Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1916-06-16

/ shalltown and Waterloo, if any really
existed were wiped out Thursday al
( ternoon when Boyle's battlers tanned
; the Shamrocks and made them look like
! a real bunch of ''Shams.' The game,
{ staged before 100 or more delegates to
! the Iowa Federation of Labor conHen-
! ton and q soodly crowd of the home
, folk, was marked by vicious STICK WORK
! on the part of the local farorites ana
J the effective pitching OF Penner.
! As a result OF the terrific slusslns
the home gang amasSed a total OF sew
enteen hits and fifteen runs and Mr..
Penners clever work prevented the
visitors from registering a single tailF.
In other words Marshalltown defeated
the ancient enemy by the overwhelming
score OF Is to 0.
Young Pitchers Massaered.
Brennan's youthful pitchers were
given their baptism of fire. with
Boyles gang in charge of the cere-
monies the JOB vas thorough one.
EStele, who has had his ups and downs
this season, pitching good ball occa-
sionally was the first offering, and he
graced the scenery until the close OF
the first inning. In that brief but busy
session. eleven batters faced the lad,
and five singles. Nespos double, Bran
negan's error and walk netted the
local outfit five runs.
Poison. late of Fort Dodge, was the
next sacrifice. and during his seven
innings Of labor the unmerciful slaugh-
ter was kept up, eleven hits and ten
runs being charged against him.
Penner Effective Thruout
Waterloo found Penner for nine safe
hits but in only one inning did the
Shamrocks get more than one blow.
In the seventh.~with two out, Collins
and Donahue hit for singles. unly
once in the sixth, was Waterloo able
to get a man past second. In that
inuins Sheldon succeeded in advancing
10 third. bur III the pinch Miller struck
out.
Penner's effectiveness became man
otonous In every inning but one. the
fifth, the Shamrocks had a man on the
paths, but the home star only frightened
little and held the Brennanites at
bay.
Despite the fact that the field was
heavy and slow Doth teams played
cleanly in the field. The box score of
the game is remarkable in that it
shows every Marshalltown player 20
have had one or more runs. hits and
putouts. TO see an entire team tisure
in these three columns is most an
usCal.
Win Game in First
The little group Of Waterloo fans
present had a pleasant time for half an
inv iro nd rberaafrer deem gloom
settled over their section in the am
phitheater. Marshalltown won the
game in the first frame. The opening
round settled the issue beyond the
question of a doubt, five runs being
rung up in jig time. Eunick opened
the home section of that inning with
clean single. and Murphy followed with
q safe wallop to right Nespo hit for
! two corners, scoring Eunick. Lee nit
. to Estelle for an out at first, and
| Prough 'ofted one 10 center, scoring
Murphy and Nespo. LeBeau singled
! putting Prough on third. and Varney
/ split the heart of the diamond with
a line drive to center, scoring the first
sacher Ryan hit TO Brannegan, who
/ threw poorly 20 first. the error filling
| the sacks. Penner grounded to Miller,
who threw out LeBeau at the plate.
! With the bases still choked Estelle
! walked Eunick, forcing Varney home.
Murphy ended the hippodrome by foul
! ing out 10 Sheldon.
Same Treatment For Poison.
Ir the second Hart batted for Estelle
and Poison was sent to the mound.
He Jared no better than his predecessor,
and the mad performance was contin-
ued Nespo, the first man to face the
former Dod.er drew a pass and scored
when Lee hit to the fence for half
way tour Prough spanked long
single TO left center, scoring Lee.
Poison escaped without SER Gus
trouble IN the next three innings. the
, locals hurrying thru their turns at bat
to get in five innings before threat
| enng shower-could break up the con-
test. AS the fifth inning drew to a
close, putting the game beyond possible
call by the umpire. the sun broke thru
the clouds and the home huskies
turned again to the task of increasing
| their batting averages.
Sixth Wild Session.
| The sixth was a wild and woody in
ming, with diverse kinds of baseball be-
ing pulled by the Boyle proteges. Muir
! ply opened the period with a clean
single and went to second on Nespos
| sacrifice blow. Lee walked and
Prough's sacrifice fly put Murphy on
third. Lee and Murphy then essaycd
q double steal, Lee taking second and
Murphy scoring when Donahue made a
wild throw to the plate LeBeau
clouted to the fence for two bases.
sending Lee in with run No. 9. varney
shot single thru short, LeBeau scor-
! ing.
| Lee Hits Home Run.
| Lee, in the seventh inning, won the
distinction Of being the first membe1
of the home team to drive the ball over
the fence in regularly scheduled game
this year. His homer was a most re-
markable one being the longest hit OF
the season. The ball was hit to great
height and cleared the right field fence
by twenty feet. Two men were on the
course when the cleanup drive was
released.
Ryan inaugurated the session with a
clean single, and Penner poked q hit
between pitcher and third beseman.
Eurick's sacrifice fly put Ryan on