The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1904-04-24
Results and Attendance

Kansas City at Louisville.
Minneapolis at Columbus.
81. Paul at Toledo.
Results and Attendance
indianapolis. 3: Kansas City. 2..........4423
Milwaukee. Z Louisville, 4...............2.200
ST Paul, D; Columb bus. ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS
Minneapolis, S; Toledo. 7.................2,Os5
II is just a little too early in the season
for the members of the indianapolis base
ball team TO furnish one OF those nerve
SCATTERING finishes, but they had to do ii
yesterday even II the 1000 fans were sink
ing into a state where they thought the
game was lost when the PHILIPPINES went
to bat I'm the last half of the eighth. Up
TO that time the score board showed that
the Indianapolis efforts had been Matched
in an incubator for nothing but goose eggs
had been hung up. To make matters worse
the Kansas City aggregation possessed
two tallies and as inning after inning was
played and the Hoosiers failed to make
the circuit it was feared that the last game
of the first series with the Blues would go
to the credit of the visitors.
But that good old lady, Dame Fortune
smiled pleasantly on the PHILIPPINES in the
last of the eighth and when the inning
finished and the shouting had subsidized 1t
was ascertained that the score stood to
2 in favor of Indianapolis. And that is
how it ended, for the visitors succeeded In
furnishing only a slight chill in the first
half of the ninth inning and were retired
without another tally.
1t was surely great doings to make 1t
three straight from the Kansas City team
in the first series of the year. The crowd
was larger than on the opening day, for
it was the first warm day of the season and
naturally people thought more of baseball
than they did of office work or any other
old thing. They f1ocked out to Washing
ton Park in droves and both bleachers
were thronged, the grand stand we'll filled
and a hundred or SO of those who must sit
on the front row formed the overflow bril-
gade along the left field bleachers. Ground
rules had to be made allowing one extra
base in case of an overthrow into the
crowd along the fence. The fans were more
liberal with their applause than at any
time this season and they had a great run
for their coin. The game was the best that
has been played on the local grounds in
1904.
NOBLESVILLE FANS.
Sprinkled here and there in the bleach
ers and stands were groups of Noblesville
baseball fans who had come to the city to
see Johnny Fisher pitch his first profess
sional game with Indianapolis. They
cheered him when he retired batter and
encouraged him when one of the Blues
would connect safely with his curves. He
was given great support in the field and
only one error. which, unfortunately, fig
ured in one of Kansas City's runs. was
made behind him. Swander was the only
man VINO did not have a chance to con-
tribute brilliant play in the field. but the
other HoosierS made many sensational
plays 10 lend interest to the contest
The Kansas City players thought they
would have great time with the young
man from Noblesville. but I'm order to take
no chances with the Hoosier stickers Man
ager Gear sent Durham to the slab. Dur
nam came near having the Hoosiers Buff
falOed, but the eighth inning was his I'M
doing. Fisher pitched good game of ball,
and, while ten safe hits rung up, he
showed his nerve and good judgment by
| pitching himself out of several bad holes
when the Blues had men on the bases.
There were many stars in the contest,
| chief among whom was George HOgrieyer
| for ii was his two base hit down the third
| base line in the eighth that sent the two
runs across the plate that tied the score
Heydon. who again filled Magoons place.
| did sensational fielding, and his three-bag-
| ger in the ninth sent Hogriever home with
! the winning run Carr led the stick work
| but when he got on base there was bat
ting behind him. Dickey made a brilliant
| catch of foul in the first. Carr caught one
near the bleachers and Fisher fielded his
| position admirably.
The fielding of the Kansas City bunch
was just as brilliant that of the Hoo
siers. Bonner given the on,y error
and, lucky for the Hoosiers, it came in the
| eighth inning and started the fun Mont
| gomery led the stick work of the visitors
with two doubles and a single and Hill was
a close second with two singles.
! START OF TROUBLE
Montgomery started the game with a
two-bagger but the side was retired before
he got around. For three innings there
was nothing doing in the scoring line, but
| in the fourth the visitors found Fisher for
| three singles and Ryan tailed Montgom-
cry started the fifth with another two
Dagger. Hill flew out. Nance hit to Carr
| and Dickey bobbled the throw, permitting
| Montgomery to score with the second and
| what proved to be the last for Kansas
| City.
The fans took courage in the last of the
fifth when Carr led off with single but
the next three men were easily retired. In
the seventh Carr doubled. but could not be
| driven home.
Chances of winning were rapidly passing
away, but how the crowd yelled when
Dickey reached first in the eighth on Bon
ner's tumble, Ortlieb tried hard but he
flew out. Fisher drove one through the
pitchers box too hot for Durham TO handle
| and he reached first. Then came Hogriever
! with his two-base drive and Dickey and
Fisher crossed the plate with the runs
that tied the score amid the widest en-
thusiasm. Heydon scored Hoggie with a
triple to right. McCreery and Swander
| were easily retired.
Butler went out in the ninth but Dur
| ham singled. Montgomery hit safely and il
began TO look dangerous but Fisher made
Hill and Nance lacerate the atmosphere.
| Score:
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