The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1897-07-03

THE SECOND GAME.
1t was after o'clock when the second
game began, and few people expected that
it would be finished. 1t opened auspiciously
enough, Hogriever reaching first on Nc
Cars fumbFe. only to be caught stealing
second. This cost a run for Gray followed
with hit to left 1t was then that Gayle
made a fatal mistake that cost Indianapo-
lis the game. Mcfarland drove a line hit
just back of third which was fair by two
feet or more and was good for two bases.
To everybody's amazement Gayle called 1t
foul. Tebeaus men gasped for breath. They
could hardly believe their good luck. Wat
kins sat on the bench and swore inwardly,
while some of his men did the same thing
outWardly. 1t was an awful blunder on
the part of the umpire, for it meant the
possibly more, for Mcfarland then flew
out to Mertes and Motz to Frank. The
heldlng, pretty much all through the game,
was fast Columbus doing the best work.
Phillips pitched great game. His work
was superior TO that of Rettger and he de-
served a better fate than to have his
team lose out behind him. Columbus got
first blood in the third. when McGarr hit
TO left and Deadly booted the ball so far
that Mac reached second. Fisher then
scored him with a single to center Rett-
ger fouled out to catcher and Hulen forced
Fisher at second, after which Mertes
In the fourth, with one out, Motz got a
hit to left and Stewart was hit by a
pitched ball. Flynn and Deadly, however,
flew out TO Mertes. In the fifth Wood led
off with clean three-base hit to left and
everybody was happy; Phillips, however.
to Crooks and Gray to Frank In the
sixth Mcfarland opened with a two-bagger
TO left and scored MOTIFS single to
right Common horse sense should have
Kept MotZ on hrst, as he could see the ball
While running and should have known that
Frank had it. He kept on to second how
n no h1 hPT- for
him. This spoiled another run and possibly
several more, as Stewart followed with a
double to left. Flynn flew TO GeninS and
Deadly to Mertes. The crowd went wild
when the score was tied, and everything
was serene until the Columbus men began
their half of the seventh. Crooks walked
as an opener, but was forced at second by
McGarr. Fisher and Rettger followed with
hits, filling the bases. Hulen hit to Flynn,
Gray fumbled Mertes's grounder long
enough to let Fisher score the winning run.
Genins gave Flynn liner that he took
1t looked as if Indianapolis was going to
win out very handily in the eighth. Gray
opened with hit to center and Mcfarland
followed with one TO left. Motz sacrificed
and everything was ripe for a couple of
runs runs Stewart however, P popped up little
dodge ball, did the same thing, and the
side was out. At the end of the eighth
to have the game called although the sun
was still shining. They had their bats
packed and started across the ground, but
were called back by the umpire. Tebeau
bulhed Gayle for several minutes and
should have been put on the bench for it,
but Bobby is rather an easy mark and
while he made the Columbus delega ton
come back and play ii out, lie let them de-
lay it longer than he should have done
indianapolis was unable to score in the
ninth, going out in order, and the game
lost. Although Gayle's blunder on that
hit of Mcfarland s. kept them from win
ming, they had plenty of chances to take
eraT ic
a pity all that good pitching had to go to
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