Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1916-06-01
FORMER THREE.I LEAGUE HURl.
Err APPLIES WHlTEWASH
TO MARSHALLTOWN.
SLATTERY is NOT IN
USUAL GOOD FORM
keupper Gets Break of Luck and Is
Given Wonderful Support by Path
finder Infield-slattery's Wildness
Mainly Responsible For Burlington's
Six Runs-Murphy Again Stars.

{ With Slattery not in his usual form,
! I!uTiiIIs ton counted six scores i'll LwU
{ frames Thursday afternoon, and with
! the visiting infield playing brilliant
! defensive game. the Pathfinders were
! able to spread the whtewash, Mar
shalltown losing by score Of to O..
Aside from the two innings when the
! damage was done. Burlington acquired
! but two hits, and Slattery set eight
! batterS down on strikes His wildneSS.
| however, was most expensive and the
! timely hitting of McGlade and Boezle
! in the pinches aided the visitors to
; their tallies.
keupper, apparently. had little on
! the ball. aside from a rather deceiving
velocity. but the home hopefuls hit out
of luck, their drives bounding into the
hands of the infielders. and batters
hitting into double plays when rallies
seemed imminent.
Murphy Again Star.
AS on Tuesday Murphy again was
the particular star of the afternoon,
getting three safe bingles out of four
trips to the platter In the three
games of the Burlington series the
local outfelder has hit safely ten times
in twelve times up. Yesterday Byers
was close on his heels with two singles
in three trips.
1t was not until the ninth inning that
the home gang was able to get a man
to second, and it was Murphy who
then inaugurated the last ditch stand.
A single by Murphy lent hone to the
fans. but Nespo flied 10 Mari. Dur
ham was patient. and his walk moved
Murphy to second. Lee fouled out and
LeBeau shot a hot one to Harmon.
who made a nice play on the ball and
threw the haserunner out at first.
Brilliant Infied Work.
Three fast infield doubles made the
game interesting. Lunte. Harmon and
McGlade figuring in the first engi-
neered by Burlington and Morgan,
Harmon and McGlade in the second.
Nespo. Ryan and Lee completed a fast
double in the fourth for the home club.
Harmon played snappv game for
the visitors. accepting nine chances
Clearly, a majority of his plays being
Of difficult character.
EuniCk got away with the most
brilliant play of the day. when he
trapped a terrific grounder on his
right which brought him to his knees,
and recovered in time to flag the run
ner at first. Nespo made several nice
stops and excellent throws to Lee.
Win Game in First Frame.
Burlington had the game counted in
the first inning Two runs scored in
that session were sufficient and it was
McGlade's three base shot that put
the contest on ice. Two We're down
when the fireworks were set off. Shan
ley singled and drew a poor threw
from Nespo. Harmon walked. and with
Stanley negotiated double steal Nc
Glade smashed the ball TO the left CEN
ter field fence for three corners. scor-
ing both base runners.
Sattery Fills Sacks.
| It was not until the sixth that the
! Pathfinders We're able to add to their
| total. Then Slattery paved the way
| for his downfall by passing McGlade
and Morgan and hitting Lunte. Again
two men We're out Of the way when the
visitors opened the concert Boezle
who has not been hitting in the pres
| ent series. then did the unexpected
connecting for two corners, and empty
| ing the pathways. Keupper. who ha d
! struck out twice, surprised the fans,
| Manager Rohn, and himself by hitting
| for one base, scoring his catcher The
| most peculiar feature Of this Inning
was that Stanley, the first man up
was whitfield. and MARI. the last to bal.
also famed out The score:
BURLINGTON.