The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1903-08-30


chance to win the second game yester-
day afternoon or did it prevent the Hoos-
iers from suffering the ignominy of
double defeat? This Is question that
worried va large number of fans as they
strolled out of Washington Park last even
ing wondering when the Hoosiers would be
able to win both games of a double header.
The first battle went to Kansas City by
score of to 3, while the second ended i'm
tie, the score standing to at the end
of the tenth inning, when Umpire Haskell
called the game off on account of dark
ness.
An avalanche of seven runs secured by
the Blues in the third inning of the first
game took all the interest out of the con-
test and until the seventh inning the game
reminded one of dopey dream. Coulter
retired the visitors in the seventh on
most remarkable catch and for awhile the
spectators forgot their i'll feeling toward
the Hoosiers and applauded him freely.
There was one out and Knoll on first wheE
Rothfuss went to bat i'm that inning. Roth
fuss shipped the ball toward deep left CEN
ter. Coulter made desperate run and
the ball started to pass him on the port
side Coulter shot out his right hand and
stopped the ball. He made another leap
and caught the sphere before it could fall
to the ground. Knoll thinking the ball would
go to safe territory had passed second base
and was headed for home. He started back
to first and fail to touch second. The ball
was fielded to Fox and Knoll was called
out. The play was SO wonderful that it rec
ompensed in a small degree the failure of
tn MI no Inv win
ming.
Sunset" Newlin was sent to the rubber
by Manager Watkins and for two innings
he got away lucky. But he was lombard
ed hard in the third that he was called
to the bench after Knoll had batted and
Ford was substituted. The latter kept the
Blues well in hand the remainder of the
game. but the damage had been done. AL
loway, an ex-Hoosier seemed to take de-
light in puzZling the HOosier batsmen and
during the entire game only six safe hits
registered OFF him and in only
inning did the Hoosiers cluster any hits.
BOMBARDED KELLUM'S CURVES.
The second contest resembled the first
very much as the visitors lambasted KEEL
lum's in the second inning and
piled UP total of five runs. 1t was only
through the grace of errors contributed by
Rothfuss at third that the Hoosiers were
able TO tie a knot in the score and pre-
vent two games being charged against
them in the lost collection. The second
game devoid of sensational features.
The spectators came to the aid of the home
team in the last few innings and encour-
aged them to tie the score in the ninth,
but few of the Hoosiers who are Ions
past due with hits failed to find a safe place
i'm the broad expanse of grass in which to
bat the ball and the game could not be
won.
There was nothing doing i'm the scoring
line in the first two innings of the first
battle. In the third the Blues charged on
Newlin's delivery and Strengthened out his
curves so quickly that 1t made Watty dizzy
and Newlin was called to the bench after
much damage had been done. Lewee opened
the inning with a double and 1t was not
long until his teammates were imbued with
the same spirit of hammerfng the ball. AL
loway retired, Lewee taking third on
the out Hill bounded an easy one to New
lin, who made wild throw to the plate,
permitting Lewee to register the first tally.
Gear drew transportation and then Nance,
Grady and Frantz followed with singles.
bases. caused Watkins to send Ford to the
box to relieve Newlin. Rothfuss hit safe
ly and scored Knoll, but after that Ford
settled down and pitched good ball.
In the eighth a base on balls to Grady
resulted in another run. Grady stole sec
ond and took third on Woodruff's wild
throw. Tic scored on hnoH nit IHeH
came Coulter's sensational catch and the
side retired.
indianapolis scored one in the fourth.
Hogreiver drew a pass and Woodruff fouled
out. O'Brien was hit and Lewee fumbled
Coulters chance filling the bases. Hog
riever scored on Marcan's out Tamsett
went out a fly to Lewee.
Indianapolis scored two in the fifth in
ming when Kihm and Fox hit for two-bag-
gers and Woodruff scored Fox with a single.
In the eighth Lewee made a brilliant one
hand catch of O'Briens line drive and took
the ginger out of the home players. Leslie
and Heydon went to bat for Tamsett and
Ford in the ninth, but the ice could not
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