The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1913-08-17
KEOKUk SUFFERS
DOUBLE DEFEAT
Cedar Rapids Worked Havoc with
"eiii' Whittaker's Bunch Of
Grapes in the First
WANTED TO HEAvE BOTH
Kline Used for Six Innings in tho
Second Game and Gets Away
Well-6unnies Have Some
Ty cobbs.
Especial to The Gate City.]
BY JOHN HYNEk.

Especial to The Gate City.1
BY JOHN HYNEk.
: CEDAR RAPIDS, Ia Aug. 16.-Paid |
attendance yesterday, not including
COS ladies who were admitted free but
paid for grandstand seats. 1,1o6 Total |
paid attendance, 59,4SS.
Heavy and opportune hitting, expert
bunting, Cobb-style base running, to |
getner with very tight heaying by
Tornado Gray and Babe Hawkins,
and exceptional fielding by the whole
team won a double header for the Rab-
bits Friday afternoon, Keokuk losing
the first battle by the count of to
and the second by shutout score of
3 to 0. The first game went the regu-
lar nine innings but the second was
only six inning contest, three frames
being subtracted on account of the In
tense heat. at the request of Manager
Belden Hill. Manager Manush agreed
on the intense heat argument and was
willing to play only five innings.
The noteworthy feature was the de.
feat of Bill Whitaker, star hurler OF
the Indian club. Whitaker is the
pitcher who shut out Waterloo in a.
twenty-five inning double header and
allowed only five hits at Waterloo a
few days ago. Comedy Bill was pos
sessed of the ambition to heaye both
games against Cedar Rapids and to
break his own record. The Rabbits,
however, walloped him SO strenuously
from the very start that Bill was ex.
hausted as pitcher in the first game,
and played shortstop in the second
contest. Third Baseman Kline pitch
ed the second game for Keokuk.
Tornado Gray did remarkable
mound work for the Rabbits in the
first half of the double bill. He was
somewhat loose In the first inning,
and allowed the Redskins to tally
once on base on balls and two base
hit After that he settled down, held
the Indians to no runs and allowed
only one hit in each of the following
seven innings and none In the last
frame
Babe Hawkens pitched the second
game of six innings in a big league
style. He was found for only one hit,
this being low pop-up fly behind the
pitcher. which the infielders could not
reach in time. Babe. with the assist
ance of extraordinary support, did not
allow an Indian to reach as far as
second base during that second game
Only five men reached first, two Of
these being forced out at second on
Hawkens' throw to Wambsganss.
Ned Smith was the batting star of
the day Out of total of six times up,
he had five hits, including three base
drive. He also had sacrifice and
three stolen bases.
The first score came to the Indians
In the first inning. After Seneff struck
out, Manush walked. He went to
third on Jacks double. Corkhill
grounded to Ward, and Ward failed to
handle the ball quickly enough to stop
the hit-and-run play completely, Man
usch scoring, but Corkhill being
thrown out at first. Jenkins skied out
to Roy Brown.
The Redskins looked dangerous in
tie second. Hilly walked, but was
ousted at second on double play on
Kline's grounder to Ward, Kline being
retired at first. Wolverton doubled
and Whitaker was struck by a pitch
ed ball. Both persisted when Seneff
skied out to center.
The Rabbits started scoring in the
second inning. Roy Brown was out ON
a fly to left. Buster Brown was safe
when Jack kicked his groander at
short. Buster took third on Mullins
single. and scored on McCartEy's
sacrifice fly. Gray famed.
Tho Second Game.
Although defeated by a lopsided
score in the first, the Redskins did not
lose heart. and came back in great
fighting style for the second game,
making vigorous attack in the first
inning. Babe Hawkins, however, was
in good form and repulsed the Injuns
without allowing any dangerous situa.
tions.
In that first-inning attack Seneff got
| to first when Mullin muffed an easy
throw. Manusch tried to sacrifice, but
Hawkins fielded the ball in elegant
style, forcing Seneff out at second.
Then Jack hunted, and Hawkins
again fielded the ball, forcing Manush
out at second. Hawkins finished the
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