The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1915-07-12
Eqan's Team Takes TWO Sensational
Games From Boyie's Battling
Indians at Muscatine
Yesterday.
B1xBY LOSES HIS FIRST
Watkins land Wagner Star In Pitch
ers' Battle in Opening Game
Best Of Season at
~ Muscatine.

MUSCATINE. Iowa. July 12.-The
Muskies demonstrated just why they
are leading the Central association
yesterday by grabbing both ends OF
a double header from Keokuk, Win
ming the first, 2 to 1 and the second,
| 3 to 2. The two games rank among
the best seen on the local park this
year. Both were thrillers and not
until the last man was gone in each
game was the result assured.
The Muskies had ample opportun-
| ity to demonstrate their power in
every phase Of the game during the
I,contests. In the first, they wound up
a great pitchers battle with sensa-
tional rally in the ninth while on the
defense they performed without
| flaw, staging a succession OF dazzling
| fielding stunts that kept the crowd
on edge every moment of the way.
In the second, they demonstrated that
they possessed the punch by batter
ing Bixby's offerings to the far cor
ners with total lack of respect for
the reputation of the ex-Terre Haute
twirler, who had not lost a game in
the Central association until he fell
before the Musky bats. At that the
Egans threw away numerous chances
for runs in the second game which
combined with a pair of bad decisions
| by Jeffries, kept the score low.
i First 10 Pitchers Duel.
Wagner and Watkins hooked up in
lovely pitchers battle in thg open
ing act of TIE matinee. A three base
blow by Hasbrook in the second
round, followed by sacrifice fly of
Shanley's. scored the first Musky run
and the counter looked as big as
church until Tommy Giffin connected
with one Of Wagner's sizzlers for two
bases In the fifth. the Indian first
baseman scoring on two successive
outs. After that, active hostilities
ceased until the ninth, when Runser
| led off with a clean blow Reinhart
attempting to sacrifice, popped up
one of Watkins fast ones but the In
dian twirler had run in to take the
bunt and the ball Flew over his head
for hit. Runser went out by the
force route on Hank ODay's drive to
the pitcher but Reinhart took third
when Harvey threw low to Giffn, at
tempting to halt O'Day. Hasbrook
proving himself one more in the
pinch, hunted perfectly-so perfect
ly that Watkins never attempted to
stop Reinhart at the plate as the
Musky center gardener came over
with the winning run.
Musk'es Take Lead.
In the second game, the Muskies
demonstrated the ways and means of
coming from behind after the In
| dams had scored one in the second
round. Early in the game, the To-
calls began to bruise Bixby and it be-
came evident that it was only ques-
ton Of time before they should take
the lead. They tied the count in the
third inning, forged ahead in the
fourth and put on the clincher in the
sixth. Jack Ross Jared we'll until
| the fatal eighth, when a base on
balls, single and a double scored a
run. Baum's two base blow spelled
| curtain for Ross and with Hol-
locher, a southside hitter up, lack.
ert was sent in cold to stop the raj
! ly. Zackert forced the Indian short.
stop, who has made a distinct hit
| with his work here, to hit a short one
which Hruska f1elded to first. lack
| finished the game withuot trouble. a
double play with O'Day, Augustus
land Hasbrook in the limelight clos
ing the game.
The fielding Of Runser, Reinhart
and Augustus were sensational In
the seventh round of the second
game. Reinhart had all the put-outs,
two Of them coming after Reiny lad
taken a long sprint for the ball. Rein
hart's perfect peg to Runser cut off
the speedy Hollocher in the first
inning of the same contest. In
the two games 'Runser had twelve
chances without a semblance of a
bobble, while Augustus fielded four
teen in the same length of time. Ray
Augustus was worrying under diff
culties as a lame pedal bothered him
greatly. Hollocher and Lowther
starred in the field for the visitors
The scores: