The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1898-05-25

Cowboys Seem to BE. HOOdOo to the
Champions.

Champions.
If Mondays game was a tough one to
lose yesterdays was doubly so, for, after
throwing the game away in the second and
sixth innings, Aliens men struck their
stride in the seventh and made a sensa-
tionaI finish that worried Jimmy Manning
more than he will admit. 1t was one of the
most exciting games ever played on the
grounds, and, had it resulted as it should,
would have gone down in baseball history
as a marvellous rally. With the score 10 to
against them in the seventh, the cham
pions sailed in and at the close of their
half of the ninth had the game tied up.
They couldn't hold it, however, for Slagle
raped out a triple in the ninth and Stew
arts high throw to third let him keep right
on his journey home. The crowd did more
shouting the last three innings than had
been heard at the park all season. They
had been ieering the one-sided exhibition up
to that time, but changed the moment a
rally was in sight and hung right to their
roofing till the finish 1t a lively
afternoon, and most unexpectedly so after
the sorry showing of the first half dozen
innings.
In a close game like that of yesterday de-
feat can generally be ascribed to one of sew
Bile yesterday. He was evidently mad at his
support in the second inning, and in the
sixth presented Kansas City with a run by
going after return throw from Lynch with
one hand and allowing the ball to roll so
far away that Egan scored what proved to
be just one run too many for Indianapolis.
This piece of carelessness had been pre-
coded by Indifferent pitching quite in con-
trast with his work after Indianapolis had
rolled up six runs. Had he put the same
life into it earlier the champions would
have won out after all. Hofmeister cut
good sized figure in the defeat. His three
errors cost several runs, and as the Blues
had but one the best of it, perfect play on
his part would have changed the result.
One of the painful features Of that diSaS-
trouS second inning was the dizzy way in
which Allen and IIoffmeister chased around
in a circle after Egans pop fly, which they
allowed to drop between them. The next
minute Slagle lifted a little fly to short
right that Stewart and Hogriever managed
to miss. These two plays also cost runs,
so it can readily be seen that the response
bility for defeat was divided.
With one out in the Kansas City second
Wilson and O'Hogan got singles, the lat
ters a bunt, Williams triple and Viox
safe hit. Three runs resulted, but worse was
to follow, for passed ball let Viox reach
second and those two scratches by Egan
and Slagle, that went for hits but should
have been outs, put everybody, lndianap-
oils PLAYERS and crowd in ugly temper.
covering Slagle's hit scored Viox. Frisbee
flew to Allen. but Connaughton hit to right
for a base. sending in two more runs and
Hoffmeister's wild throw of McVicker's
grounder moved COMFY to third, from
where he scored on Lynch's muff of MOTIFS
throw. McVicker had started to steal, but
had been caught between bases and Con-
naughton broke for home to save him.
Lynch dropped the throw, but got the ball
and sent it to third in time to catch Nc
nd a
With one out in the sixth Hoffmeister
made another bad throw, this time of Will
to center and Egan with double to right.
Slagle hit to Stewart, but Viox beat the
throw home and Egan scored on that fool
ish miss of Phillips of LynchS return. Slagle
was caught stealing and Frisbee fouled TO
catcher.
It was six innings before the champions
awakened and then they were lively
that the Blues had bad case of "rattles'
before the seventh was over. Stewart opened
with a hit TO right and passed ball moved
him along. Allen walked and Lynch hit to
o Hogan. Williams fumbled Flynns ground
er and Phillips hit safe to center. HogrieVer
hit to OHogan and was out, but Connaugh-
ton threw Deady's grounder wild and Hoff-
meister followed with a tWo-bagger to left
center. Motz and Stewart hit for base
each and Connaughton fumbled Aliens
grounder. All this yielded six runs and
Lynch retired the side by hitting to Egan.
Williams missed Flynn's grounder in the
eighth and Phillips hit to right for two
bases HogrieVer and Deadly were retired by
Hofmeister's single. MOTIFS out at first linn
tied the scoring to two runs. o Hogans base
on balls, a life to Williams and Hoffmeis-
ters bad throw gave the Blues another in
the eighth.
The champions tied in the ninth on hits
by Stewart, Allen and Lynch and Hogriev
er's three-bagger to right center. There was
tremendous excitement just at this stage,
but Deadly couldn't bring 'Hoggie'' home,
going out from third to first.
Manning was out of his misery quickly in
the last half owing TO his lively center field
err Slagle, who whacked one to right for
three bases and came right on home when
Stewart threw high TO Hoffmeister to head