The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1901-04-26

Special to the Indianapolis Journal.
LOUISVILLE, Ky, April 25.-The wealth
er cleared in Louisville this morning for
the opening of the Western Association
championship season between Indianap-
oils and Louisville. and 1850 Kentucky
baseball r%ooters, who have grown musty
on the national game from the fact that
there has been no baseball in this city
for two years, greeted the two teams at
League Park when they lined up for play
at $3.50. Preceding the game the two teams
paraded the principal streets headed by a
brass band.
The Indianapolis players were gingery
and put up such a fast game that they
carried the Colonies off their feet in the
early innings and won by a score of Z
to 2. The work of the Hoosiers was of
National League order and they gave a
thorough exhibition Of fast playing. incluc-
ing the art OF sacrifice hitting, successful
bunting. pilfering bases. connecting with
the sphere for safe hits and the sort of
fielding that would have done credit TO any
team in the world. Each man on the
indianapolis team contributed his mite to-
ward victory for the Hoosiers.
There was no particular star on the In
dianapolis team during the game-the en-
tire lot shone as stellar lights for the
opening contest. From Hogriever down
to Guese in the batting list the score will
show clean cut and fast work by Watkins's
aggregation and the Hoosiers even played
a faster game than the score indicates.
One of the Louisville players remarked
after the contest that the Colonies did
not feel disheartened by losing the game
as Indianapolis could not have been beat
en- by any team in the country with the
fielding, pitching, catching and batting
shown. Walter Wilmot's men lined up
for the first time in the opening game.
never having had the advantage of a
single practice game, and for this reason
their defeat was not in the least humil-
iating.
Guese. who was on the slab the entire
nine innings for Indianapolis. dished
out his repertoire of fast ones, slow ones
and curves so we'll that the Colonies
punched hits In only one inning. Hogriev-
er. Kelly and Fox led in the stick work,
with three hits each. while Heydon and
Hickey made two pretty drives at oppor-
tune times. Hickey's work at third was
very fast. considering that he donned his
uniform to-day for the first time during
this spring. Gus weighing pitched the en-
tire game for Louisville and while he tried
to mix up a puazling lot of curves his
delivery was easily solved.
Hogriever opened the game with a sim
gle, but the side was retired without a
run. Guese struck out the first Colonel
and easily retired the other two men. In
%dianapolis started the run-getting In the
hit, was sacrificed to second by Heydon
the latter reaching first on Zalusky's
error. Fox beat out a bunt, going TO first
like a deer, filing the bags Flynn forced
Kelly out at the plate and Hickey scored
Heydon and Fox with a drive to center.
Three were added in the third on a base
on balls to Shannon. kellys single, Hey
don's triple and Fox's single. Three sim
giles were made in the fifth. but no runs
were scored. Guese's single, a wild pitch,
Hogriever's single, a sacrifice and Hogriev-
er's steal home gave indianapolis their
last two in the sixth. Hickey led off
the eighth with a two-bagger, but was
caught off the base.
Louisville got a man on base in the
third. when Zalusky hit for two bases.
Wehying was passed and when McFar-
land struck out Wehying was caught off
first by a beautiful throw by Heydon. Sin
giles by Lally and Grim. and Jacobss
tw~o-bagger gave the Colonels their only
two runs of the game in the sixth. Guese
struck two men out in the last inning.