The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1900-04-08
HOLSTERS WON THE CAME
INDIANAPOLIS DEFEATED. ROCKIES
TER BY A NARROW MARGIN.
Field Was Rough and Errors Were
Numerous-Team Showed Great Bat
ting strength-BasebalI Gossip.

In the neighborhood of one thousand peo-
pie gathered at Washington Park yester-
day afternoon TO help inaugurate the open
ing ball game Of the preliminary season
and TO enjoy the pleasant ripples of enthu-
siasm which creep over a ''fan" when the
umpire cries out in stentorian tones,
You're outl'' to an opposing player. The
opposing teams in yesterdays game were
Indianapolis and Rochester, N. y, the lat
ter being last years champions Of the East
ern League indianapolis carried of the
victory, but there was not enough of mar
gin in the two scores TO weigh down the
home players. When all was over the score
stood II 10 70 IN favor Of Indianapolis.
The game was not the kind that bubbles
over with excitement, but there was plenty
OF batting and also many errors, many OF
which could hardly be avoided on account
OF the rough condition Of the field. The
work on the field was hurried through on
Friday so that yesterdays game could be
played. The-diamond is sodded and the lit
tie square of green grass set out on the i'm
mense field OF clay striking back
ground resembled one black square on
checkerboard in which all OF the other
squares had been painted white. But all of
this viii be remedied before the team re-
turns home the middle of this week.
When the ball was hit by the batter yes
terday its course over the rough diamond
and outfeld was as irregular as some of
the southern Indiana railroads. The field
ers were kept busy doing sort Of High
land fling dance preparing to get in front
of the ball should IL come near them. But,
with the condition of the field, the men did
lav4t WI
game full CT batting the contest surely
filled all OF their desires, eliminating the
errors.
The game yesterday showed that Indian
apolis has remarkably fast outfield and
a team that will stand well up with the
leaders of the American League In batting.
II is out of the question 10 try TO draw a
line" the work OF the men in the field
because of the little practice the Indian
apolis players have had this season. In
yesterdays game they plainly showed lack
OF training and they were trihe afraid
of the rough ground. Captain Madison in
fused ginger into the men and they played
lively ball-as much so. In fact as the nrst
game of the season would permit or them
doing The first balls batted TO Madison
were handled cleanly by that new acquisi-
tion at short and the enthusiasts congratu-
lated themselves on at last being able 10
witness games played by Indianapolis this
season with the gap at short filled by a
competent man. The errors charged 10 that
player We're on account or the rough
ground. The home team had two very PAD
fnningS-SiXth and seVenth-and the NlSltOrS
took advantage of the slump In the play
ing scoring eleven runs in the two innings.
Manager Watkins used two catchers ana
three pitchers. the latter receiving orders
70 take things easy and not run any
chances on making their arms sore
KELLUM AGAINST MURPHY.
In the first three innings Kellum was
pitted against Murphy. Lynch caught the
first FIVE innings for indianapolis. The
Rochester team went to bat first and the
men went out in one. two, three order. As
each Indianapolis player went to bat he
was given an ovation by the crowd. Hog
riever was the first man and he met one
of Murphy's early curves. sending it down
the left field foul line. 1t was a safe hit,
but after passing third base 1t rolled to-
ward the fence and was lost under the
bleachers. allowing Hogriever 10 make the
circuit. scoring home run. Hartsell went
cut on a line fly TO Bonner. Madison
dropped one in front of the plate and
reached first base. Seybold dropped one
to center which looked so safe that Madf-
SON started around the bases but Lush
got under IL and a double play was exc
cuted. Madison being thrown out at first
Kellum kept up his good work i'm the sec
ond and third innings, preventing the
visitors from hitting him safely or scor-
ing. In the second inning for Indianapolis
Kelly hit to left and Clarke juggled the
IL
ground This was followed by a scratch
hit by Lynch. Flynn walked 10 the plate,
amid a stormy ovation by his many
friends, and sent the sphere sailing TO
right field for two bases. scoring Kelly. In
the fourth inning Guese was sent 20 the
slab The first two men TO face the big
fellow went out. but he passed Campau
to first on four wild ones Smink followed
with a two-bagger. but O'Hagan went out.
In the first half OF the fifth the visitors
made their first run. Greminger led on
with a double and reached third on a wild
pitch. Clark hit hard one which Guese
could not field and the runner reached
first Clarke then went to second and
Lynch threw into center field, allowing
Greminger 10 score In Indianapoliss half
of that inning quartet of runs were made.
Hartsell and Madison singled and Sey-
bold walked Kelly made himself solid
with the crowd and scored two men by
connecting safely for a single. Kelly later
reached second on a wild throw by Smink
and Kelly. In the sixth Bonner and
Campau singled and Smink hit for two
bases, scoring both men. O'Hagan few
out and Greminger singled. Clarke cleaned
the bases by making two-base hit. In
dianapolis also scored four in the sixth on
Hogriever's double, Hartselrs triple. singles
by Seybold and HeydOn and Flynn's three
base hit There was mix-up OF batting
and errors In the seventh inning which
resalIed- in the visitors scoring seven runs,
putting them in the lead. Dammann's two
Dagger followed by two outs and an error
scored one in the seventh for Indianapolis
Smink's single and Greminger's double in
the eighth were responsible for run for
Rochester. Bonner's error. Flynn's single
and McPartland's error in throwing TO
first to catch O'Brien gave Indianapolis
two In the eighth, which won the game.
The score was as follows:
Indianapolis. ABB. r. II. o. A E.
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