Kansas City daily journal. [volume] (Kansas City, Mo.) 1892-1897, 1896-07-10
BEATEN IN ELEVEN INNINGS.
pLuEs LOST ANOTHER HARD LUCK
GAME YESTERDAY.
u Was n Grnnd ana Exciting strur'
gle. In which the iioosirrs Hnd
u world Of Luck. Ucsides
rinyinu brilliant Hall.

Certainly Kansas city has never wilt
messed such hard fought and intensely OK
citing hall games as those OF the present
series with indianapolis. Yesterday an
other large crowd of 5nn, which was halt
ladies. composing the nncSt crowd which
ever attended bail game In Kansas city.
saw another nerve strainihg contest OF
eleven innings, which was finally won by
the Hoosiers by n punching OF hits In the
eleventh after almost Impossible plays ny
Hogan and Shannon had saved the game
for them In the Blues half Of the same
inning.
The Blues hit cross much harder than
the IIoosicrs did Barnett, hut Cross or any
other pitcher could win hail games with
such support as WAS given the Indianapolis
twlrer yesterday Shannon. at short. is
simply "a wonder. and Hogan is little short
OF 1t so far as fielding goes,
As usual the lioosiers went into the lead
early in the game, and as usual, after Il
hard uphill fight. the Blues got in the
game in the seventh inning. and they took
II lead which seemed TO assure them the
victory. but one gift of FIRST base and a
threeblggcr allowed the champions to tie
the score In the eighth inning. The visit
ors had chunces TO win ont in both the
ninth and tenth innings, hut failed TO inn
prove them. the Blues fielding magnificent
y. The finish was thrilling one. Two
men Were out. Phillips was on second and
Hogrever on third when Mccarthy. after
Barnett had two strikes on him, lined out
safe one to center. which sent the win
nins runs across the plate.
first inning. Hatfield walked to first, tax
ing second on Nyce's single, ana scoring
on klusmans twoLaEger. campaus hard
hit was well handed by Cross and Nyce
! Nichol went out on a long ny, so the Blncs
only got one run out OF this promising
In the second the Hoosiers went into the
| lead with two runs scored on MT by
sbnnnon 1a and 70 hi; I'm oean In n" third
! the Hoosiers improved their lead BY scor-
ing one run on a gift to Hogrieyer, q sac
which Menefee should have heided,
The Blues scored. one more in the sixth
gan's tumble, followed by q twobagger by
| Michel. In the, seventh the Blues hit Cross
very hard and all but, won the game, a
| base on balls to Menefee started the inn
| ing, and this was followed hy sacrifice
by Barnett, twobagser by Hatfield and a
Lake, which gave three runs and put the
Blues two IN the lead. Nyce also made a
Elm, II ths MS, inning hrin Ga. the next two
In the eighth the Hoosiers tied the score
Stewart got base. and scored on Mott
| home on Schiebeck,s sacrifice. In the last
| half of the ninth, Hogriever, who was on
home, but Lake easily Jagged him out Al
| the plate In the tenth Stewart led off
! with a twobaEger for the boosters, but
was npped when he tried to stretch 1t into
| threebaggcr.
| In the eleventh. Menefee. for the Blues,
| led Off with n twobaggcr. went TO third on
| Bnrnotts sacrifice. and beat the hall home
| when Lake hit to Schiebeck Hatfield, in
| the meantime, had gone to first on balls,
! and the Blues thus had one run in and
| runners on first and second. with but one
| out Nyce hit the ball away down by the
| old pennant pole. but Hogan by a wonder
| ful sprint. got to 1t and caught 1t. Hatfield
aNl Lake moving W after the catch. Klus-
man hit the ball just as hard right over
second base, but Shannon. by another great
| effort managed TO knock IL down and re-
! tire Elusman at first shutting of two
| more runs for the Blues. II was a scnsa-
| tonHl stop, and at the same time u very
| lucky one, which Shannon could not dupli-
| cate once in twenty trials.
| when the Hoosicrs came 70 bat, Roat
was sent to hit in place of Hogan. Roat
| was an easy out at hrst, and at last II
| looked like the Blues would get away with
| out being outlucked again. Phillips was
| sent TO bat IN place of Cross, and hit safely
| to left field. Hogriever hit TO center Phil
| lips going to second. Buckley sent a long
| ily 10 center, Phillips and Hogriever moy-
| ing up after the catch and they came in
| with the ticng and winning runs when
| Mccarthy sent hot one over second base
| for IA single.
| The score.