The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1897-06-16
How the Clubs stand.
AN UPHILL STRUGGLE.
Not Till Seventh Inning Did HOOsiers
Tie the Score.

1t was a bad start Foreman got yesterday,
and that one gloomy inning came near
overshadowing the whole game Watkinss
men played good, uphill ball, however,
and won out after ten innings of excite
ment. They had to hit the game out, and
that's just what they did, to the great de-
light of eleven hundred people, who were
given ample opportunity to shout. Foreman
had only the one bad inning. After the
first he was hit safely but five times and
gave only one base on balls. Abbey started
away like winner but the pace was too
hot for him and long hits in the seventh
enabled Indianapolis to tie the score, while
some more of them in the tenth settled the
fate of the Blues. They started a rally in
their half of the tenth but good catches
by Mcfarland and Flynn checked it and
they quit two runs short of enough to tie.
1t was a hard-fought game all through
| Umpire Haskell took occasion in the third
| inning to dump the Hon. Timothy ORourke,
commonly known as the ''voiceless orator"
on the bench Tins Irish blood was ''riled"
| by what he deemed mistake of the umpire
| and he exchanged few hard-boiled words
with that official, at the conclusion of which
| Timothy retired from the game. Bannon
| came in from left field to take his place
and Pitcher Friend went to left. Indian
| apolS also had ts use a tenth man, owing to
| a very different cause, however. Reilly had
| &. finger split in the first inning and Cock
| man took his place at short.
THE FIRST A DAMPENER.
The home team couldn't score in the first,
| but the Blues could and did. Foreman
walked O'Rourke and Delehanty and it
was on the formers steal of second that
! Reilly was hurt. Kahoe made a pretty
throw and Reilly dropped it, letting
| O'Rourke slide safely in. Cockman took
| Reillys place and the game went on. Con-
| naughton hunted to Gray and beat it out.
Gray made a wild attempt to get him and
threw the ball over Motz into right field,
O'Rourl1e and Delehanty scoring and Con-
| naughton reaching third. McVicker flew to
Flynn and Connaughton came in. Get
finger hit to right center for three bases
and Menefee scored him with a two-bagger
TO left. Bannon flew to Gray and Blantord
to Motz
Hogriever got a life in the third by reason
OF Connaughtons short throw to- Menefee,
who threw across to third, as first basemen
have habit of doing when they get the
runner and there is nobody on bases. The
throw in this instance bounded by 0 Rourke
and Hogriever went to second Then there
was a kick on the decision at first and
O'Rourke was benched. Gray's out put
EIogriever on third and Mcfarland reached
first on balls. He stole second and the
to the plate but Hcgriever coasted safely
in on his chest. Mcfarland, however, tried
to make third on the play and was nipped.
Motz New to Bannon at third. Kahoe hit to
left for base in the fourth, was sacrificed
to second by Cockman, stole third and
walked in on Stewards three-bagger to
right center. Flynn hit to Delehanty, who
threw Stewart out at the plate, and Fore
man flew to Blanford.
TIED IN THE SEVENTH.
1t was in the seventh that Indianapolis
tied and it took some clean hitting to do
it. Flynn flew to center and Foreman
walked. Hogriever hit to left for two bases
and Foreman reached third. Gray's long fly
to center scored him and Mcfarland drove
the ball to the left-center fence for three
bases, sending Hogriever in. Motz flew to
McVicker.
In the tenth Watkins's men lost no time
pounding the game out. Motz was the
first man up and he put the ball against
the left-center fence for three bases scor-
ing on Kahoe's single. Kahoe stole second,
went to third OH Cockman's out and came
home on Stewards triple, which went just
| about where MOTIFS hit landed. Flynn hit to
Connaughton, who threw Stewart out at the
plate, but as Foreman followed with a
three-bagger to right scoring Flynn, moth
ing was lost by the play. Hogriever struck
out and was pretty mad about it, especially
as the third strike was called. Never mind
George, shouted Gray ''all the good hit
ters struck out to-day
The Blues made a pretty stiff effort to re-
gain their lost ground in the last half Abb
bey walked and Friend fouled to Kahoe.
Delehanty drove the ball to left for two
bases, sending Abbey home, but Connaugh-
ton flew to Mcfarland and McVicker gave
Flynn hard fly, of which the little fielder
made great catch, and the game was won.