The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1914-05-25
Visitors Helpless Before Of
ferings of Mccullough Who
Comes Back Yesterday
in Superb Form.
lSMITHsoN IS HIT HARD
Tribes Clouts Are Bunched in
Fifth and Eighth Pounds
for Five Runs in
Each.

for Five Runs in
VI Each.
Bunching hits OF Smithson in the
IL NTH and eighth innings for FIVE runs
4 In each. the Indians won the game
& TINT marked the initial appearance
4 here OF the Clinton Pilots by IL to
/ score. 1t was case of too much
Il AfcColicugh for the visitors. Mack
holding them at his mercy all the
h way through, while on the other hand
\ II was case of too much Indians for
Smfthson who was unable to uncork
/ any of the sensational pitching he is
reported to have shown in previous
games this year
Smithson received very poor sup
r port in the field. six errors contribut-
ing to the siza of the locals score.
The game. however. would have gone
the same way il his team mates had
played errorless ball. Mccullough,
sitter having been routed from thu
\ two games he started while Burling-
ton was here, came back with all the
big league stuff in the world. whitfield
ten batters, and kept the Pilots sew
en- hits scattered all over the score
book.
Tribe Plays Good Baseball.
On top of that. the tribe played bet
ter baseball behind him than they
havs at any previous time this year.
The one error made by the locals was
Of no importance and had no bearing
on the result OF the game, Three
snappy double plays we're made. clear
ing OF ths bases when the Pilots
showed signs of wanting to count.
Had the fielding of the Pilots been
more perfect the Indians would not
have counted their one run in the
second inning, nor would they have
registered any OF the five made in the
fifth. All of the runs made in the
eighth. however. were clearly earned
and resulted directly from clean,
healthy hits.
Pilots Look Weak.
It was the opinion of many fans /
who saw ths game that the Pilots did /
not show halt the strength exhibited |
by the Burlington Red Sox during /
their engagement on the local lot i
Judging from this one game that opin- !
ion would seem sound. 1T is possible I
however, that the poor form of the .
visitors can be attributed to the fact !
that they were riding on the train the /
- 81, s,J,k
consequently in poor condition to /
play; the game.
AS for the scoring, that was started /
In the second inning by the Indians. /
After Gottschall and Abbott had ,
grounded out. Gifin strolled and Rog- /
erson got safely to first when Welsh ,
pulled wild heave. Sweet doubled /
over the head of the third baseman, |
scoring Gifin before Mccullough |
grounded out, MEME to Schiebner on
a hard chance through second. From
then until the fifth it looked as If the /
game might result one to nothing
Both pitchers were working well and
were receiving good support.
Elevation in the Fifth.
4 blow up came in the fifth, how
ever, that gave the tribe five runs
from three hits. 1t was started by
Sweet who dropped a fly into center /
field It looked like a sure death
through Nolt, but he dropped the ball !
Mccullough and Pennington singled, /
fine two hits landing Sweet on third +.
and filing the sacks Smlthson wab- !
bied long enough to give Jack free |
transportation, forcing in the first !
run. Hensling scratched an easy roll |
er 20 Welsh, but the ball went through |
him. coming to rest in TIL outfeld. |
Mccullough and Pennington scored on
.ne play. Gottschall struck out, but
Abbott hit safely to center, clearing
the bases. 1t was a question whether
Nolt's throw to the plate would have
caught Hensling had Fingal held to
tn. ball. The catcher dropped it,
however. and Abbott went on to sec
ond Gifin whiffedr and Rogerson went
ont. Welsh to Schiebner, ending the
period.
Pilots Count Once.
The Pilots counted once in their
half of the eighth, Hubbartt hitting
safely into right field. and F'ingal fol-
lowing with another in the same spot. !
Hubartt reaching third Smithson laid !