The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1896-09-12
How the Clubs stand.
on HOME GROUNDS AGAIN.
Indianapolis Wins by the scores of
IS 20 and O to 4

IG 20 and to 4.
The way the Indianapolis team went
after the Brewers yesterday would have
won most any game. They played gin
gerry ball, ran the bases in fine style and
hit hard in both games. pounding Rettger
savagely in the first. The sort of ball they
put up yesterday will keep them inside
the cup money and in the affections of the
''rooters'' as well. Better base running has
never been seen here than the exhibition
given by Watkins's men yesterday, and it
filled the two thousand people who were
present with joy to see their favorites swing
through a game in the fast manner that
made them champions last season. Both
Davis and Damon pitched good ball. The
former was little wild, but he could afford
to. be as he had plenty of margin to go on.
Els speed was, as usual, terrific and the
Brewers scattered their nine hits through
six innings. Damon held them down to
seven hits and would have shut them out
easily enough had it not been for that
awful first inning of the second game,
when four errors were punched by the
the home team all easy chances.
The Milwaukee team is badly crippled.
Spear being out of the game. Nicol playing
with a useless arm and Taylor with a
lame leg. McHale is doing the catching
and, though his backstop work is very
good, he is off in his throwing. Consider
ing all this the visitors played good ball
in the field. White is keeping his end up
all right with them and his friends gave
him hand at several stages yesterday.
Glenalvin did some fine work in both
games. The fielding features of the after
noon were couple of great catches by
Hogan, the hitting of Mccarthy and SHE
beck, who made seven hits each the
former for total of eleven bases and the
latter for ten, and clever base running by
Hogriever, Stewart and one or two other
Indianapolis men. Stewards bunch of err
rors in the second game surprised every
body. They were caused mostly by over
anxiety to get the ball for double plays.
THE FIRST GAME.
Watkinss men had the opening game won
in the first two innings, after which it was
only an exercise gallop for them. Shannon
started it with base on balls and Nc
Carthy followed with a single. Then Hog
riever sacrificed and the shouting begun
when Motz smashed out a two-bagger to
right scoring a couple of runs. Hartman
fumbled Shebeeks grounder, Stewart and
Wood singled and Hogan got a double to
left, three more runs resulting Davis flew
to Stafford and Shannon to Weaver. With
two out in their half the Brewers scored
one on bases on balls to Hartman and
Stafford and a double steal which resulted
in the latter beiEg caught between bases
and run down, but not before hartman
had crossed the plate.
Indianapolis kept peggng away in the
second. Singles by Mccarthy. HogrleVer
and Motz a two Dagger by Shiebeck. Stew
arts out and Woods safe drive netting
four runs. Hits by Genalvin and White, a
tumble by Hogan and a single by McHale
gave Milwaukee two in the last half IN
the fourth singles by Shiebeck and stewart.
Woods sacrifice. Hogan's hit, couple OF
steals and Shannons single added three
more to the home teams string. Hartman
retired the side by taking flies from DAVIS
and Mccarthy. Nicols single, couple
of wild pitches and Taylor's out gave the
Brewers another in their half and they
haked up two more in the sixth on hits
by Stafford and Glenalvin and shannon
miss of Whites grounder. Indianapolis
earned one in the seventh, when Stewart
hit to left for two bases and trotted nome
on Woods three-ba gger to right. AnotneT
streak of hard hitting in the eighth added
three runs Davis got a single Shannon
flew to Hartman, Mccarthy lined one to
right center for three bases, HogrleVer MT
safe to left and Motz to right and Shiebeck
drove the ball to the left center fence for
three bases. Motz was caught ana run
down on an attempted steal while Shlebeck
was at bat and Stewart flew to Rettger.
Nicols bunt and Davis's wild throw 70 nrSl
sent the lively centertielder to thlrd IN the
ninth and he scored the last milwaukee
run on TayIor's out from Shiebeck 70 MotZ.
Rettcer got a base on balls but Mctiale
flew to Shiebeck and Weaver TO stewart.