The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1900-06-10
WIPED OUT THE GRUDGE
HIGH SCHOOL WON FROM MANUAL
TRAINING SCHOOL TEAM.
Game Was Exciting, rs the Rioters
Were Noisy-I. III. s. Led from the
Start and Were Never Caught.

The Indianapolis High School baseball
team wiped out an old grudge against the
Manual Training School yesterday after
noon at Washington Park. by winning the
annual contest by a score of to in
game replete with interest and errors. The
Manual Training School boys were bub-
bling over with confidence. for they have
recently bested their rivals in other sport
ing events. and yesterday they went on the
field fully expecting to chalk up another
victory to their credit But their colors
the bright crimson and white were given
such trailing in the dust by the blue and
white followers of the high school that
they felt the defeat keenly. What they did
not feel from their own humiliation the
high school rooters impressed on them dur
ing the return to the city.
The followers of the high school team
occupied the north end of the grand stand.
while the small crowd that went to the
park to root for the training school team
were on the opposite side. From the first
inning the high school boys and girls
drowned out the feeble applause uttered
by the training school crowd The l. III. s.
enthusiasts had trumpets, megaphones and
other things with which to make Noise and
they used them frequently. as their team
started OF in the lead and maintained the
position throughout the game. The Manual
Training School team made a squirt I'm the
last inning in an endeavor to wipe out the
lead Of their opponents. and at that time
the rooters displayed banners and lung
power that had been in cold storage during
the early innings.
The high school team made a neat ap-
pearance on the field, while the training
school team-no two being dressed alike
resembled a crowd of insists, some being
clad in football uniforms, others In Mephis-
tophiles slippers. and one of the players
went on the field with no headgear. While
the errors credited to the two teams show
nearly the same total in the score, the
playing of the high school team was far
far superior TO that of their opponents.
The passed balls charged to T.. Quinn were
costly and detrimental TO the chances OF
the training school team winning.
Gibbs at second, Duckwall in left, Conner
and Collins won round after round of
applause from the fair rooters by their
work in the field. with Sielken helped mat
tiers with his stick work. Diddle and Nc
Dermott led the batting for the training
schooi aggregation. Walton. young man
with such a dusky complexion that he re-
sembled native African, was on the slab
for the training school team for eight
innings. His arm began giving out and
after the eighth inning the manager Of the
South Side school sent Gilchrist 10 the slab.
hoping TO change the luck. Collins pitched
good game for the i. H. s., preventing
the opposing batters from hitting safely
when men were on bases.
The high school team led off in the first
inning with a brace Of runs Gibbs drew A
pass and Whites single sent him to seconc.
He attempted TO reach third, but a beauti-
full throw by Diddle caught him before he
reached the bag. A passed ball allowed
White to proceed TO second. Barry struck
out, and Connor's hit scored White. Con-
nor went to second on the throw to the
plate to catch White. and a passed ball
sent him TO third. Another passed ball
allowed him TO cross the rubber.
The first time the training school boys
tried their hand at the bat they were re-
tired in easy style. two of the men being
struck out. The high school boys were
BANKED in the second, but the training
school crowd chalked ND one McDermott
started with three-base drive and scored
when Common tried to catch him of third
/. II. s. made trio I'm the third. White
flew out and Barry hit safely. Conner
drove one to Hotz. who could not handle
the ball, allowing both men TO reach their
bases. Holdson hit to Walton, who threw
Barry out at third Collins also hit 10
ing TO first, as IL was the third out. he tried
OF catch Conner at third and threw over
McDermott's head That started the trouble
and Conner scored Sielken's hit sent Hold
son and Collins across the plate. Duckwall
was struck out. In the sixth high school
added two. Sielken few out and DuckwaU
walked, reaching second on passed ball.
Parkers hit scored him. Parker stole sec
was the last time high school tailed.
Hotz's double. a passed ball ard an out
sent one run across the plate for the train
ing school team in the seventh In the
eighth Diddle's triple. Hotz's error.
Sweeney's single and an out gave them two
more. The NJ T. H S. boys tried 90 make
rally in the ninth. and got two men on
bases. but the side retired without
them scoring. The score.