Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1916-05-10
MARsHALLTOWN DEFEATED, 6 re
4, BEFORE HOLIDAY CROWD
OF NEARLY 5000.
HOWARD IS. DRIVEN
FROM GAME IN THIRD
Denver Lad Fails to Fix Up His Ser
vice and Clinton Hits at WilI-Er-
rors Contribute to Visitors Early
Lead - MarshalItown Makes Game
Rally in Late Innings.

Getting to Howard in the early in
nings, causing his retirement at the
end of the third, and protiting by
jMarshalItown's misplays. the Clinton
Pilots scored six runs before the home
team had drawn blood in the opening
game of the season on the home
grounds Tuesday afternoon. and
eventually won by a majority of to
IA. A holiday crowd Of almost 5000
people witnessed the game.
Coming. from behind. after they
were apparently hopelessly beaten, the
! home guard made a determined EFFORT
| to claim the verdict. staging two rail-
lies, but falling short by brace of
tallies of tieing up the returns.
| Howards service, which was nuts
| for the visiting aggregation, slips IN
! fielding by the home OUTFIT at critical
! stages. some swell fielding on occasion
by the visitors, and the break OF luck
united to defeat Boyles boys in the
| first home game.
I At that the game was not devoid Of
it's thrills. Hitting, was free in both
camps, and the rally of the local corps
! in the late dlteIHooli, anu Se'SA -
! brilliant fielding accomplishments by
athletes on both sides, gave the hoil-
! dav attraction a touch Of SENSATIONAL
| ism al times.
Pioneer Athletes Participate.
The opening ceremonies recalled
days that are gone. when Kinney VIII
Uams hero of scores of battles on the
diamond years ago in the days of
Arson. mounted the rubber to pitch
| the first ball to Fanny" Mitchell. ms
old receiver. Standing on the side line
to watch the pioneer battery in action
were Judge ]. VI. Parker and John
'Cuhurn. also members of the old Mar
! shalls a team Of baseball giants in
the early days of the sport in the
central west.
! Williams. who had pitched the first
ball for Marshalltown's first organized
club just fifty years ago this summer
bent and feeble by times heavy hand,
, sent the ball up as he did half cen
turv ago but it lacked the old-time
speed and deceptive break which
! caused him TO be regarded as a master
among the ball players of the early
day, At the plate it dropped, too low
for Mitchell to freeze onto 1t. nut
the fans gathered for the seasons
opening loudly cheered the oic
diamond stars.
BoyIe's Team Crippled.
Manager Boyle is not an aiibi seeker
hut in Justice to his team it should be
understood that it went into the game
: Tuesday under a heavy handicap. two
regular members of the team being or
J the sidelines Prough. who is TO play
first is suffering with tonsilit:ss and
Cliff Lee the first string catcher
had not sufficiently recovered from his
recent injury at Cedar Rapids to APP
near in his position in the opener
characterization Of batting order anc
the absence of men from regular
nositions. doubtless weakened the
homo club both extensively and de-
fensvely.
Howard Driven From Slab.
Howard, the Denver youth, was or
the board for the opener. and wher
he mounted the deck at the CONCLUSION
of the opening ceremonials. he car
ried the faith and hope OF the srea
crowd brought together to start thu
season off with a victory. For one in
ming he looked the winner, his curves
breaking nicely ana tne nrS' liz g
| clinton batters being retired IN oroer
one on a foul to left field and tn
other two via first base.
Then it happened. Errors paved tn
way to Howard's downfall IN TN
second and a fusilade OF healthy swat
finished him in the third. Schliebne
led off in the second with spankln'
single and moment later Howard
n
first. Miller spanked two-ply rap t