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THE 1878 MILWAUKEE GRAYS May 21, 1878 at Milwaukee Headline: "The Milwaukee Boys Once More 'Scooped.'" The Indianapolis Nine arrive on time yesterday, and made their headquarters at the Newhall House [note: the Newhall House was built in 1857 at the corner of Main (Broadway) and Michigan. It was one of the largest buildings in the state at six floors and 300 rooms. In 1874, an elevator was put in. The building burned down on Jan. 10, 1883, with about 90 people dying. Volunteer fireman Herman Stauss saved 10 servant girls by carrying them from their fifth-floor rooms across a ladder he had put between the roof and an adjacent building. Among the rescued were General Tom Thumb (of P.T. Barnum fame) and his wife.] In personal appearance the visitors are, as a whole, rather slight in build and not very muscular. But their work in the field and at the bat in the afternoon showed that they understood their business. Their uniform is of white with blue stockings and blue trimmings [note: Hence, the Blues]. Their record, thus far, this season has been excellent [note: 4-5-1 entering play, but that did put them in third place – by wins, not winning pct.], and there was a great degree of interest on the part of the Milwaukee people to see the contest between them and the home nine. An immense crowd of people gathered at the grounds, as the hour for the game to open approached. The grand stand was well filled, something like a thousand people occupied the tiers of benches outside, all the roofs and other commanding points in the neighborhood were crowded with hundreds upon hundreds of men and boys, and every crack in the fence about the ground was made the point of observation through which some enthusiastic observer saw as much as he could, what was going on in the – to him- enchanted ground within. The new member of the home nine did not arrive [note: Dan “Pidgey” Morgan], and Redmond was at his usual place in the field. Bennett is still disabled and Creamer was on hand. The game began at about four o’clock, the home nine going to the field. In spite of all the bright anticipation, the game was so marked by errors on both sides as to rob it of much of the interest that, otherwise, would have attached to it. In the first inning, the visitors scored four runs, and won much applause by making four base hits and one two-base hit. When the Milwaukees went to bat, Dalrymple unfortunately struck out, Foley followed suit, Creamer went out on a fly, and Peters, aided by the error of the visitors, made the only tally for the side [note: Milwaukee’s lineup went Dalrymple, then Peters, Goodman, Foley and Creamer]. Weaver’s pitching proved too much for the visitors in the second inning and Croft, Quest and Nelson went out in one, two, three style. Then Holbert and Redmond went out on the fly, and Golden was put out between second and third, after a lively bit of double play [note: Golden batted third in the inning, so he must have reached second on an error then was out in a rundown of sorts]. In the third inning, Clapp made a two-base hit and scored one for the visitors. The Milwaukees made a spurt in this inning, Dalrymple, Goodman and Foley scoring. The result, although mostly brought about by the errors on the part of the Indianapolis boys, were greeted with immense applause. But the hopes thus aroused for the home nine were destined to be short-lived, for, with the exception of a run scored by Peters in the fifth inning, and which was made by the aid of several errors, the remaining tallies for the Milwaukees were all ciphers. Schaffer scored one for the visitors in the sixth inning, so that at the close, the game stood six to five in favor of the Indianapolis boys. Both clubs seemed to play an up-hill game throughout. Holbert suffered much from the injury to one of his hands, but, with his usual pluck, stood up to his work well. Notable |
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