The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1902-04-18
ST. LOUIS WON LAST GAME
VISITORS WON BY SCORE OF 4 TO 3
IN An EXCITING CONTEST.
Interesting Finale of "a Brilliant Bat
tIe-SutthOf Liberal i'm Sixth In
ning-K VIII Play To-Day.

William Fox. captain of the indianapolis
band of warriors, stood on the coaching
line in the last half of the ninth inning of
the game with St. Louis yesterday after
noon and cried out, Come on, old boy: we
can win out" The term ''old boy is max
ing Fox famous, as he applies it TO every
player whether Young or old. short or tall,
fast or spawned. home player or visitor.
He uses the expression to jolly the In
dianapolis batters as we'll as to rattle the
fielders or batters of the opposing outfit,
and in the last inning he put special en-
phasis on the words when Coulter went to
bat after kim had popped a fly TO cen
ter. He had just cause to implore the
HOOsiers to come on" as the score stood
1 10 3 in favor of st. Louis and there was
but one chance left for indianapolis to win.
Coulter needed his captain and beat out a
hit to Padden. Shannon rolled one along
the third-base line for two bases, sending
Coulter TO third. 1t was an exciting mo-
ment when Babb went to the plate with a
willow as long as a wagon tongue. He
smOte at the sphere as Reidy mixed &C
ommodations with limited speed and con-
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ball to be dropped at Wallace station, where
the crack short stop gathered it in and
there were two out. Then Heydon heard
the pleadings of his captain and he swatted
hard at the ball, meeting it full on the
seam. 1t made a beautiful trip through the
hazy atmosphere, but fell into Jones's up
lifted hands and the battle was over, st.
Louis winning by a score of 4 to 3.
If -nC "a IN 1x,;ffnr a-s,I IS 1900 -
plete with spectacular Incidents, a game
that would furnish amusement in any
league or city and which would nave placed
a multitude of fans in a state of nervous
excitement had it been a championship
contest. Most of the scoring was done early
in the game, the score being tied In the
third inning, and then the spectators wit
messed a pretty exhibition of ball playing
by both aggregations for the lead. st.
Louis was the first to break the monOtony
of ciphers and scored one in the sixth
inning, which proved to be the winning
tally, although Indianapolis made a game
stand and tried hard to win out.
The fielding of both teams was fast, in
fact on the order of a continental express,
and many brilliant plays robbed both teams
of chances to score. Each team registered
a double play, which increased the interest.
while the men In the infield positions of
both aggregatiOns worked with a will and
contributed much to the interest of the
contest. Mccormick and Anderson slipped
off the smooth path on one occasion each,
but at other times they were strictly in
the game and fighting for a victory. Hey
don and Sutthoff were the only Indianap-
oils players to deviate from the perfect
playing route, but their work at other times
was commendable. Fox and O'Brien had
numerous chances, which they accepted
without the slightest tinge of an error,
while Wallace and Padden played perfect
ball in relatively the same positions for st.
Louis.
SUTTHOFF WAS GENEROUS.
Sutthoff occupied the slab the entire nine
innings for indianapolis, and but for his
generosity in the sixth, when he hit a man
and sent him to third on a wild pitch, the
score might have resulted in a tie. He was
unfortunate in serving easy ones in the
second inning. He offered a menu of slow
and easy curves that were relished by An
derson, Wallace and Padden. The first two
ordered singles and Padden cleaned the
platter with a home run, losing the ball
under the left field fence. AT other times
Sutthof was effective. Reidy did the de-
livery work for St. Louis during the entire
game. He offered a mixture of June speed
and slow ones with occasional curves that
proved puZzling to the indianapolis stickers.
He evidently forgot it was early in the
season and he was only pitching an exhibit
tiOn game, for he used his Street-organ
crank delivery on all varieties of speed. He
is one of the most successful slabmen in
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Two of the three men-Burkett and-Jones
who faced SutthOff in the first inning
caused "A short half by retiring on three
strikes, while Heidrick rolled an easy one
to Sutthof and was thrown out at first.
indianapolis did better in the last half.
Fox went TO first because Reidy grazed his
shirt bosom with an inshoot. Hogriever
elevated one over second base for a single
and O'Brien. in attempting to sacrifice,
rolled an easy one TO Mccormick and made
first. Mccormick made a Jimmy Graham
throw, the ball taking a trip to the score
board. BY the time it was felded in Fox
and Hogriever had crossed the plate and
O'Brien was on third. kim flew out, on
which O'Brien tailed.
The first three men up for St. Louis I'm
the second took it upon themselves to tie
the score. and they were successful, as al
ready stated. After Padden lost the ball
Sutthoff anchored and did good work. In
the second. third, fourth and fifth innings
the Hoosiers were retired as rapidly as
they faced the clever Mr.. Reidy. In the
sixth Anderson was hit and went TO third
on a wild pitch. He scored on McCormick's
out.
Fox beat out a hunt in the last of the
sixth and HOgriever sacrificed him to sec
ond, but there he remained, as O'Brien and
kim went out. There were opportunities
offered in the remaining innings for In
dianapolis to score, but rapid fielding and
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