The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1903-08-29

American Association Games To-day
Kansas City at Indianapolis.
Milwaukee &c Louisville.
ST. Paul at Columbus.
Minneapolis ar Toledo.

After playing merry tattoo on Coon's
curves in the first game yesterday after
noon. the Hoosiers were seized with cramps
or some other serious ailment and Durham
made them look like hospital subjects in the
second game The first game resulted to
in favor of Indianapolis. but the tickle for
tune goddess reversed the table and the
luck Indicator pointed so strongly toward
Kansas City that the visitors won by a
score OF Q to O. From clever batting and
good pitching in the first game favoring
indianapolis. the tide in the second con-
test gave Kansas City the smuggling ability
and also the good twiriing.
Manager Watkins believed after the first
contest that he had drawn a very lucky
prize in signing Pitcher Crowley. the
product from southern Ohio. and the spec
tators who witnessed the tall young lad
do slab work were inclined to believe that
\ good man had been secured. Crowley
possesses a great deal OF self-conhdence.
q large percentage OF any battle with
young pitcher. In addition. he showed an
assortment OF good curves and speed which
he mixed UP In such fashion that the
Blues did not relish them. Only five hits
were secured off him during the nine in
the visitors make a show of clustering any
safe ones. To the delight of the specta-
tors, the Hoosiers took very kindly to
Coon's delivery and with the aid of many
errors, made the game safe In the fifth
inning.
But what different spectacle in the sec
Volz TO the mound and while he had every
thing under the cloudy sky at his COM
mand, he seemed unable TO do any mys-
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the visitors toyed with his curves, speed
and slow balls until IL seemed like shame
for them 10 lambast the ball so hard. To
make matters more pathetic. Durham,
who was the slab for Kansas City.
gave the Hoosiers an evil wink and laughed
nendishly at them as they tried 10 drop
the ball in safe territory only to have
the sphere land in a players nit Dur
ham was given beautiful support, the in
f nsiders stopping everything that was
got under many long flies.
HOW FIRST GAME WAS WON.
The spectators seemed to forget the glory
Of the first victory when the Hoosiers made
50 many fiuky attempts to get into the
second contest and long before the second
battle was finished the crowd began leav-
ing the park.
Twirler Crowley opened the first battle
issuing transportation to Gear. but he didn't
seem to mind the slight disadvantage at all.
The next three men proved easy victims
The first circuit trotters appeared in the
third inning. when Kihm and Hogriever
scored for Indianapolis. Kihm hit to left
and advanced to third on Fox's fly. Hog
r1ever walked and pilfered second.
Grady made throw to catch kim off
third. but the ball went into left field and
kim and Hogriever scored One was
added in the fourth. when OBrien singled.
went to second on sacrifice and scored
on Marcan's single. Two more made the
circuit In the fifth. Kihm opened with a
two-base drive TO left Fox placed a single
In the same garden and on Knoll's wild
throw TO the plate. kim scored and Fox
pranced around to third Woodruff's single
scored Fox The last one credited to In
djaEapoiis was secured In the seventh
Woodruff bounded an easy one to Rothfuss.
who made a wild throw to first, woodruff
taking third. Coulters single scored him.
Kansas Citys only tally was made in the
NTH inning on singles by Coons, Gear and
Grady. Score: