The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1898-07-12
National League
TIED IN THE NINTH,
Then the HOOsiers Had to Begin All
Over Again.


1t was extra-inning day in the Western
League yesterday and Indianapolis was in
line with a twelve-inning victory over
Chauncey Fishers wanderers. The latter
are putting up a game just now that is cal
culated to bring distress into the best regu-
lated baseball families. After having them
whipped for eight innings yesterday they
wrigg,ed frem under and tied the score in
the ninth. Then the champions lad to be-
gin all over again and it took them three
more innings to regain the ground lost in
the ninth. In the twelfth they got those
two runs back and kept the visitors from
scoring and thus won out
The last five innings were full of fireworks
in the shape of brilliant plays. 1t took the
prettiest sort of fielding TO. prevent runs.
Fleming spoiled a home run hit for Allen
in the eighth by turning and running full
speed for the captains fly away beyond
him, wheeling again just in time to catch
the ball. In the st. Joe half Hogriever took
a line fly hot from Flemings bat. In the
ninth Lynch made a pretty catch of Hol-
lingsworth's foul fly while running across
the indianapolis bats and in uncomfortable
proximity to the bench. Then there was a
great one-handed stop by Allen of Eustace's
grounder in the tenth, line catch by Motz
of chickering's lively drive in the eleventh
and other fast work on both sides. The In
dianapolis errors cost nothing and every
body had a hand in the good work. Fore
man won his own game in the twelfth with
a three-bagger to the left center fence. Hog
riever and Stewart pushing things along
with safe hits and cinching the victory so
hardly fought.
IT was not until the fourth inning that
anybody got around to the home plate. Then
Motz made the circuit on his hit to left, a
steal and Kahoe's single. There was one
out at the time and Kahoe furnished the
second by trying a steal and Allen the third
from Eustace to Lyons Fleming dropped
Lynch's fly in the fifth and the catcher
made second on the error. Flynn sacrificed
and Foreman brought in the run with a hit
to right. AS can readily be seen, Foreman
cut considerable of a figure in the game.
After Hogriever had secured a nice hit to
right the next two men were retired without
adding more runs.
With two out in the sixth. Allen hit to
left center for three bases and scored on
Lynch's single to right. The latter was
forced a second by Flynn. In the last half
St. Joe braced up and Tailed one, Fleming
hitting to left for two bases reaching third
on a passed ball and home on Eustaces fly
to right. That's the best Fishers people
could do until the ninth, when they sur
prised everybody by pulling right alongside
the champions. who apparently had the
game won. After Roat had flown to
Hogriever, Pickering started the trouble by
hitting to left for base, and Lyons beat
out a slow little grounder TO third. A gift
TO Preston filled the bases. Then Lynch
made that clever catch OF Hollingsworths
foul fly and everybody cheered and thought
il all over but q wasn't. McCauley got a
hit to right scoring Pickering and Lyons,
though the latter had a close call the
ball reached the plate at the same time he
did and Lynch had it on him as he slid
across. Cantillon called him safe, however,
and the score was tied, while two men
waited on base eager TO come home and
finish it, Fisher. however. flew to Hogriever
and the crowd settled back to the enjoyment
of an extra-ianing battle. For two innings
il was anybody's game. though Stewart
looked good for a run in the tenth when
he the first man up. reached second on
Roat's overthrow. Mcfarland made the
mistake Of bunting fly into Fishers hands
and Stewart was doubled at second before
he could get back. Under the circumstances
a bunt was a poor thing to try for, but 1t $
all the same as the right team won out,
anyhow. -
Flynn flew TO Eustace in the twelfth. but
Foreman was on hand with a surprise in
The shane of a three-bagger TO left center.
Hoeriever lifted a high fly to short left and
Roat and Pickering mixed up on II to such
an extent that il dropped untouched be-
tween them, Foreman hustling home.
pickering then thre.T over Lyonss head.
horing to catch iIogriever, who had taken
a big lead and the latter reached second.
He stole third and came in on stewards nat
TO left Mcfarland flew TO Hollingsworth
and MO.z forced Stewart at second. In the
last half Fleming got q hit after two men
were out but Eustace flew to stewart, end
ing the game Score;