Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1915-05-18
soUTHPAW STAR IN MID.sEAsoN
FORM, AND MASON CITY IS
HELPLESS.
ANsoNs WIN ~ CLOSE
SCORE OF 2 TO
Eleven Men Retired on Strikes BY Stat
tory, Who Allows Bays Boys But
Three Hits-MiIier Keeps Ansons'
Blow. Seattered-Freak Plays Rob
Homo Team Of Extra Blows.

HypnOtiZed by SiatteryS OecelNlhs
breaks, the Mason City Claybakers
failed to garner sufficient number OF
| counters in their local debut Monday
afternoon to put them On the winning
side of the score sheet, and the first
game of the series was chalked up in
favor of the Ansons the score being
IL to l.
! Incidentally the game might be taken
as an indication that Slattery has
| shaken the jinx. Despite the fact that
! he has been able to hold his opponents
/ to a minimum of hits and to run or
two, the side wheeler has been pursued
| by a hoodoo Of late which has robbed
| him Of victory. His mates have failed
! to show good offensive action in his
support, and he has been a loser, altho
pitching ball which should return him
| q victor.
caybakers Are Helpless.
After the first inning, wherein the
visitors were fortunate to score tally
as result of some peculiar and almost
| unexplaina BILE incidents, Slattery had
the Claybakers eating from his hand
Twice the visitors saw first after the
| opening session, and once they were
! credited with hit, when Buerglim
| beat out bunt in the seventh. Their
principal diversian, when not defend
| ing their own trenches, was N tanning
! the air in the hope that one wild swing
might eventually connect.
Miller Pitches Good Game.
Chief Miller pitched a very cred
liable game, if one is not inclined to
draw too close comparison with Stat
| tery's excellent performance. He al
| lowed the Ansons eight safe blows, but
succeeded in keeping the hits well scat
tered.
His support was for the most part
| excellent and the only serious miscue
| of the game was charged to the chief
| himself.
Score in Peculiar Manner.
Mason City's lone tally was the re-
| suit of two peculiar hits. Brausen led
| off in the first session with blow
| which topped Martins head by few
| inches Martini was playing a short
| field and the hit went for two sacks
Bay followed with a hit TO right field,
which dropped just in front Of Chapel.
| The ball took bad hop il front OF the
| fielder, however, and bounded away,
permitting Brausen 20 score and the
feet-footed Bay to reach third. That
! was all SO far as Mason City was con-
| cerned.
| Slattery frightened Immediately and
(; only once thereafter did the Claybakers
nick his benders. Eleven times batters
were sent back to the bench on strikes.
| Ansons Have Narrow Margin.
| The home team went into the scor-
| ing column in the second. Ryan walk
ing, after Weeks had dropped foul tip
which would have retired him II
caught, and making clean steal OF
second Browns single counted him,
| tieing the score.
! 1t was not until the fifth that the
| Ansonians could batter their way thru
the Claybakers' defense and shove over
!, the winning tally. With one gone in
that frame, Harris singled, but was
forced at second by Richards. Miller
then threw away mis- game with wild
| peg to first in an effort to catch Rich
ards off the bag. Richards, however,
loped to second, and scored when Mar
TIM belted a scorching single to right.
The Ansons threatened twice there
after, but lacked the necessary punch
(, to increase their lead.
| Freak Plays Rob Ansons.
Two freak plays robbed the Ansons
of hits. The first was III the first frame,
when Martini hit hot liner to Miller.
The ball struck the visiting pitcher
on the shins and hoped away toward
Vinson, beating Martini 70 first. The
first sacker did not have to move from
the bag to take the play.
In the third, with one gone, Harris
lifted a fly over second. which Brand
juggled and permitted to bound from
his hands, but as it hoped away 1t fell
| into the hands Of Flagg for the put
out. This freakish out was followed
by double by Richards, which would
have scored Harris had the ball fallen
| safe. The score: