Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1916-08-05

without interest, the Claydggers play
| ing miserdU.y Dehind Fitzpatrick. who
! received UNUSUALLY bad treatment from
! the Arson h!tters. Numerous errors,
! coupled with the AnSons plentiful base
| klUCNs, contributed to the high score.
| After the third inning the home club
| had the game wrapped and ready for
| shipment
The dlminutive Mason City infield
! drew little attention, and it was SuS-
| gested that il be exhibited in a sep
| arate tent and concert tickets sold.
Tom Thumb" Brausen had been
| shifted from third to short, and Com
modore Mutt kensel is back in the
| game at second To make the intie!d
| more uniform, Manager Pro Tenn
| Weeks has secured Major Dot Fagg,
a southpaw pigmy, for the initial sack.
| The only grown man on the infield is
| t'ortman. the new third baseman, and
! he is scarcely OF medium size Every
| fourth day "Phineas Barnum" Weeks
| offers an added attraction, sending Ali
Hassan" Garrett. the human skyscrap-
er 10 the platform.
Torkelson Shows Stuff.
But Weeks great consolidated three
ring circus and hippodrome failed 10
| draw the usual attention Friday. The
| main attraction was Red" Torkelson,
| exhibited by the rival management.
| Torkelson showed more stuff than he
| has shown since mis- advent here. and
| deserved a shut-out. which he might
| have secured with a little more gingery
| support in the out field on one oc-
| casion.
Torkelson set down nine Mason City
! clouters on strikes, whiting Brown
| three times. The retirement Of the
| Claydigger slugger three times on
strikes was an accomplishment in it.
self.
| Barring the sixth, when the visitors
secured three bingles and their lone
score, Torkelson had complete mastery
| of the lads from the clay banks. Ken
sci singled in the second. the only in
| ming aside from the sixth in which
weeks gang secured a safe hit.
Brausen Spills the Beans.
The shifting OF Brausen from thirc
to short has not helped that little man
to improve his fielding avera sc. "Petey'
was off his stride yesterday and
mussed plays four times, putting his
/ pitcher in the hole on as many &C.
| casions. Brausen's erratc work was
on easy chances, and his performance
| was unusual, as he has always played
d sparkling game at the tar corner.
He put Fitzpatrick in the hole in
| the first frame when he overthrow first
| in attempting to retire Murphy, the
| latter going 70 second on the error.
| Ryan laid down sacrifice bunt to put
Murphy on third, and Fortman con-
| tributed to the disaster when he
! dropped Weeks throw after having
caught Murphy off third. Fitzpatrick
| pelted Eunick with the bali and then
Lunte flied to Black, who doubled at
the plate.
! In the second. Lee singled, went to
second on a passed bail, to third on
Proughs infield hit and scored when
Il Brdusen fumbied Shows grounder.
Get Runs in Bunehes.
One run at time was not multiply
H ing the count rapidly enough for the
Ansons, and they began to gather in
i the runs in punches. With Ryan dis
\ posed of in the second, Eunick started
/ the rally with a single and went to
i third when Lunte shot fast liner
i down the third base line. LeBeau's
II nfeld hit scored Eunick, and sent
| Lunte to second. Lee fore ed LeBeau
at second, Lunte going to third. The
4 latter scored when Fitzpatrick threw
! over second in an effort to catch Lee
| stealing Prough then tripled, scoring
| Lee 49,.
In the fourth, Torkelson singled and
went to second when Fortman heaved
wildly to first. Murphy walked and
| Ryans sacrifice hit advanced both
base runners. Eunick delivered a hit
| in the pinch, scoring both Torkelson
and Murphy.
| The next three innings were unpro-
| tiuctive, but in the eighth Eunick again
| appeared as the man of the hour, de-
| livering a three-base hit to score two
| runs, then counting when the ball was
| thrown away.
Eynick Drives in Two.
| Torkelson proved himself the hard
| hitting pitcher of the home aggrega-
| ton by opening the eighth with a clean
| single over second Murphy sent the
| pitcher to second with a clean hit, and
| Ryan laid down his third sacrifice hit
| to advance the base runners Eunick
| then stepped into one for a three-base
| ride to deep left, Torkeison and MUIR
| ply scoring. Brown for some unknown
| reason, attempted to break the long
| distance records, hurting the ball to
! The grand stand fence. and permitting
| Eunick to score.
The visitors grabbed a run in the
! sixth when Kensel hit to right field,
| and Lee failed to come in on the ball
| Brausen led off in that session with
single and F'ortman duplicated. Brown
struck ont in the pinch, and Black
lined to Eunick. 1t was grand offer
ing for double play, but the hit to
Eunick caught Ryan unawares, and he
| took the throw to the left OF the bag.
Kensel then hit TO right. Lee taking
the ball on the bounce. Brausen tally
ing the Claydiggers' only run. and
| spelling perfect day for Ped" The
| score:
MASON CITY
ALB. r. II. Pc. 4 F,
| Brausen. IS .......
Fortman. Sb ....,...4 0 0
! Brown, s........4 o 6
| Black. CT -........ 0 D
Kensel. 2b .......... 3 0 8
| Richardson, RI ...... 0 o o.