Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1917-05-25

Before 20 Visiting bankers and
goodIy crowd of local fans, Larry
Browns Pilots yesterday grabbed the
| pions by a score of to 5. in what
was probably the most bitter defeat
suffered by the local team in many
moons. After the home folks had pre-
sented the Brownies with three runs,
| the umpire hadrcontributed two more.
and erratic playing. due to infield
shifts, necessitated by the Punishment
Of Clemens from the game, had added
another counter. the champions woke
up in the last two frames and. by
desperate rally pounded out four
runs. falling short by one run of tieing
the count.
Had any of the three contributing
factors-an error of omission by the
home team in the third, the error of
the umpire in the fifth. or the errors
of commission by Substitute Second
Baseman Torkelson in the seventh
been eliminated, the champions would
have won. But. unfortunately, the sad
combination, offered before visiting
delegation of Iowa financiers. wrecked
the hopes Ol the -allScHS lot d
success on this especial occasion.
Umpire's Mistake Costly.
While the error Of omission. for
which no particular player was d.
rectly responsible, was costly, yet it
Gid not dash the hopes OF Boyie's men
nor of the fans. 1t was the miserable
blunder of Umpire Walker that took
the last bit Of hope and faith in the
tribe of umpires out Of the genus fan.
This costly mistake came in the fifth.
after two were out and Wilkes was
perched on first. Nolt hit between first
and second, and Clemens was set for
the play. Wilkes headed for second.
and the ball caromed off his leg toward
center field. Players and fans alike
welcomed the turn of fortune with
shout. and Clemens and other players
tossed their gloves to the ground and
started for the bench. Wilkes and Mott
meanwhile. trotting around the bases.
Both scored and, to the amazement of
the crowd, the umpire called them safe.
He claimed not to have seen the ball
hit the baserunner. So so baseball
games.
| Champions Scored First
Brown announced Red" Fulwider,
| late of Cedar Rapids and Waterloo, as
| his mount for the event, and Higgins
was named for the Boyle entry. The
champions got away to a run in the
second, after wasting d bEace OF safe
| bingles in the first chapter. Lee drew
a life on Menne's error and moved to
third on sacrifice hits by Durkin and
Ashland. Torkeison's timely hit scored
| Lee.
| With two down in the third. Wilkes
| poked a fly ball between the pitchers
and catcher's stations. Neither Hig-'
/ gins nor Ashland started to take the
| ball. and both Eunick ard Cameron
raced in to make the catch. Both halt
ed and the ball fell fair. 1t was an
easy chance for any of the four players
mentioned, and would have retired the
side. Durkin then booted Nolt's
grounder, Sears singled and Miller dou-
bled, Wilkes. Nolt and Sears scoring.
| Walker Contributed Two.
| Again in the fifth two were down and
| Wilkes was on first, when Nolt slashed
| a grounder toward right. Wilkes
| started for second. but was hit by the
ball. This should have retired the side.
but both runners continued around the
| bags and scored. The scores were al
| lowed to stand. Clemens protested
vigorously. with the result that he was
| ordered out of the game. The Danish
| ment of Clemens was costly, for 1t
| was necessary to send Murphy who
was in no condition to play, to right
| field. and Torkelson was permitted to
enjoy an intield position, going to sec
| ond. That this was disastrous was
shown in the seventh. when Torkelson
| booted Browns grounder, and the Pilot
boss scored, making the circuit on Full
wider's safe bunt, Cameron fielding the
ball, with both Higgins and Torkelson
failing to cover first; Torkelson's tad
| heave to first off Wilkes grounder, and
| Motifs sacrifice fly. A snappy double
play ended the round. Sears whiting,
and Ashland, by snap throw, Tagging
Fulwider off third.
| Champions Make Desperate Effort.
| But the AnsonS were not beaten I'M
| til the last man was out in the ninth.
! They came back in the closing rounds
and sent a chill down the spine Of
Brown by their attack on Fulwider and
Watkins, who succeeded him. Higgins
drew walk, opening the eighth, and
| LeBeau singled. Fulwider then went
to the scrap yard and Watkins was
called on to halt the rally. Watkins
forced Murphy to ground out to Hen
ming. but Eunick's sacrifice fly scored
Higgins, and Menpe's error on Dam
eron's grounder counted LeBeau.
With one out in the ninth Ashland
singled and Torkelson rode one to the
fence for two corners. Rush. hitting for
Higgins, famed, but Murphy delivered,
shooting single to right to score both
Ashland and TOrkelson. Eunick was
thrown out at first by Wilkes.
The game was enl!vemed by three
snappy double plays and a, most re-
rnarkable one-handed scoop back Of
second by Durlin, which was turned
into an out at first. Durkin's scoop
was big league baseball. The score:
CLINTON.
ABB r III Po A e
Wilkes, 2b ......... ~
Nolt, CT ............ 3 2 1 90 0
Sears, II ........... 4 1 1 0 0 0
Miller, RI .......... 4 0 1 3 0 0
Hauk, 3b .......... 4 0 / 2 2 0
Henning, lib .-...... 3 0 j Is 0
MEME. ss ..... 0 o 0 I 2
Brown, .......... 4 2 Q