Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1916-05-31

Memorial Days double BILL with
Marshalltown and Burlington as the
contestants, proved a gala attraction
for Marshalltown fandom Two wins.
bith by thrilling rallies i'll the closing
innings, were the result of the home
clubs efforts, the first contest termi-
Mating with a score of 5 to 4, and the
second, u s with Marshalltown on
the right side of the ledger.
AS has become the custom the home
team came from behind in both games
and copied the decision in the closing
innings Some great ball was played
and the result with The suspense
maintained to the final whistler was
all that the big holiday crowd could
ask
Open game was the rule and men
were continually on the bases, giving
the fans the type of exhibition that
pleases most. Sensational fielding at
times. good pitching on occasions. and
free hitting in the rallies made the
games replete with thrills.
Murphy Featured Player.
Altho his name had not been dis
PLAYED in electric lights prior to the
games Murphy was the real star of
the afternoon. OF the eight times he
faced the opposing pitchers he sue
Ceeded in hitting safely seven times,
once clouting for triple. In addition
ne accepted seven chances in the field.
four Of his putouts being thrilling. and
two highly sensati onal In addition to
this he differed one base
Little less sensational was the work
Of LeBeau. especially on one occasion.
when he grabbed long drive from
Shanley's bat in the last inning Of the
first game. as BURLINGTON man re-
posed on third base, retiring the last
man.
Pathfinders Delay Game.
Continual wrangling with Umpire
Logan by the visiting players tended
to lessen the interest in the game and
caused the contests to be prolonged
beyond the time necessary to play nine
innings. Because of his protests in
the seventh inning Of the first con-
test. MARI was banished from the
game. Not satisfied with batting the
umpire the visitors INDUCED in rag
chewing" among themselves. McG!ade
and Baichley holding a heated session
following the failure Of the latter to
cover first on a ground ball fieIded by
McGlade.
UIch Makes First Appearance.
Watkins was not in the same form
that he showed Saturday, and was
often in trouble. but some sharp field
ing saved him in pinrhes. tlch, late
OF Cedar Rapids made his first ap-
pearance with Marshaltown, in the
second contest. and pitched good ball.
Errors were responsible for the scor-
ing Of two Of Burlington's three rurs.
Watson. who started the first game
for Burlington. showed signs Of wear
as early as the sixth inning, and Fchn
recalled him to send in his old work
horse. Baichley. The latter was hit
hard and was charged with the loss
Of the first, as well as the succeeding
game.
In the second contest Raichley es-
sayed to come back. but was hit free
lv. and in the ninth he weakened and
threw away his own game by issuing
two passes
Fight Up Hill Battle
Burlin gton had the first game won
until the seventh inning. scoring three
runs In the third. while Marshalltown
was not able to count until three pc
RODS later Watson started the trouble
in the third by singing and going to
second on passed ball. Mari
scratched an infeld hit and Meinert
singled Watson scoring on the latter
blow Sha nley sacrificed the base run
ners forward and Harmon delivered
the needed hit to score MARI and
Meinert.
Marshalltown clipped this lead In the
sixth by driving in two ruDs. Eunick
opened with single and Murphy hit
safely to right. Nespo forced Murphy
at second and the base runners then
advanced on a wild pitch. Durham hit
to right, and Meinert booted the ball,
Eunick and Nespo scoring.
Get Decision In Seventh.
Burlington increased it's lead in the
seventh. MARI walking, advancing on
Meinerts sacrifice and ShanIeys single.
and scoring on Harmon's sacrifice fly.
Incidentally Harmon was responslDle
for sending in five OF Burlington's seven
runs scored during the day.
Marshaltown cinched >ne game IN
the home half of the seventh. Ryan
and Watkins drew passes, Eun:ck
singled and Murphy douD:ec. which.
with Boeze's error at .ae pate. netted
the home team two runs. The score:
BURLINGTON.
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