The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1913-06-01
H|TTERS RIGHT ON
DECORATION DAY
Flfty-three Hits Was the sum Total
for the two Games
Friday After
noon.
WIN FIRST; LOSE OTHER
McGil Showed Deal of Glass in
the First While French and
senec Were Bats
man Marks.

Senec Were Bats
man Marks.
Fate decreed that Keokak und Ke-
vance should split even on the duo
bill Decoration day afternoon. When
Joe jenkins, the Indian catcher knock
ed long fly to the left fielder as the
last man at bat in the ninth inning of
session number two, 1t was fast get
ting dusk and the hour was showing
along toward seven. Base ball crazy
fans lifted and stretched after four
hours of the stuff that stirs souls,
then went home but half satisfied.
Fifty-three safe hits were bingled
out in the two games and if there
ever was swatfest on in the dan.
town, 1t was Friday p. m. Reverend"
McGill sailed along very smoothly in
the first game, the Boilcrmakers
touching him for nine safeties, but
only three runs were made altogether
/ by the iron Founders. Jimmy Drohan,
the old timer who went down to
Washington and then went back with
Pennington because he didn't feel at
home anywhere else, felt a dozen
honest slaps and seven runs were
torn from his fragmentary offerings.
1t was the first appearance of Lord
Muncaster Pennington in Keokuk this
season and the bugs gave him a re-
ception and a half. Penn has lost
some of his crabid nature and didn't
show his teeth in white rage as he
formerly does. There was a continue
GUS smile OF self satisfaction playing
about the corners of his dark lamps
when five vicious raps from the deliv-I
cry of Boy Seneff netted as many
runs in the eighth inning of the hor-
rible second 60. Even though Keokuk
got thirteen hits off Caldwell in that
nightmare, three measley runs was
all they could decorate the score
board with.
Home Hikers In First Game.
Boss Geo. Manush made tracks for
home after being walked in the first
inning of game the first. Miller, Jen-
kins and Kline rammed away for a.
base apiece and the catcher scored.
In the third inning, jenkins who did
himself proud on the hit stuff during
both games, walloped two Dagger
to center; Tommy Roman lived when
the fielders tried to catch jerks, but
muffed. Hilly did the square thing by
getting a clout to center garden and
1t was an easy matter for the recelv-
| er and second baseman to chase home
ward.
I Gentleman Jack. the little short
stop, who usually makes an error or
two, played swell ball Friday. When
the lad soaked the pellet for triple
in the fourth, there was cry of Joy
from the stands. Sympathetic breaths
went out, however, when Jacky was
caught running to the plate, the CEN
ter fielder for the Penny outfit max
ing a peach of whip just In time to
nip the runner fairly.
"Home Run Tommy"
| There never could have been more
surprise than at one dead moment
when Tommy Roman picked up his
! choice willow and with the ease OF
| Hans Wagner, clouted one out over
| left field fence, fair as you make EN-.
| 1t was the second time the stunt has
been pulled this year, Curtis, the
| Muscatine center fielder banging one
| over about the same spot, two or
three weeks ago Tommy ambled
home like peaceful sheep and re-
ceived the plaudits Of the multitude.
The pity OF the whole business was
/ that there didn't happen to be full
! house when the hit was made, but
that grief Is partly relieved by the
/ fact that Keokuk won the first game.
! Not to be outdone by an Indian,
! Andreen, the carrot topped catcher of
| the Kewaneeites knocked one over in
i the same chanell which f1oated that CT
Romans. The second home run OF the
afternoon was recorded without hest
tation. There happened to be one
man on base when Andreen got his
| beauty.
The only time during the second
game that looked like a win for Keo-
kuk was the seventh when Miller and
Manush got a three Dagger and dou-
! BILE, respectively Both scored on Jen.
kins' single and the crowd had high
hopes that the lead Kewanee had
would be overcome and passed Stuff
looked decidedly off though when Lin
derbeck, Hubartt, Nickel. AndreenI