Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1916-07-14

BaSeDal long W NC
that's what the two teams battling 1or
the Central Association pennant gave
the fans Thursday afternoon.
f! After dividing the first two games IN
the series on the home grounds, Mar
shalltown and Muscatine struggled
eleven innings for supremacy, untll
darkness compelled the umpire to can
a halt. When play was suspended the
score was to l.
Phil" Sat;ery, the Nemesis or the
| Eganites. pitched the game OF his lle'
and Kinsey. Egan's collegian recruit
hurled his way to fame in the grand
est pitching duel that local fans nave
ever witnessed.
Banks of dark clouds to the south
ward and westward long threatened 10
interrupt the exhibition with heavy
downpour, but old Jup. Pluv. kept the
faucets turned off until the eleventh.
when the overcast sky made it impos-
sible for the players TO see the pail.
Then. when the arbitrator announced
the game suspended, rain drops began
to patter and the fans turned home
ward to play the game over at the
dinner table.
Slattery in Rare Form.
| Slattery yesterday was the Slattery
of a year ago. when he set a league
record for strikeouts by whiting nine
teen Muskes in a nine inning game
|! All the old slants Of his great repertoire
were under perfect control. he maue
baseball history and set new marks 1ol
Central association pitchers to shoot at
Two records were broken-that lol
! strike outs in a nine-inning game for
the season of 1916, and that for strike
outs in an eleven inning game in the
Central association.
In nine innings the great southpaW
Whitfield sixteen batters-one more than
Flanagan retired in establishing the
seasons record a short time ago.
In the eleven innings he set down
twenty-five batters on strikes-an aV-
erage Of two an inning--a record I'M
equalled in the Central association.
Four times he whitfield the mighty
Bull Durham, and in the eleventh
Egan sent Pinch hitter to bat for the
reputed fence buster'-a proceeding
which in itself might make a baseball
game one to last in memory. The pincf
Observation-Disclosures the home
run hitter, striking out.
Slattery struck out three in row
in the first, tenth and eleventh, and
in the course of the game. every man
on the visiting team struck out one OF
more times, except Martini.
kinsey Pitches Great Ball.
Slattery's wonderful pitching does moi
detract a bit from the marvellous hurl'
ing of the Musky lad however, FOL
Kinsey held the Arson hitters at bay
turnout the long performance. Fol
five innings he held the home team
hitless, and in all he allowed but Sly
| hits-for eight bases. He showed
good breaking spit ball, considerable
speed, ard good control. He was ef
fective in the pinches, except In tn
seventh, when Marshalltown earned
it's lone run, and in the eleventh, whel
the home lads made a desperate bid TO
the winning tally.
iSlattery allowed the visitors five hits
for six bases, two coming in the fourth
/ when the Muskies scored, and one eacl
! | in the seventh eighth and tenth. Mar
TIM was the only visitor to secure tW
hits. and one was q decided scratch.
Slattery walked one man and emitte
one wild pitch. Kinsey was less steady
walking four, Murphy being passe
purposely in the tenth. Kinsey strucl
out ten.
Slattery's Luck Beats Him.
Slattery was beaten by the i'll break
ing luck, which has been the cause
his defeat on many previous occasions
The Muskies' run was the result of
freakish bit of luck, and the failur
of Marshalltown to score in the elev
enth might be attributed in a measur
to the same cause.
Both pitchers were given good sup
port. and the few breaks Of the defens
were not responsible for the final re
suit Marshalltown had more chance
to score than did the Muskies, ten mel
dying on bases, to five for the Wis
itors.
Muscatne Has Few Chances.
Runser, the first man to face Stat
terry, was hit by a pitched ball, ant
took second by pilfer. Reinhart, Eli
son and Durham, the heavy hitters o
the Muskies, then fell prey to strike
outs.
In the fourth Reinhart singled ant
went to second on wild pitch. Eli
son hit to Eunick, who held Reinhar
at second as he threw out the bate
at first. Durham famed in the pinch
but Martini dropped Texas league
back of short, scoring Reinhart. Tn
hit ordinarily would have been trappe,
by the shortstop, but Nespo was play
ing in for a play on the infield, an
was off his balance when Martini con
nected. O'Day then whitfield.
In the seventh, with one gone, Mar
tint hit for two bases, but was rul
down on the base line, when O'Day hi
to Eunick. In the next frame Hrusk
singled but Kinsey popped to SlatterS
who doubled Hruska off first. In tn
ninth Reinhart walked, but was force
out by Ellison. Durham famed for tn
fourth time, and Martini was safe Whe
Eunick failed to clinch his groundel
O'Day then famed.
Tie Score in Seventh.
Up to the seventh Marshalltown ha
but three men on bases, LeBeau bein
hit by a pitched ball in the frst, Muir
ply getting life on O'Day's error i
the fourth, and getting on again in til
sixth by virtue of clean single
In the seventh Lee hit for two Dase
and scored CT p-c.ssaa'ss double Nesp
later walked and stole second, BIT
Slattery whitfield for third out.
the tenth Nespo singled and stole sec
ond. Slattery was out bunting q thir
strike, and LeBeau struck out. Murph