The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1898-05-31

WHIPPED THEM TWICE,
Champions Take Both Games from
st. Paul.

Yesterday was gala day at the baseball
park and the "home boys" celebrated the
day in appropriate style by soundly thrash
ing the Saints" from Minnesota in two
well-played games. In both games the
locals outplayed their opponents in all de-
partments, although in the afternoon game
the margin was a small one, for the Comis-
key crowd fought like Trojans and up until
the last minute the result was in doubt.
Comiskey evidently knew what he was do
ing when he asked to play Decoration day
games in this city for nearly seven thou
sand persons paid their way into the
grounds and helped to fill the depleted treas
ury of the club, which from various causes
has made no money so far this season.
Comskey has fine snappy lot of players,
but that the Indianapolis aggregation can
take their measure is attested by the way it
was done yesterday. One of the curious
things of the afternoon game was that
every player on both teams has at some
time played on a National League team and
if any of the major league games yesterday
were any better played than those in this
city they must have been wonderful in all
departments.
THE FIRST GAME.
The breaking down of an engine between
this city and Columbus delayed the arrival
of Comiskey's Saints at the ball park
yesterday over an hour and the men were
put in to play without any practice to
speak of. AS a consequence they showed
up very stiff and at critical times made
errors that were the means of losing the
morning game. "Dibby'' Flynn made some
errors that went somewhat toward helping
the ST. Paul men out of their hard luck,
but mis- work was more than offset by the
rank fielding of Shugart, who made the par
ticularly damaging errors that started
George Cross on his Journey TO the clouds.
Cross really pitched a good game and the
fact that his team lost is not to be alto
gether charged to him. He was very steady
and only passed two men to first, while
Scott gave transportation to four. Ten hits
were the total made by the locals to eight
by the Saints"
The morning opened up chilly and cloudy
and gave promise of anything but Decora-
ton day crowds, but even under these dis
couraging conditions the fans came ut
Loyalty and by the time the belated COmis-
keyites came into the park and shook hands
all around 1850 of the faithful were found
to be in attendance. In addition to this,
by the time the game was we'll under way
the sun came out clear and bright and spec
tators and players alike warmed Up to the
game.
Eddie Burke opened the game with a
pretty single, but died on second, as the
next three men went out in one-two-three
order No runs were made on either side
until the third inning, when the locals
chalked up two on base on balls to Flynn
a three-bagger by Lynch, two outs and a
single by Mcfarland. Before the Saints"
could get into the game Allen men had
repeated the trick only in a larger desc.
The first man up in the fourth was Jesse
Hoffmeister, who at the first crack singled
prettily. Motz sent stinger down the line
that was too hot to handle. Stewart sacri-
feed and Flynn got to first on an error
by Gillen. Lynch then stepped into the gap
and sent the men home with timely Two
base hit. Scott contributed "a single and
Lynch crossed the plate. HogrieVer flew out
and Mcfarland cracked out {: 4oube, scOr-
ing Scott. Deadly and ioffm1s-er both SIN
gled and Mcfarland scored Hoffmeister but
ended the rungetting for the inning Icy be-
irg run down at second. not. however be-
lore Deadly had brought in the seventh
run of the inning.
ST. Paul scored two runs in the fifth Inn
ing on a three-bagger by burke, ana SIN
giles by Geier and Glas5cocG, but lnCiapap-
oils added ore to it's string in the seventh.
Deadly hit safely, Hofmeister sacrificed and
Motz gained a base on an error by Gilen.
Stewart went out easily and Motz exc
cuted a pretty play by allo wing himself 10
be run down while Deadly was making the
tenth run for the locals. In ST. Paurs
half of this inning. with TWO on bases. and
one out, Flynn, Stewart ana MotZ executed
fine double play, retiring the side 10 great
applause.
The chief features of the game were the
fine batting of Lynch. the put-outs by Motz