The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1897-06-08
|. U. COLORS ARE DOWN
DE PAW WINS THE COLLEGE CHAM
PIONsHIP IN A GREAT GAME.
Bloomington Toughs Tried to Clean
Out the Crowd, and Many Broken
Heads Was the Result.

GREENCASTLE, Ind, June DE Paw
students and this town will long remember
to-days great game with the State Univer-
sity team. 1t was the deciding game of the
college championship and De PAW won
by a score of II to 7. The Bloomington team
arrived on the noon train, accompanied by
half dozen people. The bulk of the Bloom
ington crowd awaited special train which
was billed to leave that city at l o'clock.
Greencastle put on the De PAW "old gold
color early in the day, Notwithstanding the
bad weather, and bunting was to be seen
at all points. Some of the business men
who have been loyal hackers of the De
Pauw team closed their stores and gave
their employees half holiday. The weather
began clearing up at II o'clock and at
o'clock the sun was shining brightly The
diamond of McKeen field had been covered
with sawdust, the damp spots sponged dry
and everything was in readiness for the
game which was not called until o'clock.
At O'Clock the special train on which
were 267 loyal Indiana University rooterS
arrived from Bloomington. They had plenty
of the red and white ribbon of Indiana
University and many of them carried horns.
The Bloomington Rand accompanied the
crowd, and in addition to the Silver Leaf
music for the crowd, There was consider
able money put up on the contest at odds
Sll2ntlX IN FAVOR Oh l.. u. Inc CIOWQ was
good natured Marshal Starr, of the city
police force, had an extra force of police.
men on the grounds TO preserve order and
keep the crowd back from the lines.
1t was the hardest fought college game
ever played in Indiana. There was not a
single kick on Pitcher Frank Foreman's de-
cisions, who had been brought down from
Indianapolis to umpire, but the spectators
could not restrain themselves and there
ghbs and
play and the roughs on the grounds in
dulged in the most disgraceful actions ever
witnessed here. Some Bloomington toughs
had come hunting trouble and easily found
De Pauw scored in the second on a base
on balls and a tumble and then going out
with bases full. Indiana scored twice in
the third on hits by Newman and Moore
the fourth De Paw hit Daily hard and all
but drove him from the box. Haynes drew
base on balls, Pulse and Haskell follow
ing with hits. Higert hit for two bases and
Bohn for a single. When the smoke cleared
away four De PAW players were across
the plate Indiana scored twice in the fifth
after De Pauw had a chance to retire the
side. link missed Newman's third strike
and Moore made the longest hit ever seen
on the grounds, sending the ball over deep
center fence for a HON run. Indiana fol-
lowed this up with another in the sixth
on hit by Marriott and an error by Corn.
Wilson went out to center and Indiana
scored two runs on the out. De PAW made
their seventh score in the sixth. Indiana
did no more scoring in the game but De
PAW kept up the assault on Daily, scor-
ing two runs in the seventh on a two-base
hit by Pulse. base on balls TO Highert and
a hit by Bohn. In the eighth De Pauw
added another on a hit by Ruick and a
two-bagger by Haynes. In the ninth De
Pauw added two more on a two-base hit
by Haskell base ON balls to Higert, a
double steal and a hit by Bohn. In the
ninth Indiana got the bases full on a De
PAW error, a two-bagger by Moore and
a base on balls to Harris, but lightning
double play by De PAW, in which two IN
diana players died at the plate, cut the !.
L. hopes short. Pitcher struck out, ending
the agony The game was fair one
throughout and was marked by total alb
sence of dirty ball. Umpire Foreman kept
the game wei in hand and the game was
won by De Pauw strictly on its merits.
Score:
r. II. E.
De PAW 30 o / 9 l Ill Is 2
Indiana =. 20 2 o. s 8
Batteries-De Pauw, Pulse and link: In
diana Daily and Harris. Home run
Moore. Struck out-By Pulse, 5; by Daily
/ s. Bases on balls-By Daily, 9; by Pulse
e. Two-base hits-HigeTt, Moore %, Pulse
Haynes.