Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1917-09-04
LABOR DAY GAME
IS WON BY OGDEN
INDEPENDENTS DEFEATED IN
c-EAN CONTEST BY SCORE
or 4ro 3
PASSES PUT WINNING
RUNS ON THE PATHWAYS
Blackburn 10 Sent to Mound When
Visitors Obtain Lead and Turns
Homo hittsrs saok-Exhibltion Free
From Erratie Work Despite Heavy
Field-Weather Cuts Attendance.

In wen played ball game Monday
| afternoon the Marshalltown Indepeud-
! ents lost to the Ogden team. 4 to 8,
on a muddy field and under skies
threatening rain. Owing 20 tne adverse
weather conditions the crowd was
small. But for the fact that Schweit-
ger, a youngster from Waterloo, de-
veloped a sore arm early in the game.
the locals probably would have won.
Koerner, sent to the mound with but
slight preparation, had difficulty in
controlling the ball and passed the two
men who scored the tieing and win
ming runs.
After gaining the lead the Ogden
manager sent Smoke" Blackburn. the
dusky star Of the old Rhodes team. to
the mound and kept the Independents
from threatening in the closing innings.
TheNgame was marked by some fast
fielding by the opposing third basemen.
Elder and Morrisey: brilliant one
hand stab by Bell and a nice double
play, Schweitzer to Rhoades to Willig-
rod, in the first inning. which turned
back the Ogdenites when they attempt
ed an initial drive.
Blackburn Shows Smoke.
Schweitzer pitched good ball, and
Koerner barring his tendency to wild
ness in the eighth, was effective. Hag-
land was hit in punches. in the first
and seventh, when the Independents
scored their runs. When Blackburn
went to the box, however, he threw
the ball past the batters. relying solely
on speed to turn back the hitters. Mat
son was the only man facing him to
hit safely. and this blow. going for two
bases because Of slow fielding, might
have started a rally. but Matson at
tempted to take third when the second
baseman dropped the ball on the throw
in. He was tossed out at the bag.
Independents Take Early Lead.
The locals took a lead of two runs
in the first inning, Rhoades starting
the attack with a single and stealing
second koerner hit safely. Rhoades
scoring when Merriam failed to pinch
the ball on the throw to the plate.
The bali rolled TO the fence. koerner
taking third.
Matson failed to deliver. but Willig-
rod cracked out clean single, scoring
koerner and then went to second on
a wild pitch. Tate ended the inning
by hitting to short for an out at first.
Ogden tied up in the fifth. Askiund
opened the inning with sinble, but
was forced at second by Hagland. The
latter essayed to steal, and Rhoades
dropped the throw. A wild pitch PVT
the base runner on third Bagnal
walked and hree-bagger by keutner
n GO
independents Gain Lead. :.
The Independents again gained the
lead in the seventh when another run
was scored on a single. a bunt and an
infield out Tate singled and Bell beat
out neatly placed bunt down the
third base line. Schweitzer sacrificed
the runners forward d base and Naugh-
ton hit to Bagnal for an out at first.
Tate scoring. Elder ended the round
by skying to Keutner.
Blackburn worked Koerner for pass
to open the eighth and then stole sec
ond and third Merriam also walked
and stole second. A timely single by
wilkins scored both base-runners. Will
kins taking second on the throw in.
Morrisey was tossed out at first by
Elder, Wilkins going to third. Koerner
made a nice play on Asklund's ground
er, retiring Wilkins at the plate. Hag-
land singled, sending Asklund to third.
but Bagnal lofted to Rhoades, ending
the round. The score:
OGDEN