Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1904-08-03
Standing of the Clubs.

BY sticking everlastingly to 1t, and
getting back into their accustomed fast
form. the Grays won again yesterday,
and came not great way from blank
ing the visitors altogether. The score
was 3 to !. The rest has done "Cy'
less balls as he did yesterday. and re-
ceives the gilt edged support OF his
teammates. there Is nothing doing.
Keokuk slieaked three swats on him.
two of them in the fourth, and got one
tally.
Barring Hackett, who died on third.
after singing for three bases and
trundling that far, only two others
reached first; Burman on Wilson's err
ror and bowers on his single. The lat
ter, however, ran into q double at sec
ond base. "Cy's" seductive slow ball
was too many for the visiting Red
skins, and he had all the best OF 1t
too. for when he started one sQuirming
toward the plate, and 1t did not suit
him, he would speed up and grab 1t
before it got there, bringing 1t back to
rethrow it. When they did connect
they were so slow that they either pop
ped up or went fouling out. No less
than six passed away by this route.
Anything to win the game and keep IN
the running. The local twirlers have
things to learn from "Cy," in the mat
ter of fielding their position. This also
cut its figure yesterday In the general
result. Then the locals had recovered
from that hamstrung batting streak,
which cramped them so the day before.
They hit Haviland eleven times, but the
swats were somewhat separated. nett
ing only three runs. In this they were
aided by the miscues OF the visitors
and bad breaks Of judgment in fielding
the ball.
The lucky combination still holds
good. for when Williams hits safe, and
the locals score In the opening round,
the game swings into the home camp.
Williams opened UP yesterday with
slow grounded to Black, and beat out
the throw. Taylor hunted and House
singled. scoring Williams. Metcaf
broke open the fourth with single.
netting another tally. Wilson follow
ing him, hinged one safe. and the Tor
mer scored when Warner hit to Havi-
land. over toward first. Burman wanted
TO get in on the play also, and the
first sack was vacated when the man
ager arrived safe. During these mo-
ments of forgetfulness Metcalf tore
home. Hoy skied to the clouds In right
field. when he opened the sixth, and the
bali came so near going out or sight
Gray misjudged it altogether, Hoy get
ting to third before it was chased back.
He scored when Metcalf went out on a
slow one to short. That was the An
ish of the locals efforts, altho House
surged around to third in the eighth.
but expired there as no one colsd make
good at the moment.
After two Of the visitors had gone In
their half OF the opening Burman hit
to Wilson, who sidestepped into po-
sition, posed and then dropped the
sphere Nothing more was doing un-
til the fourth. when Black singled, and
scored on Hackett's drive for three
bases. II Hackett had laid down and
rolled, he would have got home, but
his legs were not equal to the job, SO he
died on third. bowers made first on
a single in the fifth, but Haviland hit
into d double, via Williams. After
that there was but little excitement.
In the total of nine innings thirty hit
tiers, but three more than the lawful
number, faced Swain. The score In
detail: