The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1902-04-11
NO OPPOSITION BY S. H. S.
HIGH SCHOOL BOYS DID NOT MAKE
GAME INTERVENING.
Indianapolis Made Forty-Five Tables
to ShOrtridge's One-St. Louis
Americans Here To-day

If the young men who represent Short
ridge High School have labored under any
impression that they are in fit condition to
begin their seasons campaign against the
college and other high school teams of the
State the result of yesterdays game with
the Indianapolis American Association
team should be a warning to them to do a
lot of hard practice. The game resulted 45
pure gift by kim and Davis. The High
School lads were timid, or at least part Of
them were, while others failed to display
any knowledge of the game. The contest
showed them their weaknesses and they
should profit. Their fielding was bad nearly
all through the game. but a few of the
players showed that with little hard prs
tice they will be able to cope with many
of the college aggregations.
First of all the game proved that the
High School boys should all pay visit to
a tonsorial establishment and be sheared.
Their long hair was a detriment TO their
work, for the locks that fell gracefully over
their foreheads got in their eyes and they
could not see the ball. The hair also acted
as a spring cushion and caused their caps
to fly off their heads whenever they started
on run. The High School boys never ex-
pected to win. and the fact that they suf-
fered such bad defeat should not discour-
age them. They should profit by the ex-
perience and do better.
The Shortridge boys were as badly fright
ened at the bat as they were while in the
field They did not have any of their school
crowd in the stand the bleachers to
encourage them. The students of the
school evidently forgot that their team
was TO play for they failed to pass the
gate In the first three innings the High
School boys could do nothing with Miller.
who twrled for Indianapolis. Sutthoff took
possession of the slab for the next three
innings, and he lobbed them over so easily
that Wiley and Coburn Allen succeeded i'll
finding safe places to drop the ball Owing
to Gibbs'S stupidity in that inning Short
ridge was prevented from scoring. He was
the last batter up, and with man on third
and man on second he popped up little
fly back of Sutthoff. The Indianapolis in
field allowed the ball TO drop safely, and
had Gibbs run it out he would have been
safe and Wiley would have scored, but
Gibbs faltered and was thrown out at first
O'Brien's error in the seventh encouraged
the boys in blue and white, but a fast
double play deprived them OF any chance OF
sending man around the circuit In the
eighth Shortridge was saved shut out
through bad plays by Kihm and Davis. Nc
Kinney reached first on Kihm's tumble. M.
Allen fouled out and Parker drew a ticket
DeWar dropped one along the hrst-base line
and Davis, in throwing to first, hit the run
ner, and then kim had hard work coaxing
the ball off the ground while Mckinney
trotted home.
Kearney, Gibbs and Scott occupied the
box for Shortridge. Their curves Were
batted all over the lot for singles, doubles
triples and home runs, o Brien sending one
over the right field fence and Woodruff
getting one out of reach of the outfeld on
which he made the circuit. Teal was the
only Hoosier TO fail to make safe hit, but
he was only at bat twice. Davis displayed
good work IN the box and demonstrated he
knows how to hit the ball. He is surely a
conner" Indianapolis made as many runs
in each inning as desired and few more
than were necessary, but Manager Watkins
wanted to give the players practice running
/ the bases, and he allowed them TO swat the
! ball as they pleased.
The only players on the Shortrtdge team
| to do work that showed up well in such g
game were the Allen brothers. The score
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