The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1911-05-08
Grabbed Lucky Battle In Opening
Game of Twin Bill, but Galesburs
Star Was Too strong in
the Second.
MURRAY MADE DEBUTE
Engaged In Pitchers Battle With
Tanning but Mccsfferty's Wild
Heave in Eighth Beat
Him.

1t was donation day at the old ball
park and nearly 1000 fans sat through
four hours of baseball to see the In
dams break even with Galesburg in a
twin bill. The first battle was a do
nation to Keokuk in the early rounds,
while McCafferty tossed the second go
to the visitors in the eighth after
and delivered wild pitch. The scores
We're to 2 and 1 to 0.
keokuk put up better fielding ex-
hibition in both battles than in any of
the previous ones. The men were on
their toes and seemed to have lost
much Of the stage fright that has
characterized preceding battles. Ogle
In left field played neat game and
McCafferty at short was decided i'm
provement over Hilly He marred his
excellent work, however, by the errat-
ic heave which cost the second game.
'Ducky' Eberts, the outf1elder who
was traded to Galesburg by Hannibal
for Nickoll, was the star wielder OF
the willow. He performed In great
style, clouting out FIVE hits, one good
for a double and the other lucky
triple.
The second battle brought out two
interesting pitchers. Tanning work
ed for Galesburg and gave evidence
that his training trip with the Browns
has done no harm. For Keokuk Muir
ray worked his first game. He held
Galesburg to four hits, but issued five
passes.
First Game.
Although outhit almost 2 to ] the
Galesburg team was never in the run
ming In the initial fray because of
their loose playing in the first and
second innings James Blue Jacket,
sent in to get back some of the stuff
he lost in the first battle, was pounded
hard, but the hits were SO we'll
sprinkled through the nine rounds that
they did not get to break up the past
time
The game opened rather suspicious
ly for the visitors and reversed just
as quickly for those Indians. Eberts
led off with three base drive to right
field. The wind helped the ball ma
terially and kept 1t away from Ozark,
driving it out near the foul line.
Perched on third Eberts certainly look
ed dangerous, but Blue Jacket gave
great display of pitching by whiting
Fortman. Dalling and Blausser in the
order named
Galesburg failed to recover from
this awful jolt and did not get back
in the game until the fifth when
Hough's men scored the first run.
And in the meantime they did all they
could to spill the beans for MCGEE.
twirler who kept the Indians from
hitting but issued dangerous passes.
An Error to Open 1t.
Connie Bresnahan opened keokuk's
half by shooting skier high over
the shortstop's head The man in the
short field should have taken the ball,
for the wind carried it down almost
In his tracks Eberts came in for
the sphere and after getting under it
allowed the pill to escape him. Bres-
nahan stole second and went to third
on passed ball by Bruce Evans, this
being the first of three which Evans
allowed to escape him. Hilly was
given base on balls. Keokuk pulled
off the double steal on which Bresna-
han scored. Hilly went to second for
d steal. Dalling took a short throw
TO catch Bresnahan, but failed 10 get
the ball away from him Clark hit
one down to third which Blausser al
lowed to escape him and again Keo-
luk had a runner on third with no
one out Reichle hit to the pitcher
and Hilly tried to come home, but
was nailed at the plate. Ogle hit one
between third and short which was
good enough for a hit. Scanlon got
In front of the ball in deep short an
tried TO cut Clark off going TO third
The thrown ball hit Clark's body and
bounded on past the third baseman,
permitting the advanced runner to
score. McCafferty grounded to first
and Ed Reichle, now perched on
third, managed to sneak home on the
play. Harper went out, Scanlon to
first, with three runs already over.
Score Again in Second
But Keokuls was not content with
the big lead gained in the first inning
With Cavanaugh down Blue Jacket
singled TO center and Bresnahan fol-
lowed with drive to left. Hilly hit
to MCGEE and Blue Jacket was forced
at third. Bresnahan stole third for
his third stolen base and came home
on passed halls by Evans.
McGee-pitehed good gall during the