Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1916-05-25
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Burlington, May 25.-Dick Rohns
Burlington champions humbled Frank
Boyle's Marshalltown team in their first
clash of the year at Athletic park yes
terday afternoon, the score of the con-
test, which was in doubt until the In
evitable last dog, was hung" being
8 to3.
1t was a nip and-tuck exhibition IN
which first one team and then the other
set the pace, and the melee fairly
sparkled with good plays, in which the
| honors were pretty well divided. Bunk
was on tho mound for Burlington, and
| opposed to him was Lefty Watkins.
Of twenty-five inning game fame. The
| famous young portsider did not show
anything resembling the form which
kept Burlington scoreless all the long
! summer afternoon Of a year ago, but
| fine support by his teammates held
| down the score pretty we'll. Bunk did
not show as much class as he usually
does, but he succeeded in beating
Boyle's men, and that Is generally a
TASK worthy u HUE.
49,. Baichley Provides Thrills.
Features were there in abundance.
Grover Baichley and Cliff Lee did the
high-light work for the most part, but
others did a good share of the stellar
performing. Baichley, star man-o the
mound, who has been filling in until
Harry Stanley joins the club, had a
regular field day. He pulled down four
flies, three Of his catches being run
ming or leaping captures, and after one
Of these he threw from the fence to
! second base, doubling a runner who
thought him incapable Of making the
| catch. But Baichley did not confine
himself to the defensive end Of it; he
| drove out three beautiful drives, one
| Of which was a double that hit tho
scoreboard. Had this drive been ten
feet either to the right or left it would
have been q homer, and Burlington
! would have had two more runs.
Loo Gets Another Homer.
Lees stellar feats were in the hitting
line. He scored two of the invaders
markers and drove in the other. His
first time up the former Muscatine
catcher whs.led beautiful drive to-
right center for a double. Later he
drove a homer over the left field fence,
with a man On the pathway. That drive
tied the score and made things look
black for Burlington for time
Other stars were Harry Lunte. whose
ctouting was equal to Baichley's, and
Harmon, who played a big part all
around. "a JE. ( y.
Game Played Under Protest.
! An interesting show of spirit entered
in the contest in the sixth inning, when
a disputed decision caused Manager
Rohn. Of the locals, to finish the game
under protest. Generally there are two
sides to a thing, but this apparently
was one instance where the umpire
missed fire. outright. u -
Morgan opened the sixth with
single. Harmon hit one to Watkins,
but it was too hot for him to handle,
| the ball caroming off his limbs and
darttng into right field, nearer FIRST
than second. Ryan made play for the
ball, but got. 1t too late to get liar
mon, for whom he played. Asher called
Harmon safe and every one-apparent-
ly even Boyle's men-supposed both
were safe. Asher walked toward Sec
ond and waved. Morgan out, claiming
he had been struck by the batted ball.
The ball was never near Morgan, and
Rohn protested vigorously, but to no
| avail. Then Rofln asserted that the
fact that Watkins had had his hands on
| the sphere before it could have touched
the runner made a difference. Asher
remained firm in his stand. Then Roi1n
announced that he was finishing the
game under protest. x
Durham's Error Costs Game.
Marshalltown scored first in the sec
| ond inning, when Lee doubled, and
scored on Ryans single to right, af-
ter Durham and Byers had famed.
LeBeau, who had walked in the interim,
was nailed at the plate when he and
! Ryan tried to steal in duplex fashion.
Burlington tied the score in it's half,
when Lunte doubled and Baichley
singled 1t was the first Of a trio Of
bingles FOR. each. Harmon's first hit,
McGlade's sacrifice, and Lunte's No. 2
hit gave Burlington the lead In the
fourth. In the sixth Burlington got
another, when Harmon, who lived on
the disputed play, stole home in
! double pilfer, after Lunte's third hit
had sent him to third. 49, .r
In the seventh Durham, the slugger,
who famed twice, hit to left and
scored on Lees homer over left wall,
tieing the score. &1.a
Burlington won out in her half Of the
seventh. Baichley hit, was forced by
Bunk, ard the latter went to third
while Mari stopped at second when
Bull" Durham dropped Marrs fly az
ter fine running catch. Morgan's hit
scored them both, Mari scoring from
second on the inHeld tap. The score:
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