The Indianapolis journal., 1896-04-26

How the Clubs stand.
GRAND RAPIDS, o; CHAMPIONS, 6.
Carney's Men Made the Hoosiers Dir
Nv with Base Hits.

take yesterday. The iIl-assorted Grand Rap
ids aggregation came from Columbus. where
the catch-as-catch-caD team belonging 10
Tom Lotus had whipped them twice, and
batted out enough runs in the first two In
nings to win the game. Hansen was the
mark. Wherever he put the ball there was
a Grand Rapids bat, and Carney's men
reeled of base hits so fast it made the crowd
dizzy. For the most part they were of the
lucky sort-niserabie little hits just out of
reach-and there wasn't enough force back
Of any Of them to enable the batsman to take
more than one base. They did the business.
however, and after he had been touched for
nine singles and half a dozen earned runs.
Manager Watkins took Hansen out and put
i'm Damon. Then it was different. The Gold
Bugs couldn't do an earthly thing with the
Ieft-hander after the fragment of an inning
was over. They started on him in threat
ening way, the first two men who faced
him getting singles, but that was the end.
During the remainder Of the game Damon's
effectiveness was the big feature. CarDey's
men were babies when it came to hitting.
They got just three singles in six innings.
WHERE WE'RE THE CHAMPIONS?
But while they were feeling around for the
bail what were the champions doing? Win
ming out? Not a little bit They were about
as badly in the dark regarding young man
named Lloyd the visitors were concern
Ing Damon. Only once during all the game
did they give any indication of their hitting
ability, and that was a spasmodic affair,
lasting but few moments. in the seventh.
The game was remarkable for one thing-a
stupid play in the eighth that spoiled a pos
sibility of winning out. Mccarthy was on
second and Stewart on first, with two out.
They tried a double steal, and Mac was
caught by a yard. No sign was given them
10 steal Wood was at bat and had hit Lloyd
for two bases in the previous inning. A hit
would have been nearly good with Nc
Carthy on second, taking the usual big lead,
as with him on third. Had there been only
one out the case would have been different,
as the possibility of double play might
then have made such an attempt advisable.
White was put in to bat for Connor in the
fifth, the latters inability to hit being ap
parent. The change did not strengthen the
batting any. though White is more liable
Whites catch OF Eiteljorgs long fly in the
eighth was the prettiest fielding feature of
The visitors fielded loosely but Indian
apols couldn't hit hard enough TO take ad-
vantage OF the errors to any extent. The two
Indianapolis errors cut no figure in the score,
and the defeat Is due TO Grand Rapids's
lucky hitting and Lloyds effectiveness.
MR. HANSEN SET UPON.
After blanking the champions In the first,
Carney's men sailed right into Hansen.
Singles by Smink, Gettnger. Genins, Mills,
EiteIjorg and Lloyd. together with Davis's
base on balls. Gilkss long fly and Carney's
life, on which Genins was caught at second,
yielded five runs. Wood got a hit in the
second and Buckley advanced him with an
out at first Eiteljorg then muffed McCor-
mick's fly and the latter took third. Wood
scoring. Smink tossed the ball to Lloyd,
who let It roll away from him. and McCor-
mick stole home very cieverly, to the delight
OF the crowd and the discontinue OF the
Grand Rapids battery.
first inning. Gettinger, GeninS and Gilks
each hit for a base. Then Damon took
Hansens place. and Carney and Davis each
touched him for single. Then IL was
case of quit with Carney's men, who had
already scored four more runs. They could
do nothing with Damon, and IL the nome
team had played a good, stif uphill game
the result would have been different. Roat
got three-bagger in the third and scored
on Genins's bad throw OF McCarthy's
grounder. With this good start the cham
pions should have been able to pile up some
runs especially as they filled the bases on
balls A couple of fiys and Connors out at
first. with three men waiting TO come In.
sngslab eaSsse the MeCarthy's double to center,
Dayis's muff OF Stewards fly and Buckley's
out gave Indianapolis another lonely run In
the fifth The last two were made In the
seventh on the only clean hitting done by
Watkins's men. With one out, Stewart
livened things up with double TO lett
Wood followed with one to center and Buck
lev got single in the same direction. That
was the best they could do, however, and
two runs were not nearly enough. That
double steal above referred TO spoiled nice
prospect in the eighth. There were 700
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