The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1914-07-09
FA|RCLOTH LOSES
PITCHERS BATTLE
Twelve Innings Necessary TO Decide
Argument Between rags"
and MitcheII-Score
to 1.
BUT ONE ERROR COSTLY
StofeSs Mun of Thrown Ball In Last
Round Gives Pilots Chance
to Count Deciding
Score.
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CLINTON, Iowa. July Bob Nit
chell won a great pitchers battle
Wednesday afternoon, in the first
game o. the Keokuk series, from Fair
cloth by a score OF 2 to 1. 1t took
twelve innings OF good base ball to
decide the game and while Keokuk
made five errors only one was costly.
blu. that one cost the game
Mitchell had the better of the argu-
ment all OF the way through, though
Faircloth would probably have made
better showing with the team put
ting up a stronger defensive game
than 1t did Both pitchers were tight
wads when IT came to pinch and on
several occasions both teams had men
as far as third, with one Gown and
yet were unable TO shove run across.
Outside OF the brilliant pitching OF
both tyirlers there we're not many
features as the pitching was SO good
as to overshadow the good play OF
the ether members OF the teams.
stofer's Error Costs Game.
The game was broken up In the
twelfth when Stofer mussed an easy
chance to retire the runner after the
ball had been feIded perfectly by
Hensiing. Nolt started this inning off,
by going out, pitcher to first WEIGH
drove pretty single to left. Hub
bartt drove the ball to Hensling who
felded II cleanly and threw to Stofer
for the OUT at second. stofer dropped
the ball and both hands were safe.
Echliebner was the man OF the hour
and brought IN WEIGH with hot liner
Between third and short.
Faircioth Tightens.
After the second inning when the
Pilots scored their first run, Faircloth
frightened and while men would get
on bases by errors he would tighten
and strike out the next batter, or
would hold them to puny fly or
grounder To the infeld. On four oc.
cations Mitchell was up with chance
to win the game when two men were
down. but each time he failed, Fair
cloth sending him back to the bench
on as many OCCASIONS. His other trip
to the plate he hit the fence for
two Dagger. Scbliebner had chance
TO win the game In the tenth but fail
ed. with two men down and man on
third he took three healthy swings at
fha pellet and went to his position on
the field.
Mitchell was equally effective
against the visitors when he was in
the hole, which was very seldom on
account OF the good backing and his
own magnificent pitching, only In one
inning did they gather more than one
hit and that was in the fourth when
they scored their only run OF the en-.
tire game. He allowed only three
hits the last eight innings and walked
but two during the entire session.
Pilot TaIIies.
AZ The first run came in the second IN.
ming when 1t looked like million
would be showed across. Schliebner
opened the round with hit to left
Simmons laid down perfect bunt
and beat It out. both men being safe
Scanlon sacrificed both men along a
station. MEME coaxed a base on
balls out of Faircloth and Darrow hit
long sacrifice fly to Wetzel in left.
Mitchell struck out.
The second and winning tally came
in the twelfth. Nolt, first up, hit a
liner to Faircloth who handled It with
difficulty WEIGH hit to left and Hub
bartt grounded to Hensling who
threw to Stofer to catch WEIGH, but
Stofer dropped the ball and both run
ners were safe. Schliebner then put
the game on fee when he hit hard
frounder through the space between
Gottschall and Hensline.
How They Scored.
The visitors first and only run
came in the fourth. HensIlng opened
this frame with a two Dagger against
the left field fence, and took third on
Dail's infield out, Scanlon to Schlieb-
ner. Stofer struck out, but Marshall
was Johnny with a clean
single to center, scoring Hensling.
The tabulated score:
Clinton.
ALB. R. H. Pc. A. F.
Nolt. RI ........ 8 0 0 1 0 o
WEIGH, 3b ........ G / 1 8 2 0