The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1903-04-17
CLEVELAND WINS FIRST
INTERESTING GAME IN THE COLD
TAKEN BY A 5-TO-2 SCORE.
HOLSTERS Errors and Failure to Hit at
Opportune Times Lost Game
Fox Led Batting.


at Washington Park yesterday, as the
weather a trife chilly for the players
and the handful of enthusiasts that sat
through the nine innings. Few people
thought Cleveland and Indianapolis would
be able TO play on account of the great
amount of rain that fell during the last
five or six days. but the grounds were in
pretty fair condition. and both teams were
willing to go into the game, the men
were growing stiff from lack of practice.
Everything considered. the game was in
teresting. even if Cleveland won by a score
of to 2.
In the early part of the contest the play
ers on both teams walked like race horses
and showed signs of stiffness. as it had
been nearly a week since the members of
either club had donned their uniforms. But
even with that handicap the contest was
interesting from the first inning, and in
creased in interest the game progressed.
Manager Watkins sent his regular team to
the field. with Kellum, Williams and Ford
taking three innings each in the box.
Woodruff went behind the bat in the last
three innings. The regular Cleveland team
was in the field with the exception of Tho
ney, who played second in place of Lajoie.
coaching line in two or three innings, but
he did not care to take chance in the
game on account of the cold. If the wealth
er moderates to-day and tomorrow he
! might go to second for Cleveland. Cleve-
land used two pitchers against Indianapo-
lis.
The small collection of fans at the game
| took great interest in the Cleveland team
because Harry Bay and Jack Mccarthy,
two ex-Hoosiers, are playing center and
left field, respectively, for Manager Ar
mour's aggregation. Indianapolis fans can
only picture Mccarthy as one of the great
est helders and stickerS in the business,
and he showed yesterday that he will be
among the leaders all season. Harry Bays
work has undergone a wonderful improve
Inent since he wore an Indianapolis uni
| form. He is the same speedy little fielder
| as of yore, and his batting is now of
| his strong points. He leads the Cleveland
| batting order and in addition to having
| much work to do in center he got in the
game with two clean singles.
OUTBATTED CLEVELAND.
| The Indianapolis team outbatted the Wis
| itors but unfortunate errors were made by
| indianapolis or hits when the Hoosiers
/ were at the bat came after two were out.
| This largely accounts for Cleveland carry
ing off the victory. Captain Fox led the
! stick work with two singles and double,
| and the batting of Jones, Kihm and Coul-
| ter was feature of the contest. The score
shows six errors charged against Indianap-
| oils, and most of them were made on easy
| chances that would have resulted in easy
| outs later in the season.
| kellum pitched the first three innings
and four hits were chalked against him.
| Cleveland made one run in the second but
| Coulter's error in center figured in the
scoring Williams went to the slab for
the next three innings, and he showed that
| he will be good and steady when the sea-
son opens. In the sixth inning he became
| liberal and issued a pass, and Tamsetts
] wild throw on Hickman's chance permitted
\ Thoney to make the circuit.
Ford went To the box for the last three
| innings He took matters easy in the sew
enth and no one scored. Owing to the con-
| dition of the weather and the lack of prac-
/ tice during the past few days he did not
| try to pitch curved ball in the eighth and
mntn innings: The three runs scored by
| Cleveland in the eighth were not so much
| the result of finding his curves as the three
| errors that were registered by the Hoosiers
and the fans to believe that he will soon
| develop into one of the best winning pitch
ers in the American Association.
HAIRY Bay started the contest by dump
| ing the ball in right for a SINGLE and after
| nearly being caught between bases reached
second on a passed ball. Kellum gathered
and Hickman hoisted flies that proved easy
| outs. Hogriever flew out to Mccarthy
| and although Fox singled, stole second and
reached third on wild throw there was no
| scoring, as Jones and Kihm jabbed the
| wind.
VISITORS SET PACE.
Cleveland set pace for Indianapoli in
the second inning by scoring one, but In
| dianapolis tied the score in the last half.
| Flick drove the ball to center for single
and went to second on Coulters inability
to stop the hit. Mccarthy sent Hogriever
on a chase through the wet sod for a long
single and Flick scored. Gochnaur sacri-
| feed and Bemis reached first on O'Brien' S
wild throw, but a pretty double play by
O'Brien, Fox and Kihm retired the side.
| Coulter opened the last half of the inning
with a single to left and O'Bren dumped
a safe one just back of short Tamsett adj
vanced both men on sacrifice. Heydon's
| out to Bay permitted Coulter to score.
O'Brien was caught trying to reach third
| on the play.
For the next three innings neither side
| INDUCED in scoring. Williams succeeded
Kellum in the fourth, and in the sixth a
base on balls to Thoney and Tamsett's wild
| throw allowed Thoney to prance home with
a talley. The eighth witnessed scoring by
both teams. Hickman started the Cleve-
| land end of 1T with double to right and
Fox fumbled Flick's easy chance. Flick
| started for second and Woodruff made a
poor throw. Hickman scoring and Flick
| advancing to third. Mccarthy dropped a
safe one in left, Flick scoring Mccarthy
| pllfered thlrd ana GOcnnaur reached first
| on Ford's failure to pick up a bunt hit
| Gochnaur was caught at second and Nc
| Carthy scored on Bemis's fly to Hogriever
| A chance was offered in the last of the
| eighth to tie the score, but Dorner. who
was then on the slab for Cleveland, pitched
| himself out of a deep rut. Fox started the
| inning by shipping a single through the
| pitchers box and Jones beat out an infield
| attempt. kim hit to Thoney and Jones
| was caught at second. Coulter placed one
in center out of Bays reach, Fox scoring.
1 h3
filled and only one out Tamsett was fooled
by Dorner and retired on strikes and Wood
| ruff rolled easy one to Hickman.
Ford easily retired the visitors in the
first of the ninth. With two out in the last
half Jones and Kihm hit safely, but Coulter
| went out from pitcher to first. The score:
Indianapolis. ALB. r. H. o. A. e
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