The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1897-07-11
AN EXCITING GAVE.
Detroit Won on It's Squirt in the
Eighth Inning.


straighten out some of those left-handed
curves of Pitcher Hahn yesterday, Detroit
would not have walked away with the
game. Foreman pitched good ball but
there was not enough hitting behind him
to make his work count. The game was eX-
citing all the way through, the Detroit
ers did not get those three runs until the
eighth and Indianapolis showed a DISPOSE
ton to overhaul them in the ninth. This
squirt, however, was short lived and result
ed in but one run. There were 1900 people
tsout and they saw some very pretty play
ing. though the result didn't suit them.
Sammy Nichol SO long with Kansas City,
did much to win the game for the Tigers.
He did some clever fielding and his hitting.
with that of Dillard landed Detroit in
front
Indianapolis opened like winners, Hog
riever getting his usual base on balls with
out which no game starts just right Gray
raped one over Nichols head which
would, on dry grounds have been good for
a home run. AS it was Gray got to sec
ond and Hogriever scored. McFarlands
out from second to first put Gray on third
and he was run down while trying to get
in MOTIFS grounder to Hines Motz
3 reached second during the operation and
scored on Deadly safe hit to right, the
latter being caught trying to make second
on the throw home.
The Detroiters hunted around for four
innings before they could find Foreman.
In the fifth Nichol opened with a
Dagger to left Steinfeldt flew to Deadly,
but Burnett walked and McCauley hit for
base. Hahn struck out and Delehanty
ended the inning d foul fly to Motz.
They tied in the sixth when after DUNCAN
had given Deadly fly, billiard hit to left
center for three bases and rcame in on
Illness single to left. NichoI flew to Nc
Farland but the bases were filled on Stein
feldts hit and gift to Burnett Nc
Cauley ended the suspense by giving Stew
art easy chance and going out at first.
Watknss men had good chance to
pick up some runs in the sixth, when, with
two out Mcfarland and Motz hit to right
each for base. the former going to third
on the latters hit Motz stole second, and
great things were expected of Deadly when
he CAME up. The big fellow disappointed
everybody by striking out. He over
anxious, and hit under those high balls
young Detroit pitcher in the Seventh Stew
art was passed to first, but the next three
men could do him little good.
THE FATAL EIGHTH.
The eighth the fatal inning. After
banking Indianapolis rather easily, Gray
reaching second on a MT ana SLelnLSlQt s
bad throw but being left there, Detroit pro-
ceeded TO win the game. billiard hit to left
for a base. Hines flew to Deadly, but
Nichol hit a low liner to the same indl-
vidual who couldn't quite get to it, so ii
went for a base clean enough, though
the error came a moment later, when
Deadly kicked it over to center and then
made a poor throw to Gray. The run
ners were safely perched on third and Sec
ond when the ball finally reached Gray.
Steinfeldt did not let them linger long, for
he hit one to right which was out of reach
scoring both runs. Burnett followed with a
single to center and McCauley with a
grounder which Gray fumbled and then.
threw wide to second Steinfeldt coming
home. Hahn and Delehanty struck out,
but the damage was beyond repair
Deadly flew out to DUNCAN in the ninth
and Reilly was sent in TO bat for Stewart
Just why is not apparent, for he struck out,
and that's about as bad as Stewart or any
one else could do. Flynn waited for
base on balls, and got it. Wood, who had
taken Kahoe S place in the eighth because
of an injury to the latters leg. electrified
the crowd by hitting to right for two bases,
scoring Flynn. Phillips went to bat for
Foreman and ingloriously struck out A
little timely hitting in this ninth inning
would have worked wonders. but the sub
stiJute batterS were easy victims to Hahn
curves. and the game went to the Tigers,
who are again entitled to that appellation.
from Columbus and one from indianapolis.