The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1896-09-18
anding of the Clubs.
THE HOLSTERS TOUGH LUCK.
Another Player Sent to the Hospital
Department.


Wiley Davis threw the game away in the
first inning yesterday and then proceeded
to show how we'll he can pitch and how
easy it would have been for Indianapolis
had he curbed his wildness at the start.
He lost his own game by simply presenting
Minneapolis with five runs in the opening
inning. Watkins's men played pretty fair
uphill ball, and tied the game in the fourth.
only to lose out in the fifth, when three
successive singles gave the Minneapolis
men their solitary earned run. The game
might have ended in a tie or a victory for
Indianap polls had not Motz fallen fast asleep
at third and been thrown out by Schriver.
This was in the second inning. and was an
inexcusaby stupid break, only one man
was out and there was no need for Motz
TO take such dangerous lead off the base.
1t cost one run sure, and possibly more, as
Stewart followed with a hit. Little Incl
dents of this character are what tend to
drive honest, conscientious 'rooters to
drink
Some more hard luck was in store for In
dianapolis. Williams who playing
third because Shiebeck is threatened with
blood poisoning from injuries received in
last Mondays game, hit on the jaw
by one of Hutchinsons swift inshoots and
badly hurt. He pluckily stuck the game
out, however, with a terribly swollen jaw
and every tooth in his head loose. If any
team has had more tough luck this season
than Indianapolis 1t hasn't been made
known.
Davis was well supported, the team put
ting UP great ball right straight through.
Shannons assists were a feature and the
work was clean and fast. Conner was the
only loose man the Minneapolis team
yesterday He accumulated three errors,
but more than made up for them by bat
ting in four of the six runs. Besides his
costly. Hutchinson
hit much harder than Davis, but his steadi-
ness more than offset this fact. 1t was one
of those games that Indianapolis ought to
have taken by a safe margin, The score
shows that. Still the disagreeable fact re-
mains that Minneapolis had the six runs
and Indianapolis only five.
THAT FATAL FIRST.
After Preston had fouled out to Williams
in the first inning Lally was hit by a
pitched ball. Wilmot walked, and Davis
rounded uo his bad work by dropping
MOTIFS easy throw of Schriver's grounder.
The latter had tried to sacrifice, and Motz
picked up the grounder while Davis COW
cred the base. Had the latter held the easy
chance the game would have been won by
Indianapolis. This error filled the bases,
and then Davis topped it off by giving
Werden base on balls and forcing Laly
in. Pickett flew to Hogan, and Wilmot
came home. Conner hit to left for three
triple was scratch, as Mccarthy tried to
reach it on the fly, and the ball bounded
through him. Kuehne hit to right for a
base, and Connor scored. Hutchinson was
out from third to first.
In the second inning, after Motz had
reached third on his hit, Connor's wild
was caught off the base by Schriver's snap
throw. Stewart got a single, but Buckley
was our from pitcher to first. In the
third Davis struck out. Hogan hit for &
base, and stole second, aided by Connor' s
drop of Schrivers throw. Shannon and
Mccarthy followed with singles. and Hog
riever with three-bagger TO left center,
three runs resulting. Motz flew to Pickett
who made good catch in short right field
Hogriever scoring on the out Williams was
hit on the jaw by pitched ball, and Stew
art flew to Preston The tie run was scored
in the fourth, when, with one out Davis
hit to right center for three bases and came
in on Hogan's single to left. Shannon flew
to Wlmot. Pickett fumbled Mccarthy
grounder, and Hogriever flew to Preston.
This all the scoring Indianapolis could
do. Only three men reached first in the
last five innings
The Millers managed to bat the game out
in the fifth after two men had been retired.
Werden singled and Pickett and Conner
followed with hits, sending him around.
Had Stewart let the last hit alone the bali
would have gone to Hogan fast enough to
hold Werden AZ third. and the side would
have been retired without run, Kuehne
flew to Mccarthy. Only one of the visitors
reached first in the last three innings The
attendance yesterday was $500. Score: