Omaha daily bee., 1898-06-12
HOOSIER LUCK STILL WINS
Indianapolis Gets a Game Through Sheer
Good Fortune.
uNAuA's HooDoo WORKING FULL TIME
Biunders Made by the Fisher Family
Come Just In Time 60 Give
the Visitors PLENTY
Of Runs.

Three days without play made the Babes
dull boys and they dropped the first OF the
series with indianapolis to the Hoosiers by
the decisive score OF 7 to 1.
We did not play our best-that is the sum
and substance OF II, and the result was that
We we're outplayed, outbatted, outfelded and
outpitched. We made only three errors.
but they were as good as a million, as they
were directly responsible for five OF the
champions runs. And then on several &C
Casions we acted like a lot Of dummies.
Daub put up n nice twirling game, but he
was wild at times and his gifts counted.
When we wanted hits, too, we could not
get them.
The Hoosiers are good ball players and
Colonel Phillips is something of a slab ar
fist himself. They are not the biggest
kind Of pumpkins at swating the ball, as
the best they could do was two in orly a
single inning, Daub keeping all the other
singles well scattered. IL the Babes had
been up to snuff we'd have had them On The
run, and well get 'em yet. too.
When the Indians came up Hogriever was
given a little lift on four wild ones as a
welcome to the burg. Mcfarland sacrificed
him to second and them Daub smashed
Deadly in the ribs. Both came home on a
slashing single to left field by Hoffmelster.
Motz went out from Holly to Lyons.
Preston died at first, but Fleming made n
\ single. Elem made a giddy dive for Sec
oad, however, and was damned out. Pick
gave up his life at first.
In The second round Stewart cracked out a
long fly to Preston, who got under it Just
in time toe let 1t slip through his hands as
he held than full stretched over his lead.
Stewart squStted on third. Allen travelled
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got home on tile throw-in Of Kahoe's long
fly to Preston. Phillips died at first.
Omnhn's Only Run.
In our half we made our lone little tally.
Lyons gave the grand stand a bit of a sur
prise by striking out, but Roat gave up
with a cracking, corking, clean two-bagger
between left and center. Eustace brought
him home with a single, but was killed
trying to steal second. Aliens wild throw
of Holly's grounder into the bleachers let
Ducky get to third, but he stayed there, for
McCauley was an easy out at first.
That was our solitary score.
Hogreiver came up in the third and
banged out a single and was sacrificed to
second by Mcfarland, but Deadly and Hoff
moister both flied out to Preston, the fielder
making amends for his error by making a
beautiful catch of the ~latter's fly over his
shoulder. 4
We had a chance to tie the score in our
end, but 1t ayailed not. Daub made a hit,
got to second on Preston's fly and to third
on the latter's being forced out at second
by Picks %grounder. Pick stole second, but
with two men SO near home, Lyons flied
out to Mcfarland.
That was the very closest we got. Elem
made his third hit In the sixth, but was put
out trying to steal second again, and the
next two went out. In the eighth Preston
made a hit after two men were out, but he
was left there, The remaining innings were
one-two-three
Hoosfers Gather n Stack.
Not SO with the Hoosiers, however.
The fourth and fifth were barren of re-
suits. In the sixth, however, they COPIED
out one more. Deadly got his base or
Roat's muff OF his short fly, an excusablt
error. Hoffmeister struck out. Motz ad.
vanced the runner with a hit, but was forced
out on second on Stewards grounder
Deadly got to third. Then came a might!
fool play. Stewart started to second ant
McCauley tried to entice Deadly in. Dead,
was dead willing to be enticed. Holl!
caught the ball all right, but he did no
throw it back home and Deadly scored.
The star act of the Babes. however, oc
CURED in the eighth. Motz flied out. Stew.
art singled and stole second and Allen go
his third base on balls. Then Kaho,
plunked out a nice single into middle. Pick,
ering fumbled the ball, and instead of try,
ing to get the leather home to catch Stew
art he fired it to third. As Eustace reached
for it Allen bumped into him and tumblet
him over. The ball sped into the tai
grass and was lost. while all three of tn,
runners came in. Phillips flew out an,
Hogriever struck out. Score: