The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1902-04-17
SHOWED THEY KNEW HOW
HOLSTERS BATTED OPPORTUNITY
AND DEFEATED ST. LOUIS.
and Was ERective-St. Louis Again
TO-Day-BaII Notes.

Yesterdays score between indianapolis
and st. Louis would probably not have
run into such large figures had the all-star
American League players behaved them
selves and not attempted TO force any fan
tastic ideas on the indianapolis public and
especially the Hoosier players. Simply be-
cause indianapolis had forged 10 the front
in the third inning ST. Louis tried to strike
a batting gait in the sixth and go into the
lead. The visitors were successful in taking
the lead until the Hoosiers went to bat in
the last of the inning, when they wiped out
the lead of one run and by piling up a quin-
tet of TALES again headed the procession.
The score ended s to 5 in favor of Indian
apolis.
The weather man frightened many fans
who expected to journey to the park and
witness the contest, and as a result a small
crowd saw the game. After the game was
well under way the big clouds that lowered
around during the early part of the after
noon threatening to dump dampness on the
heads Of the fans faded away and there
was no obstruction or delay IN the game.
Both teams were credited with an even
dozen safe hits, but indianapolis was more
successful IN making hits at times when
they were most needed. In only two inn
ings did indianapolis score, but in those
innings safe ones were coupled with the
misplays of the all-star aggregation and
enough runs crossed the rubber to win the
game.
The game was a fast one, Indianapolis
playing an errorless game, while st. Louis
registered but two errors. The work of the
Hoosiers in the field was of the variety
that wins championship contests, and the
candidates for championship honors in the
new American Association won many
friends by their brilliant fielding. Fox and
Babb were the only members of the Indian
apOlls team who failed to register in the
Safe-hit column, but their fielding was fast
and clean. O'Brien played a great game at
short and, with Kellum. led the hitting of
the indianapolis squad. kihm played q
cIever game at nrst, gathering In several
bad throws from the helders and picking
up a low throw from Babb in the seventh
inning that was marvellous.
HEIDRICK IN H GAME.
Heidrick returned to the game yesterday
and led the willow work for St. Louis with
four safe hits. He made a hit every time
he faced the pitcher with the exception Of
once and then he drove one to left that
caused Shannon to do a lively sprint to get
under the drive. Wallace and Padden
gathered in many hard drives that came
their way and they also batted well for
the team that expects to make Charles
Comiskey's aggregation look like "also
rams" Jones, Anderson and Wallace shared
in the batting honors with Heidrick.
kellum was given full nine innings battle
against st. Louis on the slab and with the
exception of the sixth inning. when the
hrst three men up found him for three bag
gers ne did exceptionally good work for
this time of year. To prevent st. Louis
from p~rOlOnging the game in the last in
ming he struck out Maloney, who went to
bat for Sudhof. and also Burkett, the star
batter of the American League. Burkett
could not solve Kellum at any stage of the
game and did not make a hit. The first
three times he went to bat he rolled easy
inc to Fox and was retired at first.
Sudhoff pitched the entire game for St.
Louis and his Witness helped indianapolis
TO make such a disparity in the score. How
ever, the indianapolis batters found him
for safe drives when hits were needed.
Kellum was found for two hits In the
first inning, but he retired the side without
any damage being done. In the third inning
st. Louis started the scoring with a lonely
tally made on Heidrick's scratch hit and
JOnes's long double TO left.
kellum was the first man TO go to bat
in Indianapolis half of the third and he
reached first on a scratch single. Fox
struck out, but Hogriever showed that he
is still in the batting game with a single
10 right. OBrien singled, scoring Kellum
and Kihm's safe one to center sent Hog
riever cantering across the rubber. Coulter
forced OfBrien out at the plate and Shan
mons dumpy hit in front of the plate filed
the bases. Babb was hit, forcing kim
across the plate.
St. Louis aggravated the indianapolis
players in the sixth by Jones, Anderson and
Wallace making triples and scoring three
runs. Shannon was the first batter for the
Hoosiers in that inning and he drew a
ticket. Babb also waited and the fourth ball
was a wild pitch on which Shannon reached
third and Babb went to second. Heydon
filled the bases by beating out an infeld
hit and Kellum scored Shannon with a
single. Fox again struck out, but Hog
riever dispatched one to right. scoring
Babb and Heydon. Hogriever stole second
and O'Brien's hit scored Kellum and Hog
riever. That was the last scoring in
dulged in by indianapolis.
In the eighth Wallace made a triple and
was scored On Padden's fly TO right. Nc
COrmick made a double. but did not make
the circuit. St. Louis was easily retired i'm
the last inning.
The score: