The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1896-07-29

Mr.. Denzer Wasn't Around
the Lot Yesterday.

Con Strothers gave st. Paul the one run
necessary to win yesterdays game. and if
there is any justice in the Western League
the rooters think the protest which Man
ager Watkins filed last night will be sus-
tanned and the game will have to be played
over. Burns was at bat, with two strikes
on him, when rain stopped the game in
the fifth inning. When play was resumed
he struck again at the ball and should
have been out, but Strothers said 1.-TWO
strikes" and persisted in his claim. through
sheer obstinacy, ii seems. for If his indi-
Gator was in working order or his memory
worth anything he must have known that
Burns was out. The result of this bad
break was that Burns reached first on
balls. Kraus having preceded him there in
the same manner. and George having sac
rificed. Pickett struck out and the inning
should have ended right there. Shugart
got a tw~o-bagger to Jeff center. scoring
Kraus with the run which st. Paul needed
to win out. Stewart tried to tell Strothers
that Burns was out and was fined $40 in
installments for the privilege. The umpire
would listen to no one. 1t wasn't a ques-
ton involving any doubt whatever.
Everybody but Strothers knew Burns was
out and the umpire's action aroused ndig-
nation. When the crowd realized in the
ninth inning that Strothers had by his
decision given St. Paul the game there was
some disposition to go at him rough shod.
He was given police protection, however,
and was not molested.
FINES ON EVERY SIDE.
1t was as much as a players salary was
worth yesterday to run counter to Stroth-
ers or even to look at him with anything
but a pleasant expression. He fined Frank
Sheibeck S. for going after a ball that
Damon had thrown over his head in the
fifth inning. The St. Paul men were urg-
ing him 70 hurry the game up because Of
threatened rain and had called his atten-
ton to Damon's throwing the ball over
third. Why he should fine Sheibeck. who
did nothing but go after and bring the ball
in, was a mystery TO the cranks. Stewart,
as has been said. was soaked" TO the ex-
tent of $40 in all for protesting against
a man who was out being given a base.
Glasscock caught $50 worth for kicking
on a close decision and waving his hands
in the air in apparent contempt for the
first fine and Spies was fined So and or
dered from the grounds in the fifth for in
sisting that a ball was a strike and giving
Strothers a piece of his mind. AS he left
the scene of action in charge of a police
man, Spies waited word to the umpire
that he would lick" him the first chance
that offered.
STORMY ALL AROUND.
Altogether it was a stormy game. The
lightning flashed and the thunder rolled
almost necessarily. Big black clouds made
1t difficult for the batsmen to see the ball
and the turbulence of the elements seemed
to communicate itself to Comiskeys men,
who were at times almost beside them
selves with rage at the manner in which
Strothers choked them off and refused to
allow them a word. Stewards protest in
the Burns matter was entirely reasonable
and in no wise merited the fines inflicted.
He did not make himself obnoxious, but
there were two strikes on the man when
play was resumed. This attempt cost him
the $40 above referred TO.
The game was well played. Shannon car
rying OFF the fielding honors with several
OF the prettiest stops and throws imagin-
Glasscock's bat with one hand in the
fourth and shot it over to Motz in time
to retire the side. Pickett made a fine
and Shugart duplicated the play in the
same inning, thereby spelling two runs for
indianapolis. Both teams had frequent
chances to score. but the pitching was eff
fective and the fielding good. One thing
favored the infielders and that was the
grounds. MOTIFS hit in the fourth would
ordinarily have scored Mccarthy easily
enough, but the slippery grounds prevented
left. Hogriever and Buckley each had a
chance TO save the day in the fifth. but
they were not equal to the emergency.
With one out Shannon had hit for q base
and Denzer filed the corners by present.
ing Hogan and Wood. who batted for
Damon. with bases on balls. Hogriever
struck out, however. and Buckley hit into
ORourke's hands. 1t was while Hogriever
was at bat that Spies was ordered from
the game and grounds.
RUN THAT CAUSED TROUBLE.
In the third inning Glasscock led with a
double to right and Kraus sent him home
with a single in the same direction. George
hit to left center for two bases. scoring
Kraus. The next three men were quickly
disposed of without further damage. The
run that caused all the trouble was scored
in the fifth, after the rain had ceased and
has already been described. After Shu-
CARTS two-bagger. which sent Kraus in with
the third st. Paul run, Mullane, who took
Spiess place in the game going to right.
while kraus went behind the bat, reached
nrst on balls. With the bases filed Denzer
flew to Stewart.
Davis pitched the last four innings.
Damon having been taken out TO give
Wood a chance with the stick. Comiskey's
men had more trouble with the big Tennes-
sean than with the l~eft-handed boy. getting
but one safe HIT off him. Denzer had his
IL IAA
In a way that bothered the champions.
The fast pitching coupled with the dark
day kept the hits down on both sides. 1t
was not until the ninth inning that Indian
apolis got into the game. They then pro-
ceeded TO give Roger Denzer a very un-
comfortable ten minutes. Mccarthy hit TO
left center for a base and MOTIFS out at
first advanced him. Stewart drove a long
hit to right. which Mullane's tumble made
good for two bases. Shiebeck's single 10
left scored Mccarthy and Stewart came
in on Shannon's srounder to Shugart. which
forced Shiebeck at second. BY this time
the "rooters' were wild and il looked as
though the champions might win out after
all. Denzer pitched three balls about on
a level with Hogan's eyes and Strothers
called two of them trike The crowd was
making so much noise that everybody sup
posed all three were balls until Hogan
struck at one. whereupon Strothers indi-
Gated that IL was all over and that settled
IL for he time being al least. While Hogan
was at bat he asked the umpire how the
balls and strikes stood. but that high and
mighty official calmly ignored his request
fcr Information. Score:
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