The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1900-08-31
Standing of the Clubs.

A faithful rooter went TO the ball grounds
yesterday carrying a large-sized cow bell
which he expected to ring frequently
whenever the HOLSTERS made hit or bril-
liant play. The clapper not worn out
and the jingle OF that COW bell was only
heard at long intervals. The longest ring
was in the fourth inning, when Hartsel
made hit. scoring two men. After that
the jingles were spasmodc and finally died
away. The rooter waited patiently to
sound the bell. but after the fifth inning
not a single Indian was able to place the
sphere in safe territory. When tears were
wiped away at the conclusion of the ninth
inning the score board showed that In
dianapolis had come out with the little end
Of score of TO 4.
Safe hitting was an art in which the
Hoosiers did not indulge. In stupid playing
and rank errors they showed themselves
capable of competing with any tri-county
league team. A woman subject to Mysteries
could never have shown such fright as was
displayed by the Hoosiers when the Mil
waukee men went on the field. The nine
Indians quivered handful of Spanish
soldiers would before regiment of United
States infantry. They lost their nerve
completely, and in but one inning did they
show any signs of recovering such potent
article in baseball. and that was In the
fourth, when they managed 10 send three
men across the plate. In the held they
were nervous, and at the bat they We're
lost. No matter what Sparks dished out
to them, 1t was the same old story-the
ball went into the hands of some Milwau-
kee fielder. There was not a man on the
entire indianapolis team that played a
fast. snappy game. The ginger was not in
them, while. on the other hand. the Brew
ers went after everything and came out on
the winning side.
A FEW OF THE ERRORS.
1t might be said that some of the Indians
batted in hard luck at times. but at other
times they poked at the ball in a half
hearted sort of way that would never win
game. From the very first inning they
played as if they realized they were beaten
instead of getting into the game and fight
ing every inch of the way, a thing that was
characteristic of their playing early in the
season. MagoOn dropped a thrown ball
when a man stole second, Geier made a bad
tumble. Powers threw into center field
when there was no one at second TO cover
the base, Seybold booted single allowing
the runner to advance a base, and Hickey
poor fellow. his friends believe he tried to
do better, but his nerves We're unstrung
and his two errors We're saffron-hued. In
addition to these nisplays Kellum, who
was on the slab, issued a pass that resulted
in a run and once forgot to cover first base
on hit to Kelly. Those who did not figure
in the error column showed up by a lack of
ginger in their play. Powers and three 9TH
er Indians located the ball. the rest went
| out on easy attempts to the opposing field
ers. The Brewers were always on the alert
and took advantage of the misplays of the
Indians.
SPARKS KEPT BURNING.
Kellum pitched a fairly good game. con-
sidering everything. but Sparks had the
| Hoosiers on his staff and he kept them
| there. Several times when a hit was
needed he tossed the ball over the plate
and it was met by swing of Hoosier
willow. but the ball landed in a Brewers
gloved hand.
The first inning was productive of no
runs. Kellum started1the second by passing
Anderson TO first. Fultz Inen hunted and
| Kellum failed TO cover first Conroy sacri-
! feed advancing both men. Burke was then
| called upon for hit and he responded with
| a single TO CENTER scoring both men. The
| next two batters were retired.
| Two men reached first after two were
out in the Hoosiers' half of the inning, but
Kellum struck out. retiring the side The
| fourth witnessed the visitors go two more
| to the good. Anderson was disposed of
| but FultZ singled and this was followed by
| Conroys three base hit down the third
| base line Burke hit to Hickey, who threw
| wildly to Powers allowing Conroy TO score
| Spies hit for two bases, sending Burke to
| third, but he was caught at the plate when
| Sparks hit to Kellum.
THE HOLSTERS SCORE.
The Hoosiers got in the game in the last
| of the fourth and chalked up three runs
| Powers singled, Seybold flew out, Hogriever
walked and Hickey reached first on Fultz's
error. Kellum hit to Burke and Powers
was caught at the plate. Spies threw over
| Burke's head to catch Hogriever and the
latter scored. Hickey going to third and
| Kellum to second. Hartsel then drove one
! to center, sending the two men across the
| plate. Several times after that runs could
have been scored with hit at the right
time, but that hit did not nlaterialize.
Milwaukees one in the sixth was made on
| Conroys hit, stolen base, Powers's wild
| throw to second and an out. single,
| Seybold's tumble and Hickey's error added
| one in the seventh. In the eighth Conroy
reached first on Geier's error, but was
| forced at second by Burke. The latter
| reached second on Magoon's error I'm drop
| ping thrown ball. Spies's hit scored him.
| The score:
| indianapolis. ALB. r. II. o. A E.
| Hartsel, II ........3 0 l 0
| Magoon, ............ 1