The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1898-05-21
League.-
NECK-AND-NECIx GAME.
Champions Take the Third of the Sc
ries with Omaha.


ries with Omaha.
IT was neck and neck right up to the finish
Yesterday, and the champions took their
third game from Omaha only after hard
fight Foreman clearly outpitched Chaun-
cey Fisher, and should have shut out the
visitors 1t was not his fault that they got
that run in the fifth, which was due to
slip by Flynn on the wet grass and couple
of errors by Deadly, who played first. Motz
having been spiked at third while sliding to
that base Wednesday, The two indianapolis
runs were the result of punched hits and
it took some brilliant outfield support for
Fisher to hold his old team down. Two
of Hollingsworths six catches were Won
derful affairs, one in the seventh being
what looked like three Dagger from Hoff-
meisters bat, and the other, in the ninth,
from Deadys stick, being, if anything,
more difficult chance. The thirteen put
outs divided by Burnett and Hollingsworth
show how vigorously the Indianapolis play
ers went after Fishers curves Three Of
their nine hits were two-baggers, and on
dry grounds Lynch would have easily made
third on his drive to left center in the eighth
instead Of being caught at that base, as
he was, owing to the difficulty of running.
After the heavy rains the grounds were
SlOW-Inuuuy ana slippery, III ldCI.
The fielding of Allen and Stewart was
very fast, the former accepting nine out
of ten chances and the latter all thirteen
that came his way. Hogriever had couple
of pretty catches. 1t was a pretty game,
take it all through. Lynch caught a high
foul in the eighth that he deserves credit
for, as the Omaha, men shook up their bats
as he was passing them and the noise was
enough to scare him out of the catch. AS
there was a man on third at the time, it
was well he held on to the ball. Two sharp
double plays by Allen, Stewart and Deadly,
in the first and third innings, spoiled Oma-
has prospects. Both teams had two men
on bases in the second, but neither could
score This was hard luck for indianapolis,
as Stewart opened the inning with a two
Dagger 1t was not until the fifth that
man crossed the rubber. Foreman started
this inning with hit to left and Hogriever
sacrificed. Deady's single to left moved
Foreman along a base and he scored on
Hoffmester's fly to center. Fleming's hit
to center brought Deadly home. Stewart hit
to Eustace, who threw Fleming out at sec
ond
The Omaha men made an effort to get
these two runs back in THEN half, Hagerman
hitting to left for two bases as starter.
1t was a scratch, however, as Flynn slipped
in going after the ball, or he would have
got 1t on the fly. McCauley flew to Stewart,
but Deadly muffed Hoffmeister's throw of
Fishers grounder Still the visitors would
not have scored had Deadly not let sec
ond throw get through him. Eustace hit
to Allen, and a nice double play would have
retired the side. but Stewards throw, after
catching Fisher at second, was a little high,
and Deadly let the ball get away from him,
Hagerman scoring. Griffin flew to Fleming.
The rest of the game was exciting, the
champions giving Omaha plenty to do, While
the latter looked dangerous only once, and
that was in the eighth, when that foul fly
to Lynch retired the side. Aliens stop and
throw that put McCauley out and ended the
game was as pretty as any OF the infeld
work Score