Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1913-06-03
SPEED SPENCER
TRIMS REGULARS
PINCH HITTER or THE DUMMIES
WHANas Two.sAckER THAT
WINS TUssLE.
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PUNISH GRIMES.

Winning Streak Of Clear Lake
Phsnom Abruptly Ends When
Hs 10 cIubbsd From the
Mound.
Cedar Rapids, June 2.--Again doing
MS favorlte stunt OF pinch hitting In
the ninth inning yesterday, Speed
spencer. Pa Hills utility man, club.
bed two Dagger through first base
territory, and thus won the game for
Cedar Rapids. The nnal count was
Cedar Rapids Ottumwa 4.
Also the Rabbit batters did the
unusual In knocking Mr. Grimes, OF,
tumwa's pitcher who Is supposed to be
big league material, out of the box In
the sixth inning. When Grimes SUR
rendered to the Bunny clubbers in that
sixth. the score was to 3 in favor OF
Cedar Rapids. Hence Grimes is dis
credited with losing the game. Crimes
Won every one of the seven games he
pitched prior to yesterdays affair.
The Bunnies broke his record and
gained the distinction of being the first
team to beat this supposed invincible
hurler who Is expected to make $4,000
by sale for Boss Ned Egan. Pitcher
Dunn finished the game for Ottdmwa,
but could not stop the onslaught Of the
Cedar Rapids batters.
The contest was another tight and
fighting game. making the fourth
holly contested battle between the
Dummies and the Speed> Boys. The
scoring did not begin until in the
fourth inning, Ottumwa this time
starting the tallies.
| Burns Stole Homo.
| Hofer had pitched three rounds In
manner equal to the work cf Grimes,
and the bugs began to expect pitch
ler's battle. But in the fourth Hofer
to the clubhouse for three bases, scor.
ing Kensel. House lined out. Burns
followed with a two base hit, scoring
Wall. Wise was out in grounder.
Holly walked.
Then the Speed Boys began to pull
their famous stunt Of stealing home.
While Chapman was batting, Burns
swiped the home plate, making the
third run. A few moments later Holly
tried the same stunt, but was ousted
by Catcher Mccarthy.
Ker replaced Hofer on the mound in
the NTH,
The Rabbits grabbed their first run
in the last half Of the fourth round
Smith hit, but was caught while lead
ing on on first. Lewis hit, but was
caught at second on Milligan's liner.
Dave being safe. Dave promptly
stole second. A hit by Brown brought
Milligan in with the first run.
In the fifth the Speed Boys donated
run to the Dummies by Kensel's err
ror. Schueler famed Spicer got to
first on the aforementioned kick Nc
Carthy famed. Pitcher Ker then pro-
ceeded to win his own game by hit
ting one to center, scoring Spicer. Ker
was caught at second on Smiths
grounder.
! And then came the excitement Of
the Rabbits knocking Grimes out Of the
box In the sixth. Lewis was out on a
fly but Milligan poled two base hit
to an unprotected spot between right
and center. Dave then stole third
base. Roy Brown hit hard one
through third, scoring Milligan.
| Tho Umpire Watched Second.
|
which also caused the fans to roast
Umpire Pflrmaa. Henry hit a long
one to left field, scored Brown, and
made three bases. Jumps. Pfrman,
however, called Henry out, claiming
that he did not touch second. Thus
Hank got single out Of q three bag
drive. Schueler grounded out.
The score was to 3 In favor Of
Cedar Rapids and the famous Grimes
was taken out OF the box. Boss Egan
tried him out in left field. Dunn be-
gan heaving for Ottumwa. Grimes,
however, was to jump into the lime
| light again, this time with mistake
lin the eighth inning when Ottumwa
tied the score.
In the eighth, Link. who succeeded
Chapman as catcher for Ottumwa,
started by tanning Grimes poled a
long one to the left field fence, and
succeeded in running to third, but
Jumps Pfirman was Watching and
called Grimes out for not touching
second Nolt got base on balls and
scored on Kensel's single. The game
was tie.
The Dummies had tight grip on
| the Speed Boys IN the ninth, allow
! ing no runs.
Brown and Spencer Hit.
In the exciting last half of the
ninth, Brown was up first He hit one
/ to center for two bases. Pa Hill or
dered his old sacrifice trick, and
Henry obeyed by bunting and ad-
vancing Brown to third; Henry, OF
course, was out at first. Schueler
J scratched out. Spicer was up, but
Manager Hill rushed to the bench
1 and ordered Speed Spencer to do the
pinch hit for Spicer. Speed whaled at
one and missed 1t foot This did
not discourage him, and when the
second came over Spencer dubbed Il
for drive Of terrific speed through
| first base territory. Brown scored and
Spencer took second. Browns run fin
ished the game.
Cedar Rapids ALB. R. H. Pc. A. &.
Smith ,3b ......... 4 0 0 3 0
Lewis, RI ......... o 2 O 0
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