The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1898-05-24
HARD GAME TO LOSE.
Kansas City Wins by Errors in the
Tenth Inning.

After ten innings of exciting play Jimmy
Mannings Blues managed to defeat the
champions yesterday 1t is hard enough to
lose games when the other fellows hit 'em
out, but douby aggravating when defeat is
due to errors of a saffron hue Allen S men
fought the Blues right down to a finish and
then gave the game away. Not a Kansas
City hit was needed to win out. for what
Stewart started Deadly put the finishing
touches on, all the chances missed being
easy ones. 1t is unfortunate that Motz is
out of the game, for Deadly is far from
being first baseman. He is failure there
and indianapolis will be badly handicapped
as long as Motz is unable to play.
1t took the hardest kind of playing by
Kansas City to keep the champions down.
Frisbee saved the game for his team in
the fourth, when he made a marvellous
catch of Hogriever's line drive. which
looked good for three bases. Flynn was on
third at the time, with two out. so Indian
apolis was cut out of one run sure and
possibly more. Frisbee caught the ball on
a dead run when it was not over three
inches from the ground. The crowd-one of
the largest of the season-cheered him for
the play. Indianapolis had two pretty
double plays and there was some fast in
ferent stripe. Flynn had the only outfield
chance, a rather remarkable circumstance
and one that shows the effectiveness of
Dammann's pitching. He had slightly the
best of Pardee all through and while the
latter's support might nave been improved
upon it was pretty nearly right at critical
times. Both pitchers had fine control the
bases on balls being limited to one each
ha tn haf l%ct nd oIo
beat out slow hit. Hoffmeister fumbled
and then threw Frisbee's grounder wild to
first, but the error would have cut no figure
had Allen held Deady's throw at third, for
that would have disposed of Slagle. Deadly
had recovered the ball after Hoffmeisters
bad throw and thrown across to Allen to
head off the fast little runner. To every
bodys establishment Allen muffed the throw
and Slage was safe on third, from where
he scored a moment afterwards on the
double play which followed Connaughtons
grounder to short. McVicker was retired by
Allen and Deadly.
Indianapolis got a couple of hits in the
last half but could not score In the second
inning, however. after shutting out the Wis
itors, Aliens men tied the score ALLEN was
the first man up and he hit to Connaugh-
ton, who fumbled the ball. Lynch tried to
sacrifice. but beat out the bunt and O'Hog-
ans bad throw after getting the ball let
Allen to third. from where he scored on
Flynn's grounder to short, which forced
Lynch at second. Dammann flew to Frisbe
and Hogriever hit into OHogan's hands
Fleming's hit to center and Sagles muff
of Stewards fly after a run for it. put the
champions in good position to score in the
third, but there were two out and Allen
failed to make the necessary hit, being re-
tired from Viox to OHogan. Again in the
fourth, with Flynn on third. which he had
reached by life which forced out Lynch
after good single, a steal and Wilson's
low throw, Frisbee made that circus catch
already referred to. of Hogriever's line fly.
In but one inning from the first to the
tenth did indianapolis have any trouble
with the Blues. That was in the sixth,
when, with one out. Slagle hit to left CEN
ter fer three bases Frisbee, however lifted
a little foul fly to Honmeister and Con-
naughton went out from Stewart TO Deadly.
After the fourth inning Indianapolis was not
especially dangerous and there was plenty
of cheering when the ninth was completed
with the score a tie Wilson. the first man
up in the tenth, hit an easy one to Stewart.
who fumbled 1t just long enough to give
the runner his base. O'liogan hit to Dam
mann, who made a perfect throw to Deadly.
but the latter dropped the ball Williams
drove one to Hoffmeister who hustled the
ball across TO Deadly, retiring his man, but
the runners advanced. Viox poked one 10
Deadly and he had a great chance to cut off
the rum but he was so anxious that he
messed the ball and then TO cap the
and OHogan scoring. Pardee struck out.
but Slagle reached first on balls and Frisbee
followed with hit TO left, Flynn making
good enough throw home to catch Viox.
When Deadly walked to first on balls in
the last half the crowd took heart but IL
was only Tor moment, for the next three