Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1915-04-16
Ahsons TO MEET DUMMIES.
Will Open Series Of Three Games at
Cedar Rapids Saturday Afternoon.


The Ansons will make their first trip
away from the home park Saturday.
when they journey to Cedar Rapids for
series of three games. scheduled for
Saturday. Sunday and Monday. Mana
ger Richards this morning announced
the batting order for the Bunny series.
as follows:
Anderson. center fielder; Cahill or
Wright, shortstop; Tommy Ryan, sec
ond base: Martini, left field; Chapel.
right field; Milton Ryan or Richards.
| first base; Hammerschmidt or Unger.
catch Lehman and Gruno will pitch
! Saturdays game, Richardson and Stat
| terry will work Sunday. and Harter and
+! Beard are scheduled to pitch the Non
| day game.
Martini, who made his grst appear
ance on the field Thursday, made an
excellent impression, especially in his
| hitting. The big fellow is not only able
! to drive the ball to the far corners of
the field but can place his hits. He
also looks good in the field.
! Guy Beard was out of the practice
Thursday on account Of an attack of
grip. His condition today was not i'm
proved, and he was removed to the
| Deaconess hospital. 1t may not be pos
sible for Beard TO join the team at
Cedar Rapids, altro he is scheduled 70
/ work part of the game Sunday.
Cahill and Harter have been both
cred somewhat by the cold weather OF
the early practice work, and both are
| nursing lame arms and sore shoulders.
! The excellent condition Of, Slattery
and Richardson is most encouraging,
| however. Both men declare this is
| their last year in the minors, and are
determined to play the game Of their
| lives this season. richardson, who
! has been in training for several weeks
! is down in weight and to show his pre-
/ paredness he insisted on playing half
| the fielding positions thruout the work
+. Thursday, in addition to taking his
turn in the box, and then take a
| double turn of the track, finishing in
front of the equad, altho starting last
4 and carrying young friend 100 yards
of the distance.
L Gruno and Lehman are showing
Improvement daily, and both lads are
eager and assiduous in their work
The experience is doing them much
good. and it would not be surprising
if at least one Of them found himself
on the pitching staff this year.
Three T. Hammerschmidt became
a legal voter today, this being the 21s'
anniversary Of his birth. Gifts from
admirers in other cities were received
by the doughty little catcher, but he
refused to commit himself as to wheth.
er the entrances were from the
female of the species or just gifts from
bachelor friends.
Meanwhile there is no word from the
truant Maui. When last heard from
Maui was preparing to head for Mar
shalltown. but intended to stop at sew.
eral places en- route to visit friends
He failed to state how long his visits
would last, however, and his presen
address is not known here.
Yannisans Defeat Mason City.
Mason City dropped the first gam
to Des Moines YannigaIs on thei
home grounds Thursday by score O
4 to 2. About 100 fans witnessed thu
game Neither team was able to hit
and errors figured in the scoring
Manager Bey has not sent his team
against an opposing nine before thi
season. and the showing of the frs
game is no criterion Of the. playini
ability Of his squad.