. Stallings,
Gfllen and Egan flew out.
The champions were not out of the woods
until the sixth inning. when they landed
the game high and dry. Mccormick opened
with a base on balls and Conner cracked out
a t~wo-bagger to center. Cross few to Cor
coran and Hogriever's single sent McCor-
mick home and Conner to third. Roat's out
at first scored Conner and moved Hogriever
along a notch. Knoll dropped McCarthy's
fly after a hard run, and Hogriever scored.
Stewards double to left and Woods safe
drive In the same direction added two more
runs, Wood reaching second on Stallings's
tumble of the hit. Buckley's grounder was
picked up by Gillen, who touched Wood on
the line.
Roat's bad throw to first in his effort TO
double the men gave Detroit one In the sixth,
the DdH gong INTO the DleacnerS ana cor
coran making the circuit before 1t was re-
covered. Gf.len got a base on balls, but
Buckley's great stop of a red-hot drive by
frost ended the inning. Indianapolis got
this one run back In the seventh, Mccormick
hitting to right center for a four-bagger.
Corcoran let Connor's grounder get through
him and the runner stole second, but the
next three men were retired in order.
AT this stage the men from Michigan con-
cluded to have a. try at getting Into the
game. They hustled around and managed to
get in four runs. but the lead of the cham
pions was too big to overcome. and the effort
was Detroit's last expiring gasp. Egan got
Knolrs fly to Hogriever moved Egan to
third. Nicholson soon stole second and Dun
gan's base on balls soon filled the corners.
Whistler hit to Roat. who threw wild. to
first, and Buckley overran, then fumbled the
ball, three runs coming in as a result OF the
two errors, Stallings flew to, Connor. but
Whistler. Mccarthy captured Gillen's foul
fly and stopped the r~un-getting.
Mccarthy started the eighth with a two
Dagger to right center and scored on sacri-
fees by Stewart and Wood. Then Buckley
made what Is believed to be the longest lift
ever known In a championship game on the
Ohio-street grounds. He drove the ball into
the neighborhood Of that extreme center field
corner and X struck the fence probably
thirty feet to the right Of the corner. Buck
ley easily made fhe circuit. and the crowd
base on balls and stole second, but Conner
: Though frost started the Detroit eighth
with n hit, Egan and Nicholson struck out
and Knoll flew to Buckley. Mccormick
fumbled Dunvan's grounder in the ninth TO
begin with. but the next three men were
easy. and the game ended with runs to spare.
Cnovo. 4