The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1902-06-13
American Association.


Did you ever go on an all days fishing
trip and return home late in the evening
prepared TO do justice TO good, substantial
food only to find that your wife had been
delayed at a ping-pong party and your
hopes for a square meal were shattered?
Just such a feeling of utter despair
seizes man under such circumstances
took a half Nelson hold on the baseball
fans who watched Toledo take the first
game at Washington Park yesterday after
noon. 1t had all been cut and cured that
Indianapolis was TO have easy sailing in
landing a victory, but the Hoosiers could
not find their moorng, and the fact that
Toledo won by a score Of 5 TO 2 furnished
a dose of disappointment that gave the
fans severe cardiac quiverings.
To be beaten by a misfit aggregation of
swamp angels. many of whom should be
tillng the soil, was not reckoned upon when
glimpses of first place were seen after In
dianapolis returned home this week. To
hand the victory to Strobers outfit on a
platter of sterling quality beautifully en-
bossed caused Manager Watkins to dust
his new striped suit in nervous fashion.
Secretary Ruschaupt said that Columbus
holds the hoodoo over the Hoosiers, and
as Indianapolis would have passed Grim's
crowd by winning yesterday the hoodoo
brought things around in such shape as
to still keep Columbus trotting ahead of
indianapolis.
There is an old saying that if some people
would fall in mud they would get up with
a handful of diamonds. while others would
have their hands tied behind them if it
In p-fr
mage the Toledo crowd picked up the
precious stones while the HoOsiers had no
element of good luck to help them along.
CARELESS PLAYING.
The bare truth of the whole matter is
that Indianapolis should have won the
game easily Careless work on the part
of a few of the Hoosiers gave Toledo all
their runs. Coulter was slow in center in
the first inning, and allowed man to reach
second on a single. which later developed
into a tally. Kihm's error in the second
turned out a run, and in the last inning
Heydon's errors gave the visitors their
winning tally 1t is also true that Kellum
was hit just twice as hard as Mott but
had the indianapolis twirler received good
support the hits would have counted for
naught. Wherever Mott secured his mix
ture of puzZling curves is a mystery, but
he had lot which he delivered with his
off arm that fooled the HOosiers, and only
hit column.
Knoll. the fastest man on the Toledo
team led off in the first inning with a sim
gle TO center and proceeded to the second
corner when Coulter fumbled the ball
Burns sacrificed him TO third and he scored
on Smiths fly 10 Hogrever Turner went
out from kihm TO Kellum the latter COW
ering first. Hogriever started the Indian
apolis half by waiting for base on balls.
OBrien dropped one in left for base,
on which HOgriever went TO third Kihm
flew out, allowing Hogriever TO score, and
OBrien was caught trying to make Sec
ond on the same play
CoggSwen, big and awkward as ever
rolled one to kihm in the second inning
the first baseman getting tangled with the
ball, and the crimsOn-haired right-felder
perched on first. Myers advanced him TO
second with a sacrifice. Gilks and Kleinow
singled, scoring Coggswell. Mott did bust
ness with the fan, and Knoll went out to
kim. Babb and Coulter were easy outs
in the second, and Fox hunted a safe one,
but blocked at second trying to COM
nit larceny.
THREE DOUBLE PLAYS.
Toledo came near scoring in the third as
a result of Babb's error and a single. but
Fox cut a man off at the plate. Double
plays by both teams in the fourth pre-
vented any scoring. and a double in the
fifth retired Toledo. In the sixth Coggs-
we'll swung on an easy curve and shipped
the Dali 10 deep leII center lot three DdSCS.
Myers flew to Kuhns. and a good throw
by the latter prevented CoggsweI from
trying to score. Gilks went out on an IN
field attempt and Klienow hit TO Babb
Hopes were raised in the last of the
sixth. when Indianapolis tied the score.
Kellum poked a single in right, and
Hogriever's sacrifice placed him on
second. Kuhns went out. on which Kellum
took third. O'Brien singled, scoring kel-
lum kim flew to Knoll. That was the
last time the HOosiers made the circuit.
Toledo started trouble in the eighth, but
failed to score. In the ninth Gilks led off
with a single, but was forced al second on
klienow's attempted sacrifice. Mott struck
out Heydon dropping the ball. AS first
was covered the batter was called out but
Heydon made a poor throw to second. al
lowing Klienow TO advance. Knoll singled
TO left and threw to the plate to catch
klienow. hut Heydon failed TO get in front
of the ball. allowing the winning run TO
score. The Hoosiers went out in process
sion in the last Of the ninth. The score: