The Denison review. [volume] (Denison, Iowa) 1867-current, 1913-08-06
CHAMPS LOSE
TWO GAMES
Manila Brings Good Team and De-
the Local Team Thursday to the
Tune of 3 to I.
MO. VALLEY IMPORTS TEAM
Last Game Of Weeks Series Goes to
Missouri Valley to 2-Gcod
Crowds See Games.


away with four of the six games OF
the series played on the local dia.
mond chautauqua week and there
seems to be no question about our
having the fastest and best all-home
team in western Iowa this season.
Until the chautauqua series was
played the locals had been defeated
but once and the teams that played
here last week were more than an
xious to drag our boys down to de-
feat. The local team did not see it
that way, however, and added four
more scalps to the string and still de-
clare that they are the champs of
western Iowa.
Denison dropped one game to Ma
nilla by the close score of to 1 on
Thursday afternoon and the other
game went to Missouri Valley Friday
afternoon by the score of to 2.
Manila came over to the county
capital with the intention of getting
our scalp for they had a grievance
against us for the bad walloping they
received at our hands on the fourth of
July. The news reached Denison
early in the week that the ball bugs
of our neighboring town had raised
$3.50 to organize team that would do
the business and they had an organi-
cation on hand of professional and
semi-professional men that were hard
to beat. The local team put up a
stiff game for the visitors, but luck
was against them and the game was
lost by close margin of to 1. This
was the first hard game the champs
had played, but they took the defeat
good naturally and thought Manila
won the laurels in good clean style.
Missouri Valley landed on Denison
for another victory Friday afternoon
and won a hard contest by the score
of to 2. This team was also loaded
for Denison and several crack players
had been secured to drag Denison
down to defeat. The game would
have been tie at the end of the ninth
inning if few errors had not been
made by Denison players.
Everyone turned out to see the
games last week and one would never
have thought that there were as many
ball fans in Denison. Business was
practically at a standstill Thursday
and Friday afternoons for proprietors
and clerks were so interested in the
games that they laid work aside in or
der to be on hand and help cheer the
home boys to victory. The ladies also
showed their loyalty to the home team
for the grand stand was packed each
afternoon with women and girls who
shouted until they were hoarse.
Wednesday Game.
The game Wednesday afternoon was
played with Dow City, but the nine
from there was not in Denison's class
and from the very first it was appar-
ent that it was Denison's game. 1t
was a poor exhibition of ball from be-
ginning to end and was no more than
a practice game for our fast team.
Kulberg pitched an exceedingly fine
game and the Dow City boys seemed
mystifed with his speed and curves.
The first score was chalked up in
the first half of the second inning
when Lusk of Dow City, who got to
first on base on balls, managed to
cross the home plate.
Denison failed to score in this in
ming, but in the third they landed on
the Dow City pitcher in manner that
he will rot soon forget and every bat
ter was able to find the ball. Seven
scores were chalked up in this inning,
much to the delight of the spectators,
and poor Dow City went all to pieces.
Their players chased flies until they
were worn out and the locals thought
IL was IlLuc " Coll d ud1I, 1OI every
player had chance at bat in this in
ming, so Mote knocked a slow one
that was fielded by Anderson and was
thrown out at first, making the first
man out Richardson was tagged out
on third and Wolf struck out.
Dow City failed to get another man
across the home plate throughout the
remainder of the game, but Denison
started another balloon ascension in
the fifth inning and ran in four scores
and in the last half of the eighth tai
lied another.
Score by innings:
Dow City .....O'1 0 % 0 0 0 o. 1
Denison .......O OF % % 1 *-12
The lineup was as follows:
Denison-
Richards SnOrtStOp
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