Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1917-05-31
Looms NO MATCH
FOR CHAMPIONS
ANSONS WIN 12.TO.2 VICTORY
OVER WATERLOO IN HOLl-
DAY GAME.
lToRkELSoN SCORES
SEVENTH VICTORY
Champions Hammer Fulwider Unmer-
oifulIy, Registering Nineteen Safe
Hits-Reinhart Is Chased and Shifts
in outfieId Prove Expensive to Esan
Substitute Pitcher Becomes III.

| Substitute Pitcher Becomes III.
The remnant of the once famous
Egan machine, supposedly reinforced
and perfected by the addition of some
new parts which were represented on
delivery as being the quail TO such fix
| Indignation Of the might Muskies, came
| TO the city Wednesday toplay ball with
Frank Boyles champions. II the exhibit
ton offered by Mr.. Egan and his tribe
yesterday is a fair sample of their usual
game they are not in the Ansops' class,
| 1t may be that the Looms looked bad
because Of the poor box work of Red
| FNlwider. but il is to be considered
| that the two teams have met four times
this year and the Ansons have scored
| four victories.
Two games had been scheduled for
the holiday, but a mirey field. due to
| the rain Of Tuesday and Tuesday night.
prevented the combatants taking the
field before 5: 30 o'clock, and banished
all thought of playing a dou BILE header.
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kept many from the park and the crowd
was scarcely as large as the average
| week day assembly. Those who took a
chance on the weather and invested in
ticket witnessed a poor exhibition of
baseball on the part OF the visitors. but
all were satisfied owing to the decisive
rss 81 the victory for the home team.
The accountant who manipulated the
adding machine at the suspension OF
play announced the score 10 be Il TO
. IN fave. c. The champions.
Substitute Fielders Wreck Game.
After Waterloo had obtained two runs
in the initial round, the Ansons went
after Fulwider and soon registered
enough runs to make the game safe
hitting the Cedar Rapids Clinton
hurler 20 all corners of the lot To make
matter more serious for Mr.. Egan,
Reinhart talked himself out OF the
game being banished by Umpire Walk
er in the second inning for rudeness
Of speech.
Reinharts elimination caused numer-
Gus outf!eld shifts and every reserve
that ESan called on proved p poorer
choice than his predecessor. In all three
pitchers were stationed In right field
and none covered himself with glory.
The first ntsjudged ny balls. the sec
ond failed 10 use his brains, and the
third dropped fly ball after he had
il safely trapped.
"Chaw" Proves Fetal.
Fuiw!der, the lad who won a game
from the champions a. week ago. when
he was On the Clinton pay roll. was
Egans choice, the Loon manager be-
lieving that his new prospec, could re-
peat. But the Ansons had seen his stock
IN trade once and had decided he car
Red nothing which would again permit
him to get away whole. They hammer
ed him so numerically that Coffin in
terceded in his behalf IN the seventh
ard asked TO be allowed to take the
mound. The third -sacker got away
nobly. retiring the first two men on
pop-fIies. Bat just when things got TO
going good. Coffin swallowed part of
mis- plug OF tobacco and this upset a
stomach that has been off for a few
days. Heart palpitation resulted, and
Coffin soug ut first aid from specta-
tor physician. F'ulwider, who had
transferred to third, went back to the
rubber for further punishment.
o. TorkeIsoo Wild at First.
Torkelson. pitching his seventh
straight victorious game. worked before
a big league scout. who had heard OF
his ability and had come TO witness
one OF his performances. Torkelson did
nothing worthy Of vote of thanks IN
the first inning. but after he had rid
himself Of all his wild tendencies IN
he ie4 ~ he
frame and from that time forward was
| invincible. The Loons' six hits were SO
widely scattered as to be vaiueless. In
no inning did TorkeIson permit more
than one hit.
In the first frame Runser was hit by
a pitched ball, was sacrificed to second
| By Reinhart, and went to third on a
wild pitch. Johnson also was hit by an
| H. guided curve ball and MiIIers two
| base hit scored both Rnnse- and JohIIL
! son. That was all for the Looms. Tofk-
eison had the visitors groggy thereafter
and as~hLs pals quickly made up the
handicap. The game was determined in
| the second inning as far az scores go,
the only doubtful feature being the
| weather.
| Ansons Hit at viii.
| The champions hit the ball almost at
will. Lied led in number OF hits, with
three singles, double. and a sacrifice
fly. Clemens and Torkelson followed.
each with two singles and double.
In the first Lied and Clemens singled,
and Eunick was hit by a pitched ball,
1 filling the bases. Damerons hit scored
Lied. but Clemens was out at the plate
In attempting to score on the same hit
Lee hit into a double play.
In the second LeBeau, Torkelson,
and Lied singled, the latter's safe blow
scoring the first named Clemens was
walked and Eunick singled, scoring
Torkelson. Fulwider made a wild heave
to first and Lied scored Cameron was
walked but Lee was thrown out at
first and DHrkin famed
Oh! How They Hit.
Then it rained hits. Three doubles
and three singles in the third produced
three runs. Durkin led off with a double
and LeBeau hit IN Martini. Who pulled
q stone age play by peggins to third
after Durkin had reached the bag, while
LeBeau was safe at first Agnew hit to
Lynch, but the substitute fielder drop
ped the ball, Durkin scoring. LeBeau,
expecting the ball to be caught, held
first, and was forced out at second on