The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1899-05-04
Western League Standing.
To-Day's Games.
indianapolis at Detroit.
Buffalo at Columbus.
Kansas City at St. Paul.
Milwaukee at Minneapolis.

1t was like a memory Of early days to see
George Cross on the slab in the game yes
terday. And George did a very nice. clean
job OF ii until the eighth inning. when even
Sheridan could get no chance against the
perfectly ridiculous manner in which the
noble heroes of the handsomest inland city
hoped on the ex-Hoosler for six runs and
five hits of the great. long, low. rakish
character. Up to that time a gentleman in
one of the boxes, who had been posing as
Cassandra, was wearing an air of conf
dence in his predictions, chastened by a
strain of sorrow over the apparently inevita-
BILE defeat of our representatives in the con-
test. The game trotted along for four in
nings with the easy gait of a farm team
going home with the old man asleep In the
bottom of the wagon. when Lewee, whom
Kellum had sent to first, advanced on Buck
ley's surrender, came in on Cross double,
which achievement was evened up in just
two hits by Allen and Hickey. Aliens base
hit was followed by Hickey's two-sacker
away down to center field, scoring Allen.
Nothing came to the DISCOVERIES in the
sixth except a series of long outfies, one of
which afforded Mcfarland a chance to put
up just the kim of running catch that is the
proper thing when the ladies are in the
grand stand. After that, with two men out,
Motz and Kahoe made a pair Of useless
base hits, and the hard-luck stories began
to circulate. In the seventh Gillen's out
rageously long hit to center permitted him
to use Aotz and Stewart merely as way
stations. and Lewee brought him In from
under Hickey's protecting wing with a fly
out to Mcfarland. Buckley just simply had
hog luck in getting to second on a tumble
by Flynn, and came in later on Cross's
single.
By this time the witnesses had become
blase and ennuied. and regarded the erst-
while ~white-uniformed persons with an in
terest that was. to say the least, languid.
Stewart couldn't get 1t past Gillen, and per-
haps 30 per cent. of the bleachery crowd
began to yawn and talk of many things not
germane. Mcfarland. by grace of Lewee of
the peroxide tresses. reached first. Motz
hit out for two bases and Kahoe followed
for a common ordinary one-base slam.
Frank Foreman wiggled his glove at the
rcoters with great violence and did a few
movements of the dance that doesn't go any
more at the Empire, while Mcfarland ar
rived on time. Next up was one Dibby
Flynn, who, in glorious emulation. did even
as his predecessor; after him Robert Allen
following his brilliant example, which same
two deeds tailed Motz and Mike Kahoe. A
house and two, or three stores were getting
ready 20 burn up in the distance beyond
right field at this juncture. but nobody paid
any attention TO them. Hickey little
grounder TO Monsieur Tebeau and Kellum's
single. which landed deep in CEN
ter, as had all the rest. AL
len scored, while Hoggie folio we'd
with a base on balls. and Kellum barely
managed to get home before Stewart went
out in an attempt to stretch a hit into
twice its normal size. Columbus came once
more to bat. but everybody was watching
the confagration over on Michigan street,
and when Cross struck out and ended the
game no ore was aware of ii except the
players and umpire. AS 1t was written: