Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1910-08-09
EXCITING NIX
TO SPEED BOYS
DANNY sENNo's TRusTY WHIP
NiPS' TWO HANNIBAL PLAY
ERs AT COUNTING POINT
LOCALS WERE OUTFIT
Umpire Nugent Suffered With blink.
tits ard Nearly Gave Game to
Visitors; Swain Bantshed;
Score WSs to !.

In one OF those nerve racking, hair
raising games which causes the
"creeps' to crawl up ones spinal col
umn, those Speed Boys took the first
of the series of games from Ginger
Forney's Cannibals at the Myrtle
street ball yard yesterday afternoon
by a 2 to | count. While both teams
put up wonderful fielding game the
brilliant de luxe support given the
Speed Boys to "Maury" Kent. Boss
Egan's $500 twirler was SUFFICIENT to
put crimp in the Missourians' at
tempts to reach the top of the pen
nant ladder and resulted in a closer
relationship with the Speed Boys. IL
was the fastest exhibition seen In
these parts for some time and three
Cannibals were cut off at the plate,
when they had good intentions of scor-
ing. by the trlsty arms of the Speed
Boys.
Danny's Whip Helped.
While Kent was practically invinc-
ible with men on bases, Daniel Senno
ESQ. who covers the center garden
for Manager Egan, is responsible
largely for Ottumwa's victory az his
mighty right whip from center field
true to the counting station, allowed
Joey Link to tag out Forney and
Eberts. Burr Oaks who shines around
the off corner for Egans proteges, al
SO came into the lime light in the
home throwing out festivities when2he
retired Hamilton at the rubber. While
both sides played errorless ball, Um-
pire Nugent committed a grave error
which might have caused Ottumwa to
lose the mix when he turned his back
upon Foley and allowed him to score
from third While this mistake was
very grave, he committed others also,
and Smiling" Charley Swain was put
out of the mix and fined when he TOOK
exception to His Jumps decisions.
Catcher Buce Evans, he of Oskaloosa-
Vile, had to retire in the early part OF
the first inning when one Of Swain
"phulers" nipped him on his sore
finger and barred the bone.
Swain Was Mystery.
Hannibal touched UP Kent for ten
safe bingles but the big collegian was
working good and q big part Of the
safeties were wasted. Swain had a
rare collection of zig gags up his right
wing and while he did not cause the
locals to ozone he made them hit IN
the waiting digits of his mates. AT
that Hank SEVERED. the coming Gin
cinnati star, was the only one who
took a particular fancy to the curves
and he gobbed three safe bingles.
After both teams had retired in
rapid order in the first three stanzas,
SEVERED started the needed doings in
the fourth when he drove sizzling
liner near second Swain allowed one
of his gyration curves to get away
from him and Sew went to second on
the throw. Johnston drove one down
to Hamilton. Hank chasing on to
third. Senno did not hit safely, but
he did as good when he landed on the
sphere with sufficient force to remind
Jimmy Hamilton that he was handling
a cannon ball and while Jimmy was
recovering the ball. SEVERED crossed
the tally station while Hamilton got
his man a la Webster.
Umpire Has Blinkitis.
The visitors negotiated their one
lone tally in the seventh frame while
Umpire Nugent was suffering from an
attack of blinkitis. Hamilton started
the doings when he singled. Foley
did likewise Hamilton racing to third.
Foley, to make the situation more ex-
citing pilfered the bag. Kent walked
Webster. Swain drove hard one
down to Oaks who retired Hamilton
at the rubber. Link returned the ball
to Borton in hopes of getting Swain
and the first sacker returned 1t to
catch Foley at the plate. Link had
him by several feet. but Nugent had
his optics pointed towards second and
missed out on the play was called
Foley safe.
Links Hit Did It.
To end the afternoons nervousness
Ottumwa got the needed tally in the
next chapter when SeNno got base
on balls off Swain which looked like
choice ones and Swalm's objections
led to his Punishment from the game.
Kraft went in to do the twirling stunt.
After teasing him Danny stole second
and Oaks well laid sacrifice sent the
Spaniard on to third and he scored on
Joey Links long drive to the left field
fence which Kerwin tried to knock
down but which was beyond his reach.
The Score.
ottumwa:- ABB. R. H. Pc. A. E.
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