The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1914-09-21
WARSAW GRABS BIG
GAME OF YEAR 81
Hamilton Defeated in Game Here for.
Championship Of Western Illinois,
Before Large
Crowd.
GAME CLOSE TILL END
Winner In Doubt Until Last Man
Down-Warsaw Team Draws
Prize Purse OF
500.
GAME CLOSE TILL END

Hamilton and Warsaw citizens came
to Keokuk practically enmasse yester.
day to watch their respective baseball
teams battle for the championship OF
western Illinois, and incidently ngnt
for purse of 800. The spectators
played as big part in the game as
did the players. 1t was fight Tor
supremacy between the two towns
across the river as much as contest
between the boys on the field. The
game ended 8 to In favor OF the
Warsaw team.
There have been very few times
during the baseball season just past
that the park here has accommodated
rs large crowd as 1t did YESTERDAY
Chances Of seeing real old-fashioned
baseball game drew out many OF the
fans Of this city. From Warsaw ana
Hamilton the bugs came in droves,
squads and syuadrons. When they
reached the park you didn't have to
look to see they were there. You
could hear them five blocks away.
They were real fans Of the old school
the Kind you seldom see at league
baseball game.
Taking everything into considera-
ton the game was we'll played and
but few mechanical errors were made
1t was anybody's money until the
last man was down in the Hamilton
side of the ninth. Probably the most
obvious weakness of both teams was
In their hitting. Neither pitcher had
much to boast of in the way of con-
troll. but the batters failed to wait
'em OUT and in consequence but three
walks were issued during the day.
A single by Dickey, the Keokuk
boy playing third for Warsaw, at an
cpportune moment in the seventh in
ming, drove in the run that sewed up
the game for Warsaw A sacrifice fly
by the same lad in the third also gave
Warsaw their first run. 'Dick' played
a remarkably good game around the
difficult corner. accepting eight
chances, some of them extremely hard
ones that came at critical times.
But Dickey was not the only man
that played a good game. Turner.
Hamilton short, Hiser, Stephens and
Fairfax also looked good in their re-
spective positions Nap" Ruckles.
Warsaw slabster, carried away the
batting honors Of the day with walk
and single. scoring two runs Nap"
whiffea eight batters while his oppo-
nent, Cooey, moved down three.
The Warsaw team was the first to
score, leading off with run in the
third frame. Hisers error on throw
from short allowed Stephens, first
man UP in the inning. to reach first
safely. He went to second on pass
ed ball following which RucKies pick
ed Cooey's pocket for free transporta-
ton Kraushaar hit safely, congest
ing the paths Ringo1d forced Steph
ems at the plate, Ruckles reaching
third from where he counted on
Dickeys sacrifice fly to LEFT.
Hamilton was held safely until the
fifth when they went ahead by grab
bling two runs Kane singled and was
followed by Hasford who hit through
Ringold, putting Kane on thirc and
himself reaching second. Cooey hit
to short but Kane beat the throw to
the plate by an inch. Prather whitfield,
but Mekemson singled, driving Has
ford in with the SECOND run. That
ended the scoring for Hamilton. They
threatened to count again in the sixth