The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1903-06-06
American Association Standing.
American Association Games To-Day
Kansas City at Indianapolis.
Milwaukee at Louisville.
St Paul at Columbus.
MINNEAPOLIS at Toledo.


The Indianapolis champions are soldiers
of fortune" On the recent Western trip
they felt the sting of defeat more fire.
quentiy than they did the glory of victory.
Luck was often a prominent factor In their
defeats. but yesterday the same element
figured In their victory over Kansas City
by a score Of to 2. 1t was glorious
manner to celebrate their return home. even
II the winning run In the last Of the tenth
inning was forced across the plate on
fiuke. But fukes count In ball games, and
this time the Indianapolis team benefited
Indianapolis got away in the lead In the
first inning with two tallies. Kansas City
having scored one in the first half of. the
initial round. Kansas City placed knot
IN the score in the fourth inning. and 1t
was then nip and tuck between the two
teams for advantage. For five innings they
battled, but neither side sent a man around
the circuit. The tenth came, and the men
from the Kaw were forced to accept another
cipher The champions registered VIC
tory in the last half, amid most trying con-
ditions.
Hogriever was the first Hoosier up in the
tenth. and he bounded an easy one to
Lewee. retiring at first Fox waited pa
tiently and was rewarded with pass to
first. Jones sent fly TO short center. which
Nance gathered in after most desperate
run, and two chances were gone. Dummy
Kihm smiled when he was hit on the shoul-
der with a pitched ball, which advanced
Fox to second. Coulter received great en-
couragement from the crowd when he went
up to face Gibson for the last time. He
swung hard upon the sphere and sent II
toward left. McAndrews knocked it down.
but could not field 1t In time TO put out the
runner. and the bags were filled; kim
ing his hands for them to root. The fans
did root, and Gibson scared high among the
planets. He sent up two strikes to O'Brien,
wide ones were called. The gift to OBrien
forced Fox across the plate with the WIN
ming run. 1t was bad finish to very
brilliant game. but as the Hoosiers profited
there were no complaints.
ALMOST A DRAWN BATTLE.
The rain made desperate effort to stop
hostilities in the fourth inning. but after
a wait of fifteen minutes the sky cleared
and the teams resumed play. But for the
wildness of Gibson in the last of the tenth
the umpires might have been forced to call
the contest draw, as IL was growing SO
dark that further play would have been
Manager Watkins made a wise selection
in choosing Eugene Ford for slab duty.
Gibson was sent to the box for Kansas
City and these two brilliant young twirlers
battled hard for the victory. Hits were
scarce on both sides and Kansas City's
NO runs were the results of free gifts fol-
lowed by timely singles. After the fourth
inning Ford had complete command of his
curves and while errors behind him placed
men on the bases In several innings he
never lost control, but sent them over in
such a fashion as to completely bewilder
the Blues. Gibson also pitched wonderful
ball and the loss of the game can hardly
be charged against him. The Hoosier' s
two runs In the first inning were the re-
suits OF errors, but the winning run in the
tenth came as a result of Gibson being
too liberal.
The field was heavy but excepting the
few errors many brilliant plays were re-
corded by both sides. Lewee gathered In
line drive from Fox's bat in the third in
ming by making long leap after the
sphere. o Brien, Heydon and Coulter made
several sensational catches during the
contest. Coulter's catch of Grady's long
ny in the eighth retired the Blue and de-
prived them Of an opportunity to assume
FORD GIVES A PASS.
Ford opened the game by issuing trans
portation TO Rothfuss. On McAndrews
out Rothfuss took second and later scored
on Grady's single to left. Lewee's fly to
Coulter retired the side.
The champions raised hopes by assuming
the lead In the last half with brace OF
tallies. Hogriever reached first on Nance's
muf and Fox's sacrifice sent him to Sec
ond. Jones succumbed to Gibson's curves
frt Kihrn reached first on Gibson's poor
throw to Grady Kihm was caught off first
and while prancing to and fro between
the two bags McAndrew hit him with the
ball and Hogriever and kim both scored
on the error. Coulter ended the inning by
dying to McAndrew.
O'Brien started the second with a single
and was sacrificed to second, but Heydon
and Ford proved easy outs. The third was
productive Of no runs. The visitors tied
the score In the fourth. Ford passed GRADY
and Lewee sacrificed. Knoll's out sent
Grady TO third and he scored on Ganley's
single. That was the last of the scorine
until the last of the tenth when Indian.
apolis registered the winning run Both
Ford and Gibson did good twirlng I'm ths
intervening innings and many fast plays
helped to deprive both sides of chances