Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1917-07-05
BECKY ULCH BEATS
CHAMPIONS TWICE
PITCHES DOUBLE HEADER, WIN.
MING BOTH, INDEPENDENCE
DAY.
FACES ToRkELsoN
IN TWO BOX CONTESTS
First Game to Lacrosse by 2.to-1
Score, and Second by Score Of to 0
Harry Rush Wins Own Game With
Timely Single in Twelfth, Tuesday
Relieves Higgins.

Becky" Ulch, one time pitcher for
the Ansons, celebrated Independence
day by toying with the champions thru
two games of baseball before an eX-
ceptionally large crowd Of fans from
far and near Ulch was in real form
and pitched two beautiful games OF
ball, making the champions look like
team of old grandmothers at bat.
Ulch was aided in both games by some
grand support the tail-enders playing
in championship form, and by luck,
which was with him thruout. The
champions hit the ball hard but when
hit on the ground the ball was shot
straight at the infielders and when
lofted it was driven directly into the
hands of the Lumberjack outielders.
Torkelson pitched good ball, but was
hit rather freely in the second contest.
He was accorded superb support in the
afterpiece, the champions figuring in
some unusually good plays.
Ulch held the champions to seven
hits and one run in the two games,
the run being scored in the eighth in
ming of the contest, the game terminal
ing 2 to 1 in favor Of the visitors The
second contest, a seven-inning affair.
resulted in a score Of to 0 for the
Lumberjacks.
Champions Fail to Hit.
The failure Of the champions to con-
meet with Ulch's offerings tells the
whole story from the local standpoint.
OF the three hits secured in the first
game, two were by Torkelson. He add
ed another hit in the second game, bat
ting 500 for the day.
The fact that strkeouts were very
few indicates that the teams were hit
ting. but not hitting safely The Jacks
were fortunate in pulling their hits
most OPPORTUNITY Fitzgerald, regard
ed as one of the weakest stickers in
the league, proved the hero of the day
for the Jacks, getting four hits in five
times up, one for two bases, and scor-
ing two runs, one in each game.
First Run Is Gift.
The first run scored by the Jacks, in
the first game, was a pure gift Fitz-
gerald surprising himself and his pals
by hitting for two bases in the third,
went to third on w. Meinert's hit, and
came In on Morgan's fly to LeBeau.
The peg to the plate was perfect and
should eaaily have had the baserunner
for the third out, but Agnew dropped
the ball.
In the sixth Kuhn singled. went to
second on Collins out, Torkelson to
Cameron, and scored on Thiesings
base hit.
The one additional hit, not obtained
by the visitors In the two rounds in
which they tailed came in the seventh.
when Fitzgerald singled after one was
out. Ulch then was thrown out, Tor
kelson to Dameron, and W. Meinert hit
sharply to Durkin, who pegged bad
to first, but Cameron made quick re-
covery. throwing out Fitzgerald at the
plate.
Opportunity to Score Lost.
The champions threatened in the
third; when, with one down. Torkelson
doubled Murphy hit to Ulch. who
trapped Torkelson between the bases
Torkelson however, jockeyed success
fully until Murphy was on second and
then was run down, five Of the visitors
figuring in the play. Clemens singled,
and Murphy was out at the plate, at
tempting to score on the hit.
I'm the eighth Sargent juggled Le-
Beau's grounder, giving the latter a
base. On the hit and run LeBeau took
a big lead, going to second as Agnew
was thrown out at first, Sargent to
Kuhn. Torkelson hit to left, scoring
LeBeau.
w. Meinert robbed Cameron of hit
in the fourth, making brilliant run
ming catch of a long fly. Fitzgerald
caupht a foul from IeBeau's bat in the
fifth while hanging on the pickets of
the amphitheater fence. Agnew re-
tired Thiesing in the ninth by pulling
down long foul after a fast sprint.
The score: