The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1898-07-05
How the Clubs stand.
mid BOOMING FIREcRACKERs.
Noise No Uncomfortable Feature of
the Two Games
Western League

Noise No IncOnsiderabIe Feature of
the Two Games.
There was firing all along the line at the
ball grounds yesterday During the morn
ing, in spite of a heavy and continued fusil-
lade, the enemy managed to silence the
main battery and win a decisive victory In
the afternoon, however Captain Tebeau
and his men had to succumb to the well-di-
rected fire of the Indianapolis forces and
the contending teams rested on their arms
last night with honors easy. There is al
ways plenty of racket at the Fourth of July
games here and no falling off was noticeable
yesterday. Big firecrackers predominated
and the noises were ear-splitting at times.
Revolvers and two three guns were also
in evidence whenever Indianapolis gained an
advantage. The game in the forenoon drew
$500 people while in the afternoon 5000
turned out. The grand stand and boxes
were filled and running over and the bleach
ers could rot begin to hold the crowds of
rooters who scattered out on the grass near
by. Hundreds of chairs on the ground in
front of the grand-stand were eagerly
bought up. In fact it was a case of stand
Ing room only by $780, for the crowd came
early. The attendance for the day exceeded
that Of Decoration day few hundred, the
morning crowd being larger and the after
noon crowd slightly less, though il looked
fully as big.
Indifferent fielding and inability to hit
Danny Friend when hits counted resulted
in a morning shut-out for Indianapolis.
Hawley was in rather poor form for him
and contributed most Of the runs. From an
indianapolis standpoint the game was not
interesting. AS matter of fact it lacked
snap and briliancy, several double plays be-
ing all that saved it from mediocrity. The
afternoon game was more interesting though
not especially well played. VOTERS was
easy in just one inning but that was enough
for indianapolis took the opportunity of
''gittin' a plenty" and won the game right
then and there. Foreman. on the contrary,
was effective all the time. Flynn's muff of a
little fly giving Columbus two runs in the
fifth and spelling a possible shut-out, for
had they not been scored it is doubtful if
that run would have been secured in the
next inning. The best Columbus could do
was four little singles while Indianapolis
got eleven hits. Two pretty double plays
spoiled chances for Columbus runs and were
decided features of the afternoon. Aliens
men made pretty finish, their fielding the
last three innings being fast and clever.
Flynn recovered from his attack and made a
couple of pretty stops and throws. Butler
chased a long way after Deady's foul fly
in the ninth and his catch applauded.
Columbus was minus the services of Hulen
at short, Wolters playing the position all
right in the morning and Fred Schaub, of
this city. doing good service in the after
noon.
THE MORNING GAME.
Aliens men appeared to be whipped be-
fore they went into the morning game They
hole
and there was not redeeming feature in
the game. In five of the nine innings they
were in a position to pull out nicely, but
couldn't get the necessary hit. The Column
bus men were confident and lively at all
stages, and, while they had considerable
luck in the matter of placing themselves
just where the ball was hit their fielding
was clean and sharp, being marred by only
one error-a low throw by Friend, that cost
nothing, though it very nearly enabled In
dianapolis to escape a shut-out.
The Columbus runs were scored in the
fourth and fifth innings, and were, very
largely, gifts from Hawley. After Genins
had been disposed of in the fourth Knoll
was given base on balls, Hoffmeister fun
bled Sullivans grounder and Hawley did the
same for Friends easy one. This filled the
bases and Butler took occasion to crack
out a nice nit TO center, Knoll ana sullivan
coming in, the latter by the grace of Stew
arts bad throw home A good throw would
have cut him OF several feet from the plate
Wolters followed with a single to left, filling
the bases again. Hawley threw four wide
ones to Frank and Friend walked in. Te-
beau hit to Hawley and a double play re-
suited wolters being forced at home and
Tebeau thrown out at first by Lynch.
With one out in the fifth Genins was
passed to first by Hawley's inability to To-
cate the plate and on to second by Lynch's
failure TO hold an out-curve Knoll flew to
Mcfarland but Sullivan hit to center for a
base, scoring Genins. Friend few to Stew
art
Friend pulled himself out of some tight
places, and il is a wonder indianapolis did
not score. The nearest approach to it was
In the seventh, when. with one out Stewart
reached first on Friends low throw and
mcfarland got a base on balls. Flynn. who
took Hoffmeister's place in the sixth. fouled
! to catcher but Motz drove safe one 20
right. which was so well handled by Char
ssy Frank that Stewart was cut of at home.
Had the grounds been dry he would hove