The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1897-07-20
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Bnsebau Notes

Brown pitched good bali yesterday.
Five out of six on the trip is a splendid
showing. Now for Minneapolis.
Washington is the only team that has
made four home runs in one game this
season.
Glasscock was at bat twentv-four times
last week and made three hits This will
never do for man who was at the top of
the heap last season.
AS it is an off day for Indianapolis. there
will be no game at the Grand to-day To-
morrow s Minneapolis game will be PLAYED
at the theater as usual by the little In
dams"
Mertes the Spiker is just as popular with
the bleachers as ever. He is Kissed and
hooted more by the fans than any other
man in the Western League.-Minneapoli
Times
According to the Milwaukee papers the
sun so dazzled Motz in the fifteenth inning
of sundays game that he did not see the
ball Flynn threw across to him. and il
went to the bleachers, the error costing the
game"
Several of the Indianapolis players are
gong to take part In the game at st. Paul
Friday for the benefit of Frank Kraus, who
is hopelessly Ill with consumption The
game is to be between the veterans and
the younger players.
Lake is playing pugilistic ball. He made a
pass at Arson at Chicago the other day and
narrowly escaped a cot in the hospital
Duffy and Arson were sent to the bench
and Lake, who had caused il all was al
lowed to play the game out.
There is nothing in that story that Carney
was coming to st. Paul to play first base
and that Glasscock and Hollngsworth We're
to move around a peg each Carney's ankle
is in bad shape and he does not now expect
to play any more this season.
Warner, who is umpiring at Milwaukee
is from the Central League which has just
disbanded. He ofticiated at Evansville Sat
urday, but was hustled to Milwaukee Sun
day by President Johnson because of the
dissatisfaction with FitZgibbons.
Indianapolis does not play, to-day but to-
morrow Watknss men will open at Min
neapolis for four games. On the last trip
they took the entire series from the Millers
and if they can repeat the operation this
week there will be general rejoicing. Goar
will pitch the opening Minneapolis game to-
morrow.
The attendance at Milwaukee Sunday was
$500 and not 1000 as sent out by excited
correspondents. There is no sense in pad
ding the crowds in this manner. Eighteen
hundred people saw Saturdays game there.
The Indianapolis team is making up some
of its Kansas City financial losses, the at
tendance there averaging less than 400 a
game.
That game up at Milwaukee yesterday
squares matters. When the Brewers were
here last month they struck a batting
streak in the ninth inning of their opening
game, after Eustace had made a bad error
and hit Phillips for four runs, thus winning
an apparently hopeless contest. 1t was a
tough game to lose but the one of yes
terday was equally as trying to Connie
Macks nerves. Watkins did the ninth in
ming smiling yesterday.
1t is safe to say there never was q scene
of more genuine enthusiasm witnessed in
an Indianapolis theater than that which
followed Woods home run in the ninth in
ming at the Grand yesterday A moment
afterwards when Gray also put the ball
over the fence for home run, winning the
game which Woods hit had tied, the scene
was repeated. The manner in which In
dianapois pulled the game out of the fire
sent the fans home happy.
The Central League has quit business
either carry or release as Kelum, who has
been winning most Of Washington's games
wired here yesterday for instructions. An
other player Indianapolis had planted in
Washington is Durett a great big fellow,
who has been doing excellent work in the
ordered to report here at once and will
arrive to-day. indianapolis has several
double-headers to play next month and he
may be useful.