The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1915-05-06
Pitchers Battle Goes to the
Dummies When McCulloch
Stumbles in Fifth
Inning.
PLAY ERRORLESS GAME
Indian Batters Unable to
Touch Offerings of Mel
linger-2,676 See
Game.
ISpecial to The Gate City.l

Especial to The Gate City.1
IBy J. V. Harrisl
CEDAR RAPIDS, May 6.-Nearis
frenty-seven hundred fans braved the
chilly breezes that blew across the
diamond at Bunny park wednesday
afternoon and cheered the members
OF Jimmy Hamilton's Dummies to the
most perfect season opener tnat
could be asked, so far as final result
was concerned This result was
ak to nothing triumph for the Bun
MES. each and every one OF the SIX
coming via the earned run route ana
being amassed, accumulated ana
piled up in an errorless battle.
Generally summed mp. the game
was nothing more nor less than
real, honest.to-g goodness pitchers Mt
tie between Lefty Mellinger. Idol OF
the local fans, and big Ed McCulloch,
the former having the edge through.
put the melee. Only temporary ihii
In the vigilance of the mighty Indian
Finger gave the Dummies their oppor-
tunity to clinch the contest and be IL
known that said Bunnies wasted not
\ second in taking full AID complete
advantage OF the aforementioned iuii-
Hamilton in feSo hoie-
The iuii came in the last half OF
the fifth inning and during the rally
that netted Eve of the Rabbits six
sailies. Manager Jimmy Hamilton
managed to make himself decidedly
solid with the fans and incidentally
assuming the hero mantle which mas
been carelessly draped over the forms
OF divers members OF his squad dur
ing the training season games
Jimmy's stunt was nothing less
than the polling Of red-hot, sizzling
two-base drive. with the bases loaded
This drive. coming with two out ana
after the count was three and two on
McCulioch's offerings to the Bunny
boss. served TO clean the bases OF the
trio who had inhabited them and
sent the fans wild as the total marker
bobbed to the four mark.
MeCuIiock Started Things.
McCulloch. himself, started the raj
" by issuing transportation to Billy
Collins to open the frame The ex-
Federal pilfered base No. 2, counted
when Jawn Fulton cracked a hot
grass cutter to the center sarden.
Augustus whitfield and Big Bill Lud-
veteran fans of the city by polling
grounder to left that sent Fulton to
third and the big backstop to Sec
ond. MellingeT tried valiantly to
win his own game but cracked
grounder to -Hollacher who pegged
Fulton at the plate
Park. another local diamond favor
tie, then filled the bases by drawing
a pass after which Hamilton staged
his daredevil stunt. MARI followed
the boss with a single that scored
FIVE runs and Brown brought the cur
tain down by swinging fruitiessly at
three Of McCulloch's offerings.
The other counter came in the
eighth when Hamilton drew a pass.
went to second on Marr's sacrifice,
took third on q wild pitch and tai
lied on Browns single to right.
Indians Were Helpless.
Only four lone bingles we're combed
off Mellinger's delivery and these
lucky batsmen. together with one
who drew pass, constituted the en-
tire Keokuk delegation which got on
bases. LeBeau got to first on q sin
gle in the opening round and Swick
reached the same station with a blow
in the fourth, but was thrown out
in attempting to steal.
In the fifth. Tom Gitin singled and
got to second on a sacrifice by Hol-
locher. but could get no farther. In
the next frame, Baum made use OF
four balls in getting to first. but was
thrown out moment later at sec.
ond on fielders choice. Baum al
so got on in the ninth by leading of
with single, but went down at sec
ond on Comstocks grounder to Aug
ustus. the latter expiring at Fulton
VILE, when LeBeau and Swick flew
out, respectively, to Collins and Mari.
Parade Was Staged
The only frills which indicated that
an opener was being staged were the
long auto parade prior to the game,
the band selections before the bat
tie and between sessions, the giving
out of host of Bunny booster SOU
venirs. and the work of the honorary
battery, composed of Mayor Roth and
the Rev. DR.. Burkhalter, which
started the actual conflict.
The score:
Cedar Rapids.
Alb. .H.P.O. A. E
Park. 2b ........... 3 1
Hamilton, 3b ...... 3 2 0
Mari, If ........... y