Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1913-07-23
TWO EXCITING GAM E:s.

The following Is a GdeetAled ac
count OF Two. or the, most interesting
games played on the Manchester anc
hyan diamonds this season.
Joe Sramek's hustling local team
split even on their two games OF the
past week, dropping q hard tousnt
game to .Vesey Of the Delhi team
on the local grounds on FRIDAY, then
taking sweet revenge by swamplng
Ryan on Sunday by a score Of . to
o. The Manchester boys played good
Dal in both games and deserved
Just what they got out OF the two
games--an even break.
"Beanpole" Vesey. with more speed
than any other pitcher hereaDouts,
made the locals like It on Friday.
With perfect control he made eleven
Of the locals fan and only four hits
were gathered from his dazzling
in the fourth inning when Geo. NAL
ven walked, stole second, took third
on an infield out and scored on Ee
Seeymour's single to right. Deshl,
tied it up in the sixth when Jones
scored on walk, steal and Mich
aeps single. The winning run came
in the eighth when Michaels walk.
ed, stole second and third and scor-
ed on Heitimiller's safe blow to-
left. Vesey's pitching, Heitimiller s.
hitting and a sparkling catch by the
Delhi left fielder were features.
Ryan, still smarting from the sting
Of an earlier defeat at the hands OF
Sramek's boys, imported southpaw
pitcher from Cedar Rapids in an ef-
fort to take a game from their riy-
ais. The Manchester team "kidded' 7, b
kopecky along for three innings and
then made him look like an ordi-
nary tosser by punching hits, run
ming wild. on the bases and taking
advantage of raw errors by O'Brien,
who plays ball largely with his
vocal organs and other erratic mem
bers Of the pugiiistic base bail team.
4 Manchester's first run came in
the fourth inning. Geo. Malven
singled through short. stole second,
went to third on an infield out
and scored on a short passed ball
by j. Donnelly. Charles Malven scor-
ed in the fifth on his hit, steal and \
an error by, "'Noisy" O'Brien. Ben
Seymour kept O'Brien and Kopecky /
guessing in the sixth by Singing,
stealing second, going to third on
an infield out and then stealing home
cleanly. The eighth inning was a
corker and put the game on ice. With
one out, Pentony singled, D. Malvens
lined to center, Geo. Malven doubled
to left scoring Pentony, B: Seymour (
singled to right and George register
ed, Ben was caught trying to take
third on Burbride's single to right
and G. Seymour fa4ned. ending the
rally. sf3i !5s sss
Ryan never had a chance to score
until the ninth, when an error by
Geo. N1alven and a base on balls put
men on second and third after Ora
tor O'Brien had rolled out. Mason
tightened up and struck out batter
and made the next one loop an easy
fly to G. Seymour in left.
4 On tomorrow afternoon, a team OF
old time stars will attempt to down
the Sramek bunch at the local
Here is their lineup: Bob
by AAen and Otto Knaack, catchers;;
Geo. Clemans, H. Il. Ram and B.Y
Young, pitchers; f. w. Hoag and
H. Bronson, first base: L. Matthews, 3
second base; Geo. Malven shortstop;
HaroId Dunham, third base: DAM
Leehan, left field; Howard Drew, CEN.
ter field; r. H. Hoyt and F. Is. n
Blair, right field. Phe game is to Il
at o. clock. Il, Il Fl.
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