The Indianapolis journal., 1896-08-31
Standing of the Clubs.
GOODBYE TO KANSAS CITY.
Indianapolis Gains One Game Out Of
the Last Series.

Special to the indianapolis Journal.
KANSAS CITY, Mo-. Aug. 30.-Kansas
City and Indianapolis made a great effort
to clear up all their postponed games to-
day. They actually played two games.
each winning one, and a third game was
given TO Kansas City by the usual score
of to o. When the time came for the
first game to be started Manager Watkins,
of the champions, refused to play with
OBrien as umpire. He had telegram
from President Johnson saying that he
might use players as umpires. but manager
Manning said that there was nothing man.
datory in that, and as O'Brien had a tel
egram authorizing him to umpire until re-
lieved by a reGularly-appointed official
Manning declined to give way TO Watkins
At 1:SO o'clock Nyce. of the Kansas Citys
took his position at the bat and after
waiting five minutes for the Hoosiers 10
take the field. umpire OBrien awarded the
game to Kansas City. by to 0. There
were over 5000 people on the grounds by
this time and they were clamoring for
baseball. After a little delay Manning and
Watkins agreed to play two championship
games with player umpires. and the first
game was started Immediately. In the
first game, while the Blues hit Fisher
much harder than the Hoosers did Car
ney, the latters wildness was costly. par
ticularly in the third inning, when.
coupled with bad m:sjudgment of an easy
fly to center by N'col. it gave the Hoosers
three runs and a commanding lead. The
Blues had hard luck with their hits. many
fine drives going right at the Hooser out
fieiders and generally with men on bases.
The second game won for the Blues
by Galatians splendid work. He was SIM
ply invncible and had not the crowd in
terfered with Campau in the third inning SO
that McCarthy's easy fly TO right fell safe
and good for two bases when it should
have been caught, the Hoosiers would have
been shut out. The one error of the Blues.
a muff of fly to left by Killing, not
costly, but Dammann's error a wild throw
to first cost a run. Dammann pitched fine
ball for the Hoosiers. but the Blues made
their hits count. and. in addition, fielded
behind Callahan IN style which would
be hard to beat
The Blues scored the first run i'm the
second inning, when Klusman walked To
first, was sacrificed to second by Nicol,
took third an Hatfield's out and scored
when Dammann made a wild throw to
first on Kings easy hit. In the third the
Hoosiers tied the score. With one out
Hogriever singled and Mccarthy sent
long fly to right. Campau was playing
we'll out and would have easily caught the
ball, but the crowd ran right in his way
and it fell safe for two bases. Hogriever
scoring
1t was even then to the seventh inning,
when the Blues got the winning run.
Campau led off with hard single to left
and King beat out his attempted bunt
Col lah hnft
men up, and Campau ran in home after
Mccarthy had captured Nyces long fly to
left. The Hoosiers worked hard TO over
come this lead. but Callahan, after the
fifth inning. did not allow one of them TO
reach first base, retiring five of them cn
strikes, four in the last two innings. Score
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