The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1897-07-18
"DRUMMERS" PLAY BALL
UNIQUE GAME AT THE OHIO-STREET
PARK YESTERDAY AFTERNOON.
Fat COmmerciaI Men Defeat the Leans
Profitable Entertainment for
the NewsbOys' Home.

The fat commercial travellers ''walloped''
the lean fellows all over the Ohio-street
park in the game of baseball played yester-
day afternoon for the benefit of the News
boys Home. AS a financial venture the
game proved profitable to the home. There
were about three hundred people in the
grand stand who paid $50 IN cash for adj
mission at the gate. Besides the cash gate
receipts there were sales of seven or eight
hundred tickets to persons who purchased
without any intention of seeing the game.
1t is probable the home will realize $500
from the commercial mems venture.
The game was not fully up to the stand
ard of excellency supposed TO be played at
the regular games at that park, but what
the players lacked in skill as ball players
they made up in good humor and an ability
to get all the fun out of the thing that was
in it. The crowd was kept laughing nearly
all through the game by the ludicrous stu
atoms and queer playing. Jerry Taylor, a
conductor was umpire, and he went pre-
pared to fill that hazardous position. Dur
ing the second inning Harry Haldeman,
captain of the Fats, pretended to take Of
Tense at a ruling, and brought his Indians
in from the field as if to mob the umpire.
They We're met with the cleaning barrels
of two revOlvers which Taylor quickly drew
from his. pockets and began firing. After
that the umpire had the respect of the
players and the crowd, even if his pistols
were loaded with blank cartridges.
1t was a good-natured crowd after the
game began. 1t was an impatient crowd
that waited until the rain at o'clock pre-
vented the game starting on schedule time,
but when the shower was over and the
game got started everybody settled down
to enjoy the thing if it lasted all summer.
John Gardner, one of the Fats, said he did
not care how long it lasted as it was too
late to go to Alaska this season anyhow.
When the game was about to open Harry
Haldeman took the breast protector to
Carey Mcpherson, who occupied a secluded
position in the grand stand. to have it
"blowed up" But Mack was not willing to
be thus accommodating, and three small
boys were employed to blow by turns until
the fiat turtle breast was expanded This
was donned first by Miles Slnnot, who oc-
cupied the position behind the bat for the
Leans. The batting order of the players
was as follows:
Fats-John Hanna, If; Harry NJ. Halde-
man. 1; Dick Miller, CT; James Sturgis, 2;
Samuel Kiser, 3; John Darmody, S; Cort
Webb, IF; Charles Augstein, p; John Gard
FER, c. tr s..-
Leans-Wiliam Brown, l; Miles Sinnot, c;
John Trenck, 3; Charles Meharry IF; Bar
rett Monkey, S; Carl Steffen, If; II. +. Dur
fee, CT; Mack Pierce, p; Harry Page, 2.
The Leans had decidedly the best of the
game, Notwithstanding that they only got
one run in the first inning to their rivals
two. Their pitcher was almost invincible
to the Fats, as a record of three strike
outs in succession in the third inning
shows. He loosened up in the fourth in
ming however, and allowed seven runs to
be made In almost every instance the
man who reached first base on either side
was good for a run. IT the ball ever got in
play it was almost a cinch that it would be
tossed about the diamond and field until
the runner was home. And there were
some players who We're at one time known
as among the best of the local ball players.
But years on the road selling people goods
that were not wanted, with little chance to
enjoy outdoor sport, causes men to lose
their cunning. AS ball players most of
them were rank failures yesterday; but as
funmakers and jolly good fellows and as
drawing cards they are still warm men,
bers" and hotter crowd than that mar
H. M Haldeman, manager for the Fats,
and Sam Fisher, manager for the Leans,
would be hard to find. 1t is not true, was
rumored about the streets a an early hour
this morning, that the game is still in
progress 1t was ended yesterday after
noon about o'clock and over half the
crowd stayed to see it out and are ready TO
bear witness to the fact The score was is
to II in favor of the fat men.
All those who sold tickets for the game
are requested to report at (old number) "a
West Maryland street between and 1880
O clock this morning.