Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1903-06-03
Locals Lose by Errors In Fast
est Game of Season-First
Defeat For Home Team
THE FINAL SCORE WAS 6 TO 4
First High School Nine to Win From
the Local Team in Two Years
Game One of the Best Seen on the
FinkIe Diamond for iears-Rooters
Go Wild at Finish.

Perhaps it was the parade before the
game; it might have been because the
clouds rolled back and for half an hour
the sun shone; but nine out of every ten
who witnessed the game will lay the
responsibility largely with Kirk at
third base. The manenr of the visitors
winning. is not so important as the fact
that they Won, and win they certainly
did, taking the locals into camp by the
tune of to in what was probably
as holly contested and as loudly rooted
a game of baseball as has been played
on the Finkle park diamond in ten
years.
The diamond, altho covered in places
with sawdust, was slippery and heavy.
the outfield was q lake; the umpiring
in spots was rather raw, especially in
the cases of the called strikes on the
last two of the home batters in the
ninth inning. when j. e. Cullen, of
Northwood. one of the officials, is ac-
cused by some of fairly forcing the
men out. These things may have had
their influence on the game, and had
they been different, it might have
ended otherwise, but this is doubtful.
Marshalltown gave the game away
by its costly errors, three of the Wis
itors being scored ON wild throws by
Kirk. Not one of the tallies gathered
by Northwood was earned. while both
of the local runs made in the ninth
We're. Northwood had the best of it in
team play, and could give the locals les
sons in running bases. While Benson is
a steady, nervy and decidedly clever
pitcher. he had none the advantage of
Kent in these respects both putting up
beautiful games III the box. In the
matter of strikeouts Kent had the best
OF the argument by IA to IS. In SAFE
hits it was the other way, five being
raped off him. while Marshall:own
could find but four in Benson's bend
erS.
For the first four innings but twelve
NortlFw coolers faced Kent, and only one
of that number put foot Oh first.
Salisbury caught him at second in an
attempt TO steal. The first score came
gle out in left field, and by hair stole
second. scoring on klirk's wild throw
to first. During the next two innings
the home team got in its losing work.
Collins. first up, put one in the frog
pond out in right; advanced on Chris
tianson's bunt, which, in attempting to
field 10 second Kirk threw in that
garden, letting Collins scamper home,
Hunter hunted, and Benson hit ii out,
assisted by two errors which resulted in
Christianson scoring. The fireworks
really began and ended in the seventh.
when three unearned runs. all due to
errors, were donated TO the visitors.
There was nothing doing in the eighth.
Benson served the Marshailtown bat
tiers much in the same way Kent had
handled his opponents for the first
three innings. Salisbury, the first to
put foot on first, did so in the fourth.
on the error of Snyder at first. He was
advanced to second on Kent's hit 10
Benson, which he fumbled and scored
on a pass ball. Wood hit the first safe
one which sent Kent home. Not an
other rnan got past first until the locals
last turn with the stick, when they
made two, and during the making the
fans We're in paradise. The roofing
sounded like gathering of auctioneers
Salisbury started badly by striking out.
Kent hit safe. and Woods, making the
only two-base hit of the afternoon,
scored Kent and placed himself on
third, beating out the throw in. Kirk
hit to Benson, who juggled until too
late, put two on bases. Lncoln's hit
threw up water in the left field, send
ing WOODS home and advancing Kirk to
third. He then took second while An
drews was called out on strikes. Chinn
was disposed of in like manner. Gull
len. the umpire, is accused of helping
The last two strikeouts not little by
his biased decisions on balls. 1t was
all over and in the heat of the moment
Cullen became the center of a pushing,
no damage was done. j. F.. Cullen, OF
Northwood, and Ray Maxwell, of Chi
eago, acted as officials. The summary:
,?aryoungY I'd. gaan rectio n,aahrs,
NorthWood. R. H E..
Collins SIS ~ U
Christianson, IT,. ........2 0
Hunter, CT -. ~ "
Snyder fb. 20 0 /
SavTe, If. ......o 0
Walker, 3D.. .....0 0 D
RoWell, c.. ........1 U U
Thomson, 2b. 1000 0 0
Total 3 5 3