Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1914-05-07
ANSDNS LOSE FIRST
GAME 70 burlington
BATTLE ROYAL MARKS OPENER
BEFORE REcoRp.eREAk.
ING CROWD.
TAYLOR FACES MILLER
IN INITIAL CONTEST
Periods Of vxiIdness Contribute to Loss
81 Gams-Wild Pessins Also Factor
ID Deciding Issue-Darrew Leads
Anssn Braves With War Ciub-oHi
ciai Attendance at Game, 1928.
Special to Times Republican.

| Burlington, May Three thousand,
etwo hundred thirty-three bowling
rabid fans watched the Burlington
Central association team take the
| opening from the newly admitted An
sons Of Marshaltown Wednesday aft
ernoon by the close score Of to 2
| The game was q corker from start tc
the finish, and the fans who attended
went away well satisfied as to the
prospects Of the local club for the pen
nant fight.
"Rowdy' Miller was sent to thu
mound for the locals, and after Mayol
Cross had hurled the first ball. which
was called a strike in spite of the FACT
that it struck the ground in front o.
the plate, had the visitors at his none
too tender mercies. He moved clever
of them down by the strike-out route
and allowed only seven OF them to con-
meet safely with the ball
Taylor in Mid Season Form.
| Each team secured seven blows, but
the ones for the home team came when
| hits were at a premium and were likely
| to cause runs. Taylor, for the Ansons,
was effective. and on several occas-
! ions Lalled out Of bad holes. He was
calm, and pitched ball in mid-season
form. He was hot hit hard, but was
hit at opportune times.
He showed a disposition to be a
trifle wild at times and walked three
men. In nearly every case it was
some such thing that started the rally
that resulted in runs for Burlington.
In reality the earned runs stood l to
in favor Of the locals.
Andreen pegged bad several times.
and allowed the local base runners TO
get an advantage that in one case re-
suited III an extra run. Lowther was
taking a long lead off second when
Singleton hit and scored him. This
could not have happened had the rum
ner boon kept close to tho bag.
Harmon in Hero Role.
Harmon easily played the stellar
role of the entire afternoon. He
speared several out of the air that
looked like sure hits, and his pegging
and judgment had much to do with the
final outcome Of the contest. y
Burlington secured one hit in each Of
the first four innings and three in the
seventh, while Marshalltown ran theirs
out two in the first, two in the third.
two in the eighth. and one in the ninth.
barrow Leads Ansons' Attack.
The Ansons secured their first tally
in the fourth frame, when Foster
opened the inning. The first sacker
flied out to Strong. barrow singled
to center and went to third when
Singleton let the blow 20 thru his legs.
Richards slammed one to third, and
Lowther started to peg to f1rst but
changed his mind in time to catch OAR
row between third and the plate. The
runner was chased back and forth a
few times and was finally called safe
on third when Lowther dropped the
ball. Vieu singled and scored Darrow.
He tried to steal second and was sue
cessful in the attempt. as Harmon
sent the peg back to Rolleg in time
to cut off Richards who had tried to
come home on the throw to second.
Daley ended the frame by flying out.
The other tally for the visitors came
in the eighth when Miller hit Steven
son, the first man up, and followed by
giving Andreen free pass. Taylor
singled and scored Stevenson, advanc-
ing the runner a peg. Keminski
singled, making it two on bases with
none down. Foy er was an easy out
to Manush. and. barrow lined out a
fly in deep center to Singleton who
caught the ball and made perfect peg
clear to the plate to shut OF the rum
ner who had tried to score on the
fly. The score:
MARSHALLTOwN.