The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1897-10-01
HOLSTERS IN THE LEAD
WON THE THIRD GAME OF THE
WESTERN LEAGUE CUP SERIES.
Now Two to One Against the Senators
Who Sprinted Home from Third.
Special to the indianapolis Journal.

Special to the Indianapolis Journal.
COLUMBUS, o., Sept. 30.--The Western
League champions and the Senators played
the third game of the Detroit Free Press
cup series this afternoon, and, like the pre-
ceding ones, ii was q close and hard-fought
contest from the opening until Billy Gray
sprinted across the plate with the run that
won the game in the last half of the ninth
inning. 1t started out like rather sloppy
contest, as the Senators made three errors
in the first inning, which were responsible
for like number of runs, while F'oreman's
wildness enabled the Senators to get a good
start in the first half After that both
pitchers and players steadied down. and
every inch of the way was stubbornly con-
tested, the Hoosiers winning because they
succeeded in locating Evans's curves at the
right time McCarthy's batting was fea-
ture, that player cracking out three singles
and triple out of four times at bat, while
Hogriever's catches of two flies in the sun
field were meritorious performances. The
star of the day. however, was 'Sandow''
Mertes, who made two sensational catches
of line drives, while playing center field,
and made three hard drives for base hits,
two OF which came in the innings when runs
were scored.
Foreman could not locate the plate for
Hulen in the first inning, and then Mertes
landed for a single. which sent Hulen to
third. He scored when Genins made hit,
and four wide ones to Frank filled all three
corners Buckley stopped a curve with his
back, forcing Mertes home with the second
run of the game and Genins scored from
third after Hogriever caught Crooks's drive
to right field. In the last half of the inning
Hogriever was given a base on balls and
stole second, scoring when Fisher let HUI
lens throw escape him after Gray hit the
ball to short field. Mcfarland landed on
the sphere for home run, Mccarthy hit
for base and took two on Mertes's tumble,
scoring on Stewards single, after KahOe
and Flynn had been retired. The next runs
were made in the fourth, when hits by
Crooks and VOTERS, Foreman's tumble of
Fishers bunt and hard drive by Mertes
for one base, sent two Senators home with
runs enough to tie the score and take lead
of one. This lead they held until the sew
enth, when four single were made by the
Hoosiers, one run resulting. Hogriever,
who led off with a hit was caught at sec
ond.
The score was still a tie in the ninth. and
that dangerous man in pinch, Hogriever,
was at bat. He waited until three balls and
two strikes had been called and was forced
to hit the next one, Frank catching the
fly after hard run. Gray plunked one
down the right field foul line for two bases,
and Mcfarland followed with a single but
Mertes handled the ball quickly and held
Gray on third. Evans was afraid of Nc
Carthy and that batter was sent to first on
balls. Kahoe hit a slow one to Genins and
Gray beat the throw to the plate, scoring
the run that gave the champions all the adj
vantage in the struggle for possession of
the silver trophy. Attendance. 1900. Score: