The Denison review. [volume] (Denison, Iowa) 1867-current, 1916-08-02

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Fastest Team il Council Bluffs Wa
| Defeated Sunday Afternoon by t{t
Denison Aggregation.
FINAL SCORE WAS FIVE TO foUf
EBotk Teams Made Numerous Errors
But Council Bluffs Most Costly III
GOOD Pitching Done.
Denison's ball team defeated the
fast DeVol Yictors from Council Bluffs
Sunday afternoon at the old fail
grounds ball park by the score Of S tc
a. 1t was a pleasant victory from
Denison's standpoint but if both teams
had not tried to play football the
score would have been different. Rot
ten fielding was pulled of by botll
teams and not an inning passed with
out two or three eros. ,9.si' Il.
After Denison had secured q three
run lead in the first inning and Nc
CURE pitching good ball it looked like
shutout for Council Bluffs, but in
the old lucky seventh Council Bluffs
put two runs over the plate and in a
thrilling ninth inning finish managed
to register two more and tie up the
score. forcing Denison to take their
last bats with the result that Deni
son put over the winning run in the
last half of the ninth.
Council Bluffs might have won the
game in the ninth but for a little poor
Judgment. With the score 4 to 2
against them they started a rally that
melted them two runs, tieing the score
and with men. on bases, Van Warmer
was taken out to let Ford pinch hit for
him, but Ford took three healthy
swings and then ambled back to tho
bench Ford is a pitcher of some rep.
utation, but his pinch hitting was his
undoing for after taking Van Warm,
er's place on the slab he was as wild
as March hare, going In without
warming up. and he passed the first
man up, with the result that he was
pulled out and sent to center field
and Mcintosh, who had started the
catching for Council Bluffs. finished
the slabbine with the result that the
winning RIM was scored by Saggau
Van Warmer had been pitching good
hail and with the score tied nm: should
nevers have 3bean taken out for pinch
hitter as that nut q catcher in to pitch
and that was the cause Of their down
fail a. &, M {.
| C,ouneH Bluffs started the game with
Van Warmer and Mcintosh as the hat.
tery. hut before the game was over
thew had used three pitchers and two
catchers. Van Warmer pitched q
splendid game. holding Denison to four
clean hits. including two base hit
Nv Leo Collins. Mcintosh Is about the
sneediest base runner that has been
an the Denison diamond this year, and
4 h;Ig IN the grandstand named him
~ Cobb and a lot of amusement re-
shifted from It during the game.
Denison's battery was Pete MdG0ire
and aSnider" Wahl. Of Omaha. and
McGuire held the Council Bluffs boys
to four hits, including a two base hit,
duplicating Van Warmers pitching, SC
Il win he seen that errors were the
hip factor in the run getting. Mcclure
never allowed hit until the fifth in.
ming when a two base hit was secured
Of his delivery. He kent the hits wide.
~ scattered. the Others coming In the
sixth. seventh and ninth innings. Pete
should have had a shutout but for rot.
ten fielding by the home crew.
Denison scored three runs in the
first inning. Richardson out second
to frat. Richards drew free transport
.tation. Wahl hit safe to left, Richards
scoring on a wild throw trying to
catch him at third, and Wahl took
third on the play; Holland singled tc
right. Wahl scoring; Holland stole
second: Otto was out. short to first
Holland taking third on the out; Leo
Collins leaned on sone for two bases
Holland scoring; Locke popped to
pitcher. Another, score came inv the
fourth. Otto out at first, Leo Collins
safe On error at first Locke safe on
error at second. Collins taking second !;
Jacobson singled to left, but Collins
was held at third; MCGUIRE hit to
third. but was out at first, Collins scOr.
ing on the play. 4.
Denison's last run came in the thrill.
ing ninth inning finish when Mcclure
drew a base ON balls and stole second;
Saggau got soaked by one of McIn.
itosh's wild ones and took first; Rich
ards SACRIFICES, but McG,Jre was
caught at third; Saggau and Richards
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