Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1917-06-15

Led by Higgins, with Agnew starring
as the lone score maker, the Ansons
annexed the second of the Clinton Sc
ries Thursday and frightened their hole
on first place position. The score wa!
/ to 0. making> five straight won, fou
Of the five being shut outs a mos
creditable record. The winter weather
rather added snap to the game, bu
it cut down the attendance to a fros
bitten few.
But for Agnew's slashng hit into
left field, which Hauk helped to turf
into the only run, the game mlsh
have gone into extra innings. Th'
single tally was, however, sufficien
for the purposeS-of winning in regular
time. as Clinton was unable to get any
where against Hisgins' pitching.
South Paw Effective.
With splendid support behind hin
Higgins and his teammates put up al
offensive and defensive combination
that would have been hard to breaf
down or overcome Higgins pitched
a dandy game and was never in very
serious trouble. in spite of the rather
free way in which Clinton was hitting
The Ansons defense made most of this
hitting ineffective.
The help Durkin gave the loca
twirler in handling ground balls was
of sterling quality, including as it dlo
a put out and seven assists, some OF
the latter being very hard chances
Eunlck figured in a fast play or two.
Watkins Hit Freely.
While Higgins was holding Clinton
to three singles Watkins. who was
again elected by Brown to hurl, was
having less trouble than the day be-
fore. He lasted thru the entire game,
but was touched for eight hits. in
GLIDING the AGnew three dagger and
a double catch by LeBeau and Dur
kin.
Had it not been for scrappy fielding
support given him the Ansons would
have beaten Watkins an inning earlier
than they did, when the home team
filled the bases by getting two singles
and a pass. But the Clinton infield
held steady and beat two attempts to
score on ground hits, aided by close
decision at the base.
Luck Breaks or AnSonS.
The Ansons were helped by break
of the luck in the ninth that might
have had very important influence
in the result had the fortune of the
incident turned against them. a hot
grounder near second was booted by
Durkin toward the bag, where Glenn
ons grabbed it and tagged Miller II
time for the third out of the inning
Had the ball got away from Durkir
into the outfield, Nolt would have
scored.
Clinton Not Dangerous.
Clinton had one chance to score il
the fifth inning when, with one down
Brown singled and stole second. H.
advanced to third on Menne's out
Durkin TO Cameron, but he died there
when Watkins grounded out to Eunick
Two were out in the ninth when tn
lucky incident occurred. Wilkes hal
| flied out to Lee in right, but Nolt hat
| followed with a single and advanced
| TO second when Sears went out Glenn
| ons to Cameron. Higgins deliberatel!
passed Miller. Henning's ground bal
was too hot for Durkin to hold, blu
| it caromed off him to the base arount
which Clemons was lowering. The lat
| ter tagged Miller who was racing t
| the bag while Nolt was en- route 70
| home.
Ansons Nearly Score.
1t was only the sharpest kind 0
| fielding and pegging to home tina
kept the Ansons from scoring in tn
third round. Lied, who was first up
| was passed He was drawn off frs
| by Watkins and speared at second
Clemens hit thru MEME and Eunicl
| raped single to right, Clemens ad
| vancing to third. Eunick stole secon
| and the paths were filled when Wat
kins passed Cameron.
Lee hit sharply to Hank, who spearet
| Clemens at the plate. Brown heave'
| to first to complete the double play
but Lee beat the throw. Eunick, IL
| the meantime. raced for home, blu
| Henning's throw to Brown nipped tn
| effort, albeit the decision was Of tn
| closest kind.
LeBeau had raped a single to RICH
| field, stolen second and had beef
| tagged in attempting to steal third
before Agnew cut loose the winninii
| wallop. 1t sailed into deep left. ASney
would have been tagged at third
Hauk had hung to the ball, but
caromed off his foot and Agnev
| counted while Hauk was recovering
and heaving home. The score: