Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1905-05-05
Standing Of the Clubs.
Special to Times r Republican.

Manager Egan lost to Marshalltown
yesterday by a score of to 4. in the
first game OF the season. The heavy
hitting of the Marshalltown players in
the eighth and nineth innings Is at
tributed as the cause for the defeat Of
the Keokuks. Otherwise the teams
We're almost evenly matched.
Green, pitcher for the Keokuks. was
in fine form until the eighth inning,
when the visitors pounded him out for
four hits and made three scores, and
in the ninth he was touched up for
four hits. including home run,
knocked by Hoy into the lake, back Of
center field. Four runs were made by
Marshalltown in the ninth inning.
The weather for the game yesterday
was ideal. The visiting team arriv-
ed on the afternoon train and at 1:45
o'clock, the two teams, and the Fiftieth
Iowa band appeared on the streets.
They exhibited themselves up and
down Main street. and then went out
to the park. followed by the hundreds
OF enthusiastic Keokuk lovers of the
national sport.
Promptly at $3.50 o'clock Umpire
Frank Burrell called play ball" and
the first game of the season was on,
with Marshalltown at the bat. VIII
liams, the first man up, knocked a
grounder to Annis, who f1elded the
ball nicely to first. Middleton, the next
man, knocked one in the mitt Of Gray,
and Hoy famed.
Howell, the first man up for Keo-
kuk, made second on an error of the
left fielder. Andrews. next up knocked
one into the hands the short stop. Gray
died at the plate by sending a fly out,
which was nailed by Hoy, the center
fielder. Hackett, the old reliable keo-
kuk catcher, made a nice hit out to-
wards left field. and Howell came in,
making the first score for Keokuk.
Richards famed and Keokuk was then
retired.
In the second inning both sides were
retired in one, two and three order.
Aiberts, for the visitors, scored In the
third. In the fourth both sides We're
shut out Foster, for the Keokuks,
knocked nice three Dagger in the
fifth inning. and was later brought in
home by single knocked by Green.
Both sides were shut out again In the
sixth. Howell, the fast footed Keo-
kuk player, made single in the sew
enth inning He stole to second and
was brought In home by a two-base
hit knocked by Andrews.
But things changed in the eighth
inning. Green, who had succeeded in
holding the Marshalltown players
down with only two hits in the pre-
vious seven innings, was out of form
this time. Greene, pitcher for the
visitors, was the first man up. He
knocked to centerfielder Gray and was
retired. Williams, the next man UP
sent one out to left field, making
single. He stole second, and came in
home on two base hit knocked in
center field by Middleton. Hoy struck
out. link made a single. Shauh land
ed one out past center field, made
three bases and brought in Middle
ton and link. Kreuger, Knocked pop
up fly which was squeezed by Hackett
and the side was retired, having run
in three scores. The Keokuks were
not so fortunate in the eighth and re-
tired without seeing first.
If the bombarding by the MARSHALL
town men had ceased in the eighth 1t
would not have been SO bad but it
continued thru the ninth. Bruggeman
knocked fly to Annis, and was re-
tired. Alberts made single, and was
sent to third on a two Dagger landed
out by Greene. Williams hunted and
made first, while Alberts was caught
coming home. Middleton landed one
out passed left field, bringing iii
Greene and Williams. Hoy, the lucky
fellow, who had not seen first during
the game, swung on one that dropped
in the lake, and brought in Middle
ton, and credited himself with the only
home run of the game. link, the next
man up, knocked one in bowers init"
and the side was retired in the last
inning with a total of eight scores.
bowers scored in the last inning for
Keokuk, after landing three base
hit out in center field. The next three
men went out, and thus the score of
the first game of the season was made,
Marshalltown s, keokuk 4. The score
in detail:
Keokuk- r H P A +
Howell, IF. ............ 0 0 o
Andrews 2b. .......... 0 2 12 o
Gray, CT. .............. 0 o 3 % o
Hackett G. .......... o 81 o
Richards, 3b. .......... o o O ]