Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1910-08-23
SPEED BOYS y1IN
A LONG BATTLE
EGAN's SQUAD CAPTURED I TO
MIX FROM BROWNS sATUR-
DAY IN TWELVE FRAMES
JoHNsToN's HIT DID IT

Sea9er ana JEFFERSON clarke lie Up
Heavens Battle But "Foxy"
Charles Comes Out With
High Honors.
In game which will go down in
local baseball annals as the fastest
and best performance ever staged at
the Myrtle street lot, Ned Egan's
Speed Boys downed Lou Drill and his
Monmouth Browns Saturday afternoon
by the score of / to in twelve IN
nings. For an exciting mix, Saturdays
battle took all the cheese and the
crackers. It looked as though the
game might have to be called on oc-
count of darkness with neither side
scoring when the run getting com.
bination Tay Kensel. Rabbit" Rus.
sell and Jimmy Johnston, got busy and
sent the Oskaloosa inf1elder across
the count station with the only run.
Too much time cannot be spent in ex-
trolling the merits OF the great battle
and the 445 fans would willingly have
stayed at the park all night IL the game
had gone over twelve sessions. All
the good points of the national game
were tied up in the battle. Both
sides played brilliant fielding game
and circus catches and plays by mem
bers of both clubs brought forth meri-
torious applause from the fans. II
Ottumwa had lost the game the fans
would have been more than satisfied
but winning the mix made every one
feel like five year old school kid,
with big red apple. Rain Saturday
night might have put down the ardor
of many Ottumwans, but the 400" and
more at the mix could not have had
their good spirits dampened II there
had been cloudburst.
Was Pitchers Battle.
The stars in the twelve act drama
were Pitcher Foxy" Charles Jaeger OF
the Speed Boys and Jefferson Clarke
Of Virginia who cavorted around in,
tire Westerns league last season. Both
pitchers heavedva Greet game.
The Browns negotiated two hits of
Jaeger In the second and the.Ss only
other safe swat went to Williams in;
the eleventh when he pelted out a
long two Dagger betwees right and CEN
ter. Severeid's quick work in catch
ing foul tip and throwing the Mon
mouth deamon swatter out at second
killed their chances. 1t was one OF the
fastest fielding stunts pulled on IN
these parts for some time. Outside
of the second and eleventh inning,
Jaeger never allowed a hit and al
though he did not fan great number
of the Browns his slants had on the
"al faz" which sent the ball into the
waiting claws of his mates. The
pitching of Clarke was likewise great.
The southern gent had rare collec-
ton of slants up his wing and their
befuddling gyrations in coming to the
plate caused the Speed Boys to ozone
a dozen times. For five innings he
hurled wonderful ball not Speed
Boy reaching the first station and It
looked like the locals were going to be
let down without q hit until the sixth
when Kensel drove warm one down
to Sam Foster. In the next frame
they got two hits but ends anxiety In
irving to send man over the rubber
resulted in another goose egg, while
quick double play Of the Browns In
the tenth queered the Speed Boys
chances Of scoring.
some mare VICIOIUSs
Frederick Finney, Esquire and Will
liam A. Russell pulled of some great
fielding stunts. Finney by his long
running catch of Clarke's fly IN the
fifth with, Irmscher on second saved
the Drillers from scoring in that ses-
sion. Russell in left field was as busy
as a cranberry merchant on Thanks
giving day. The agile gardener pulled
down seven chances some OF which
were line drives and would have meant
scores IL they had not landed In the
trusty leather pad Of that Russell boy
Williams and Johnson, the Brownie
outfielders were busy too. Archie
Hill pulled down one handed stop Of
Russell's liner which might have
started something.
Johnston's Double Did 1t.
After eleven and one holt cipher
sessions Kensel started things for the
Speed Boys in the twelfth when he
drove out pretty single into the CEN
ter garden. Russell with his five cent
hat. proved a needed asset when he
laid down pretty sacrifice which
sent Tay on to second. SEVERED
tried so hard to pelt the ball and
score his mate that he struck out and
with two men down 1t looked as
though Kensel would not survive.
Jimmy Johnston marched to the plate.
In q conference between Jeff Clarke
and Artie Lage they decided to allow
the fleet footed second sacker free
transportation to first. Clarke slipped
strike over the first time. The sec
ond ball delivered was close to john
ston's pancake holder. and he smacked
1t. The terrific swat went sailing on
line drive to left field and kensel
crossed the count station. The sus-
pense was over.
Saturdays Score:
Ottumwa- ABB. r. H. Pc. A. E.
Kensel, IS 2
Russell, II ......... 0 z 0
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