The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1912-08-06

Eight and one-half innings Of spas
modic baseball playing featured the
opening game Of the disastrous road
series finished Sunday in Muscatine,
when the Indians divided a double
header with the stragg cling Muscatels.
Some good baseball and some bad
baseball in which all hands took part,
resulted in the home team taking the
war paint off the Hannibal aggrega-
ton in eight and half rounds with
two run lead over the visitors. Keo-
kuk chased, dumped and spilled seven
men across the home platter, while
the visitors were putting five over by
the same means.
It was even up on the bingles, but
the smacks uncorked by Queisser's
gang came at a time when they had
the desireed effect. The smacking of
the ball saved the day for the home
team, for numerous messes Of oppor-
tunities threatened for time to
break UP the game. Both teams spill
ed themselves all over the lot at
times, and then at other times re-
formed and played good average ball.
The Bellies chased Hollingsworth from
the center of the diamond when they
got their heavy artillery going, but
Couchman, who was bombarded gen
erously and disastrously, stuck to the
ship until the game was finished.
Hannibal started It's scoring ma
chine in the second inning. Brown
opened the round with a double to
Jones territory, but Hollingsworth
put his light out at third base when
O'Mara rolled an easy one to the cen
ter Of the diamond. Painter was pass
ed in order to give the Queisser gun
ners chance at Henderson, Woertf
and Couchman, but a foozle spoiled
the good intentions. Henderson sho,
one down to Bresnahan and the latter
mussed it. He recovered the bal
and threw to Queisser. but in the
meantime O'Mara had scooted tt
third and when Bresnahan threw tx
first, broke for home Queisser failed
TO hold the throw. but recovered
the ball and heaved 1t home to catcl
O'Mara, but Jeffries fell down ant
the run was registered.
The Hannibal run was a signal TO
a Keokuk effort, and 1t came in tn
Indian half of the round. With on
down. Hilly tripled to right and score,
when Ginter raised a high one t
Smith in right
The Indians jumped into the lea
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men across the pan After Jeffrie
had skied out to center, Hollingswort
Soaked one in the middle for tire
bases. Bresnahan drew base an
Grogan hunted Hollingsworth home
Bumper Jones then uncorked
ripping triple that counted Bresnaha
and Grogan, and the Indians settle
down with nice little lead.
Painter and his crew, aided by som
liberal swatting, tied the count in tn
fifth. Woerth got on by the swa
route, and Couchman got in front &
fast one. Smith lived at first Will
Woerth was being thrown out at thirt
but Milligan smacked one for thre
sacks, scoring Couchman and Smith
f1llly reldSeu tne Dali TO GottSchai
who made bad peg to Bresnahan q
third in an attempt to catch MilligaI
and the latter came on home when tn
ball rolled to the bleachers.
An error by Painter and health
smacks by Grogan and Queisser, ser
two more Indian runs across In til
sixth, and Sloan, who had gone In t
save the day when Hollingsworth fal
cred, cracked out single needed /
put Jeffries within striking distanc
Of home base The lone tally made b
The visitors in their half of the eight
was the result of two doubles /
succession by Brown and O'Mara.
The score:
keokuk