The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1896-09-25
Standing of the Clubs.
A 8 TO Z SCORE.
Error Column Shows the Nervousness
of the Players.

| TO SCORE.
| Error Column Shows the NervOusne $ 8
| of the Players.
| indianapolis secured the first knock down
| yesterday in the Free Press cup series, and
| 2l00 people hurried from the grounds after
| tie game, at peace with all the world
| That hard-fought victory yesterday did the
| 'rooters'' world of good They shook
| hands, pounded each other on the back and
were a happy lot of people. The game was
| one of the most exciting of the season, and
| kept the crowd edge until the last
| Miller was out in the ninth inning. Both
| teams were nervous, as the error columns
show The fielding was loose, but the hit
| ting more than made up for it. Parker
was hammered right and left, and Fisher
| did not get off very easily, Wilmots men
| going at him vicously now and then.
Hogan did as much or more than any of
| them to keep his team in front. He had
/ four hits and pulled down four flies, his
| only break being a misjudgeo line fly.
which gave Conner a home run. Motz and
| Ball had the prettest stops of the game,
and Hogriever, Wimot and Lally covered
| lots of ground in the field. Mcdonald and
| ODay umpired good ball, and there was
very little kicking by either team.
indianapolis took the outs, and when
Preston struck out there was wild cheer
| ing. Lally went out from short to first.
but WiImot walked, and Schriver, after
| getting life Buckley's muff of his foul
| fly, hit for base With two men waiting
| to come in, Werden struck out, and the
crowd tore things wide open Shannon hit
| the second ball pitched to left for single.
| Mccarthy tried to sacrifice and hit to Par
ker who threw wild to second McCar-
| Hogriever flew to kuehne, but Motz hit to
right clean and hard, sending in two runs
grounder and threw him out at first, and
| Buckley flew to Lally.
With Stewart out in the second, Hogan
hit to left for three bases and scored on
Fishers single. Shannon flew to Werden,
Mccarthy walked and Hogriever flew to
Wilmot: The Millers got their first run in
| grounder and Preston hit one which bound
| ed high over the second baseman's head.
| Lally hit to Fisher and Ball was caught on
| the line, though he lodged back and forth
long, enough to allow Preston to reach
| score. Lally stole third and tried to steal
| home, but was easily caught. In their half
Watkinss men adde g., q couple. Motz IL, LED
den and Buckley hit into the big first base
mans hands, Motz reaching second. Stew
| Lally fumbled Motz scoring. Hogan's two
| Dagger to left sent Stewart home. A wild
| pitch let Hogan to third, but Fisher flew
| to Wilmot.
| CHANCE HOME RUN.
| The Miers came near catching up in the
| fourth, when Schriyer and Werden set a
| hot pace with clean drives and Conner sent
a line fly to Hogan. which he ran in on
and discovered. too late that he should have
| gene the other way The ball went over his
| head for a home and put Minneapolis
| in the game for the first time. Motz made
a good stop of Kuehne's hot grounder and
| Shannon stopped one from Parker's bat
and threw him out at first. Stewards fun
| Raj jfa he
Preston went out from Stewart to Motz.
| indianapolis might have scored in the last
| half had not Hogriever, with two out, run
| to second on Wilmots catch of MOTIFS fly
and been easily caught. Mccarthy who
| had reached first on balls, had gone to
| third on the fly.
BY scoring twice in the fifth Minneapolis
took the lead for few moments. L AL;
opened with two-bagger to left and Will
! into Shannon's hands, which would have
doubled Lally and retired the side had the
| however and LaIly scored. Schriver stole
second. going right along to third on Buck
| but Conner hit to left center for three
bases, sending Schriver in. kuehne was
! out from Stewart to MotZ.
lived. as Indianapolis went after Parker
| savagey in the last half of the fifth. SHE
beck hit to left for q. single and Lally fun
| bled it. Buckley followed with n two-bag-
| ger to left center and Shiebeck came in
with the tie run. Stewart hit to center for
| a base and tried to steal second, but was
| caught, Buckley getting in on the play
Hogan hit to Kuehne and beat it out. Wer-
/ den's foot being off the bag anyhow. Fish
er's out from short to first enabled Hogan
to reach second, as ne had fortunately
one in left scoring him. Mccarthy fouled
! to Schriver. All this time the ''rooters''
were busy and the crowd fairly reveled in
! the hitting done by Watkinss men.
| HOGRIEVER BECOMES DESPERATE.
Hogriever opened the indianapolis sixth
with a three-bagger to the left-center fence
and came home on MOTIFS out from pitch
| er to first. 1t was quite a chance to
/ take but he made it all right. Ball
stopped Shebeck's slow grounder and
| threw him out at first Buckley hit to left
for base, but Stewart ended the inning
from Conner to Werden. Minneapolis
looked dangerous in the seventh when
Lally led with hit, but Hogan captured
| flies from Wilmot and Schriver, after which
| Werden singled to right. Connor lifted the
third fly to Hogan. and the danger was
! over.
| A funny play happened in the Indianap-
+ olis's eighth. Mccarthy reached FIRST on
/ balls ana HogricVer got there or Ral.s wild
| thro ". Motz sacrificed and Shlebeck was
/ at bat when Mccarthy was caught off third.
! and almost the entire team took a hand in
! down. After see-sawing on the TWO men for
! several moments. Hogriever, who ran
| tween there and home. shebeck struck
/ out.
! in the ninth when Preston opened with a
i hit to center. Stewart fumbed Lally's
/ grounder missing a nice chance for a
I double play Wimot flew to Hogriever and
schrver forced LAZY at second by hitting
/ to Stewart. Werdens single TO right sent
/ by flying to Hogan and the game was won.
! Score:
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