The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1915-06-28
All Worlds Records Fall In
Great Battle Between
Watkins and Miller
Sunday.
DARKNESS ENDS BATTLE
Wonderful Support Given Both
Pitchers-Watty Gives But
Six Hits, Miller
Seven.
TBy Ralph B. Ross.I

[By Ralph B. RossI
Especial to The Gate CIty.1
BURLINGTON, Ia, June 27.-The
Red Sox and the Indians shattered a
worlds record here yesterday after
noon by playing twenty-five innings
to scoreless tie. The contest is far
and away the best ever seen on the
local diamond and the huge crowd of
Eagle boosters were given the treat
of their lives. The battle was a real
one from start to finish. Miller work
ed the route for the locals and Wat
kins, Boyle's premier hurler went all
the way for the Indians.
Miller famed seventeen and allow
ed seven hits, and Watkins famed
thirteen and allowed six blows. The
Keokuk moundsman walked seven and
Rowdy allowed four to get on base
by the free pass route. The duel be-
tween the hurlers was even There
could be no other decision. It was
gratifying thing TO the real fans pres
ent when Umpire Seaman called the
game at the close Of the twenty.second
game as either pitcher worked too
well to have a defeat chalked against
him.
The entire game was Of big league
icalibre. Two boots each We're mark
ed against the teams, but none of the
kicks resulted in anything very seri-
Gus and the contest was neither made
nor marred by the errors. Morgan
got both kicks for the locals. and
Watkins and Swick split up for the
Keokukians
Harmon Saves Day for sox
u II any one. other than either pitch
er, can be given credit for saving the
game it is Harmon, the Burlington
second sacker. The play came up in
the twentieth inning after Hil1ocher
had singled and gpne to second on
lie Beau's blow. Swick sacrificed the
men base and on the next play the
fans were treated to the greatest stop
and peg of the season Giffin slammed
one down towards second at express
train speed Hollocher started home
on the play, thinking the blow would
result In an easy score. Harmon did
not see things that way, however, and
came in on the ball, stopped it and
pegged the Indian shortstop out at
the plate. The play, without doubt,
saved the game and Harmon was
given an ovation by the fans. Miller
purposely walked Wetzel to get Brown
up and fill the sacks. He then struck
out the Keokuk catcher.
There were other plays that might
have looked as sensational. but 1t was
on that one play that the result OF
the game hinged Twenty innings al
heart breaking baseball, two on bass
and no one out was thing Miller
was facing when the third batsman
came up. 1t looked almost hopeless
for the Burlington pitcher. but he was
there with the nerve and his team
mates with the support. The result
was worlds record and the greatest
game ever seen on Burlington bal
diamond.
HolIocher and Lunte Star.
Lunte showed big league style a:
did Hollocher, the shortstop for thu
Indians. In fact it might be said tina
every man on both teams played like
a major Lacquer The game was flllet
with sensational stops, throws and t
attempt to say that any one OF th'
men played the best would be mis-
take. It would be a comparison o
superlatives as they were all in thu
best Of form and the four errors cam
on hard chances and when there wa
little at stake.
In addition to the fact that the tw,
teams played twenty-five innings witt
neither of them able to score, Their
IS another worlds record in the pitch
ing department. One hurler for eacl
team worked the route. It seems a
being almost beyond human endurance
to work like Miller and Watkins wer
forced to work yesterday The me-
were under a constant nervous strait
as neither of them at any time fror
the first frame to the last of tn
twenty-second had the slightest &C
vantage. They stood up to their wor
like the modern Goliaths they are an
the result is apparent.
Eight innings Without Hlt.
Watkins started out by pitchin
eight innings without allowing III
or a run and it looked as If he woul
have a no-hit no-run game 20 nj
credit. Singleton apd Harmon put
crimp in his record in the ninth whe
John came up after two were out an
hit double to center. Harmon 70
lowed by a single to left and Single
ton was caught at the plate by PEI
feet peg by Baum.
This was Burlingtor's most prom