The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1897-08-07
western League Standing.
MFARLAND's FINE CATCH.
One of the Finest Things Ever Seen
on the Home Grounds.

One of the Finest Things Ever Seen
on the Home Grounds.
When they are all old men the fans who
saw yesterdays game will tell their grand
children about that catch Of McFarland's
in the seventh inning. They will say it
was the greatest that ever happened, and
they will not be far wrong, as 1t is not
likely to be surpassed. The Brewers had
Barnes on first and nobody out when
Spear hit a short fly to center. McFar-
land was playing pretty deep, but he crowd
ed on all the steam he had and, just as
the ball was apparently dropping safe,
showed his right hand forward and caught
it. Then he rounded up the brilliant play
by throwing Barnes out at first, The lat
ter had gone half way to second and was
at sea as to what to- do. He stopped,
watched Mcfarland make the catch and
then started back, but just as he was with
in three or four feet of the bag the ball
sailed over his shoulder into MOTIFS out
stretched hands and the double play was
complete. Weaver then few to Stewart.
This was the most sensational inning of an
exciting, hard-fought game. Mcfarland
made another great catch in the first in
nins of Weaver's fly and Mccarthy took
a hard one from Nichols bat in the eighth.
Flynn and Stewart handled several hard
chances very cleverly and the work of the
leaders for the most part was fast and good
to look at.
Foreman pitched effectively all through,
and the Brewers should, in reality, have
been shut out. They hit him for only six
singles, which were well scattered, and he
had excellent control. Hogriever was very
much in evidence, scoring two of the six
Indianapolis runs and batting in another
with that three-bagger in the fifth.
Outside the fifth inning Barnes was
strong against the leaders. They punched
two singles and two triples on him in that
inning, however, and earned three runs.
Blake pulled down a fly from Kahoe's bat
in the sixth that looked very much like a
home run. The visitors We're up against
fast fielding and hitting, however, and the
combination was too much for them.
A SCORE AT THE START.
Hogriever drew u base on balls at the
start and Gray sacrificed, pitcher to first.
Netherlands fly moved Hogriever to third
and McCarthy's safe drive past third
scored him. Motz went out from Daily to
Stafford. Each team had it's hands full.
keeping the other from scoring for the next
three innings. In the second and third In
dianapolis led off with a safe hit, but
couldn't get the man around. In the second
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need. Flynn fumbled Nichols grounder,
and with men on third and first and bur
one out, Milwaukee looked good for a run
or two. Blake hit to Foreman, who threw
Stafford out at the plate and LeWee forced
Blake at second.
1t was in the fifth that Indianapolis won
the game. Flynn beat out an intield hit and
Foreman sacrificed. HogrieYer hit to right
for three bases and Flynn trotted home,
Gray went out from Lewee to Stafford,
HogrieVer scoring. Mcfarland put the ball
against the left center fence for three bases
and came in on McCarthy's drive over first
base, which Stafford managed to knock
hit: Mccarthy was caught stealing sec
old, the play being very close. Mac was
pretty hot at being called out. Kahoe had
been declared out the previous inning in
the same manner and he insists that DAILY
had not yet touched him.
The two runs credited to the visitors
were made in the sixth inning on errors. Ii
was the only bad inning the leaders had.
tlynn made q pretty stop of Myers's
Stafford rolled one through the box right
to second, but Stewart fumbled it. Final
" he got the ball, lying down with one
foot on the base but Warner wouldn't allow
the force-out because Stewart had not left
ed the bail from the ground. DAILY hit to
left for a base and Mccarthy threw to the
plate but Kahoe let the ball bound by him
and two runs came in while Daily reached
third. Nichol flew to Hogriever. who threw
home. DAILY left third base a coupl of sec
onds too soon and rs Warner was watch
ing him closely he was promptly called out
as soon as Kahoe had thrown the ball to
Gray. Blake hit to right for a base and
stole second but Lewee flew to Stewart.
Lewee's tumble gave Motz a life in the
eighth and Kahoe sacrificed. Stewart flew
to Nichol. MotZ stole third and came in
on Lewee's muff of Flynn's fly to short
center, the error being caused by DAILY and
Nichol running into him. Foreman went
out from second to first. With one out in
the ninth Gray hit a safe one to right
which Blake let go through him, Billy
reaching third. Mcfarland drove a hot one
at Barnes, which, after nearly breaking the
pitchers finger, caromed to DAILY. who
threw to the plate. Gray gave them quite
a chase up and down the line and finally
got in when Barnes dropped the ball at
the plate. Mcfarland, meanwhile had
reached second. Mccarthy went out from
Daily to Stafford and Barnes partially
stopped a wicked drive by Motz, che ball
CHANGING over to Myers, who threw his man
out at first.
The sensational Milwaukee seventh has
already been described. In the eighth, with
one out, Stafford got Il hit TO left but Nc
Carthy looked after flies by DAILY and Nichol
and Stafford made no further progress. In
the ninth Blake led with a single to center
but was forced at second by Lewee, who in
turn was forced by Connie Mack, who
batted for Barnes. Spear flew to Mccarthy
and another game was won. Score: