The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1910-08-15
There Was Plenty OF Excitement in
Sundays Double Header With
ottumwa, When Both Clubs
Got Even Break.
HoMERs WHIP KEoKUK
One by senno Tied up First Game in
Ninth. While Johnson's De-
cided Contest in Tenth
Inning of Second.

Twenty-three innings of ball is
what five hundred bugs were treated
to Sunday afternoon at Hubinger
park. Keokuk took the first when
PA Belt won the game with his
single in the thirteenth. to 2. Then
Ottumwa reversed things when Jaeger,
former team mate of the Indians,
slipped over ten inning contest, 4
to 2, mainly by virture of Johnson's
home run drive over the left field
fence.
The ball PLAYED yesterday was the
kind that thrilled the hearts of fans.
1t was that rip and slash kind with
just enough long hitting and just
enough excellent fielding to make it
interesting in every inning
"Rube' Burch set out to be- the
hero of double bill contest after he
had made the Packers like it in the
first game, but an early lombard
ment' sent him to cover in the second
and Eyler was hustled out, The
second was a scheduled seven inning
81, pul LII &C SAlid TOuHuS5 were n6C-
cessary to decide it.
For the visitors Kent worked in the
first game and would have lost in
nine innings had not Dan Senno, the
only man in the Central Association
who can hit for $50, drove one over
the fence in the first half of the ninth
with one man on, and tied up the
ee. The hit came as shock and
entirely unexpected. After this
fearful calamity the teams settled
dea and battled well.
ckuk might have won the sec
ond game bat for the brilliant field
ing of Outfielder Russell The mil
lionaire ball player of this circuit was
eating them UP and on one occasion
made brilliant running catch with
two men on bases. He picked one
off the score board with one hand and
did other things not entirely liked by
fans.
Pa" Belt came mighty near being
the hero of both contests. He won the
first one with his wallop and tied up
the second one when he went in as
pinch hitter and got away with a
lucky bunt.
First Game.
1t looked as If Keokuk would win
the first game to 0, scoring a shut
out on the crew of willy Ned Egan in
the first game of his last series on
the Keokuk grounds Burch was
pitching like a fend and his team
mates were supporting him we'll 1t
was beautiful game, with the ex-
ception of two innings when Keokuk
scored twice on Ottumwa's errors.
The first run came in the third
without hit, and after two men had
gone down. Herbert hit to johnson
and reached first on the latter's err
ror. He pilfered second and scored a
moment later when Miller knocked
one that rolled through Kensei.
Miller led off with hit in the sixth.
was sacrificed to second and electri-
fed the crowd by his brilliant steal
OF third, it being a very daring piece
of work, which was only successful
because Link and Ochs were so be-
wtldered that they failed to play the
ball well bresnahan hunted and
Miller was squeezed home.
Had Keokuk used the squeeze play
again in the eighth, extra innings
would have been averted for Herbert
had doubled and was sacrificed to
third Reichle and Bresnahan failed
to hit.
That home run which overjoyed Neu1
Egan for time came in the ninth
with one down. SEVERED had singled
and Senno lifted one about six feet
fair There was not wave of ap-
plause Fans were so overcome that
they simply looked as the two
Packers rounded the circuit
The game was tight until the final
thirteenth. Miller started things with
double to right center and Reichle
pushed him down on a sacrifice
Bresnahan walked. Kent and Linl
had STAYED off defeat earlier in tn
long battle by clever head work. Nov
they held p consultation and decide
to pass both Bresnahan and Morri:
and take chances with Belt, who ha
entered the game in the eleventh
when an opportunity to win the gam
presented itself. Ordinarily the stur
would have been good one, but tn
time Belt outguessed the big cole
Ian and clouted out a single for vi
tory 1t was sharp ball past thir
Score, Keokuk 3, Ottumwa .. 13
nings
Second Game.
burch started in the second game