Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1916-08-23

| In the most exciting game of the sea-
| son. and before one OF the largest
| crowds of the year, the Ansons humbleo
| the chcsty lCague-leading Muskies IN
| the first game of the final series Tues
| day afternoon. by score OF . TO 4.
| The game was not decided until the
| last half of the ninth round and the
! winning run was secured after two men
| had been retired and was the result
| of ragged work by the visiting helders
and Lees timely hit.
The game was a See-saw COMBAT,
| with much erratic baseball ana more
good pastiming. Big Mike Flanagan
| the pride of MuSkyrille, groomed Tor
| the combat, met Penner for the third
| time this year and met his third de-
feat He was pounded harder yester-
! day than he had been pounded this
year, the local team having no trouble
| in solving his delivery. The din OF a
| thousand horns and dozens of cowbells
and other noise making devices may
| have had some effect on the big lads
| work, but whatever the cause, he was
| far less effective than on previous To-
| cal appearances. The Ansons hit MIN
| in all bet two innings, and in the
| pirches flanagan failed to stem the
tide.
Muskies Play Erratic Ball.
! To add to Flanagan's misery his sup
port WUbbled-brOhe badly at critical
| times, especially in the ninth, when the
| winning run was pushed around the
corners. Errors were committed on
easy chances when snappy work would
have saved the day.
Penncr was less effective than usual,
but the attack on his service was con-
| fined only TO two innings. After the
| MuSkieS had knOtteQ the score in the
| sixth Penner settled down and pitched
good ball in the last three frames. In
| the closing innings but nine men faceC
| him and tour. Martini. HasbrOok, Dur
| ham and Ellison, fell victims of strikes
PennerS support was better than that
accorded Flanagan, altho errors OF
omission proved more costly than err
rorS of commission. Both teams. es-
pecially the pitchers during the early
| innings, showed the effects of the ner-
| vous strain under which they entered
| the contest, but the Ansons recovered
| their composure in time to prevent a
| defeat.
Durham Stars For Visitors.
The once mighty Bull Durham,
dropped to eighth position in the bat
ting order by Manager Egan, proved
the star of the Eganite batters. 1t was
Durham who made it possible for Mus
catine to get into the score column.
Without him the Eganites would have
! made a poor showing.
Durham's effectiveness. however. was
due largely to the poor judgment shown
by Penner in passing him shoulder high
! balls When Penner frightened in the
eighth and served Durham curved balls,
the former Arson slugger famed
Both pitchers worked deliberately
| and the game dragged. one hour and
thirty five minutes We're consumed in
| playing the first three innings r."
Muskies Get Early Lead.
| The MuskieS took a lead of two runs
before the Ansons could make their hits
| count. ESanS hopefulS crowded the
| pathways in the first frame but failed
| to score. RunSer opened the inning by
drawing pass, and Renhart beat out
a hunt. Ellisons sacrifice advanced the
| base runners. Sheldon famed. but
| N'-'1
| HasbroOk then grounded to Eunick
forcing Reinhart at third
| The Ansons wasted two hits in their
half of the same inning. After Muir
ply had been thrown out at first Ry-
an and Eunick singled, but Flana gan
put on more steam and famed Lunte
| and LIE Beau.
The Muskies broke the ice in the sec
| IA ti,,ty Fap
| ter Hruska had flied to Murphy. and
Flanagan getting a life when Eunick
erred on his grounder. Runser hit to
| Ryan, Durham scoring. Reinhart
| famed, Ellison was hit by a pitched
ball and Sheldon hit to Ryan for an out
at first, retiring the side.
| Another run was added in the third
the tally being principally due to Pen
ners failure to field pop-fy. Martini
opened the inning with a grounder to
| Eunlck for an out at first Hasbrook
| singled TO right but was thrown ont at
| second by Lee, when he attempted to
stretch his hit. Hruska then shot
| pop-up to Penner, but the latter
waited for Prough to take the play.
Trough hesitated and Penner let the
ball drop for base hit. Hruska stole
SeCoHu anu scored on DurhamS single.
Ansons Tie Count.
Marshaltown did nothing in the
second, but in the third punched hits
and Musky errors permitted two runs,
tieing the score. Penner was the first
out, Flanagan to Sheldon. Murphy
followed with single, Ryan beat out
an infield hit, and Eunick rolled a
grounder to Ellison forcing Murphy at
third. Ellison attempted to get
Eunick for a double retirement, but
overthrow first, Ryan going to third
Lunte singled scoring Ryan, and then
| with Eunick pulled double steal, the
latter scoring. LeBeau was hit by a
pitched ball, and then Lee furnished
the third out, Martini robbing him of
a hit by pulling down his long fly
near the left field fence
Hit in Two Runs.
The Muskies were not dangerous in
| the fourth and fifth and the Ansons did
| nothing in the fourth. In the home
half Of the fifth, however, Marshall
| town took the lead by punching hits.
| This round was an exhibition of good
| concerted hitting, probably the best
! that has been permitted by Flanagan