Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1913-04-15
GRIMES POLED
/. HOMER FOR GAME
YOUTHFUL FLAPPER WHANGEo
THE BIGGEST HIT OF THE
GOING SUNDAY.
MUCH BASEBALL SEEN
Des Moines Crew Was Inferior 20
Esan's Champions, But Latter
Had Hard Time Winning,
6 to B.

| In that good old fashioned way, but
without any request from the audience
B. Grimes, the Austin, Mimi, abolisner
put the kibosh on the touted DEF
Moines flock Sunday with q wnane
over deep left-center fence. After tnii
unusual display of pole proclivities, one
is coaxed to the belief that the II
front of Grimes name means biooie
The home run soak came In the eigntn
frame and enabled Ottumwa to span1
the Western league outfit by the score
Of 6 to s. The blow Of the youthful
! Mr.. Grimes redeemed his one ohense
that of working slowly on the bunt o.
Fancy Free, the short-stopper OF tne
enemy crowd, which hardness enabled
Des Moines to knot the count OF all
in that same old eighth.
| The game was far from br1sk en-
gagement, and a gink with half an eye
| could perceive that Ottumwa had 1t on
the capital city club from the start. II
is true that Fairweather's flock gal
loped away with a lead but it Is also
true that perfect play on the part OF
, the home spuns would have prevented
this. There was an epidemic OF mum.
Ing from the local lights, but the
statistics of the tussle show that
Egan's endeavorers out-hit and out err
rored the visitors.
Featuring the afternoons JOY was
first of all, the whale of wallop by
the garrulous Grimes; a pair OF nice
short stopping acts by Edwin Wise,
and beauty running catch by Kare-
less Kline, the gink in our midsection.
Mr.. Nolt and Mr.. Wolfe OF the invaders
displayed more worthy of the title OF
baseball players than any Of the
guests.
Lefty Lorenzen hurled three rounds
with moderate success, and Ned then
Obliged the 900 bugs with little touch
of old days by permitting Gregory with
Link as his receiver, !, to work two
rounds, The appearance of Frank and
Joe was hailed with delight. Blooie
Crimes took up the burden in the sixth
for the balance Of the distance and got
credit for the win.
NoIt Registered First.
The one Des Moines athlete that
Ned's eyes were reveted on was the &C.
complished young collegian named
Nolt Mr.. Nolt started the fray with
a. walk, and his second show of base
ball worth was making two bags on
Siglin's sacrifice He realized that
Lefty Lorenzen would overlook cover
ing third when Wall tieloed Siglin's
bunt, and Nolt's nimble shanks lost no
time in speeding to the off-corner.
When Ewalt Slapped to Wise, Nolt was
too near home for Eddie to head on,
and thus was Des Moines' first score
registered. Kensel evened up things
when he lived on Frees error and
chased to third on Wallis we'll placed
tap to right. Wise poled the run home
with a single to center. Wolfe opened
the second with vicious drive to
Wise, and Free walked. The runners
then pulled double steal. Gavin
skied to Chapman, but Seibert soaked
with might to left for Wolfe's tally.
Northrup whitfield, giving Nolt an OPP
portunity to whang In pair Of runs.
The hitter spanked on loft to Kolls,
who graciously permitted the ball to
ooz through his anxious paws, while
Free and Seibert likewise oozed home.
Nolt was nipped stealing third. Chap
man pedelled home with Ottumwa's
second score in No. 2. Sheldon's er-
ror started 1t and KensePs double to
left paved the balance Of the way for
Chappie.
Flock Tied Count In Fifth.
The natives knotted the count in the
fifth, despite the discouraging begin
ming of House, who committed his
second Whit. Wall reversed the order
of things by blazing double to right,
and Wise reaped the run with single
to short center Kline was kracked In
the vertebrae, but died minute later
on Schliebner's spank to Free Wise,
however, waited at third until Hollis
registered safety to center for the
tying run. Des Moines was easily
handled until the eighth, which Shell
don Slapped open with single. Wolfe
sacrificed his mate to second and third
was a port of safety when Wall drop
ped Links perfect peg which arrived
in advance of Sheldon. Frees easy
dump was handled poorly by Crimes
and Sheldon scored Des Moines' fifth
and last run. Kline and Chapman
evened the count on the formers triple
and Chappies sacrifice to Nolt, and
Grimes had the distinction of redeem
ing his error and winning the tussle
with his delicious foater over the
fence.
Sundays Score.
ottumwa- ABB. r. H. Pc. A. E.
Kensel, 2b ........ 1 l o.
House, RI .........5 0 0 o 0 o.
Wall, 3b .......... l 2 2 2