Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1917-07-14
Champs Give Grand Exhibition Of Long
Distance Hitting in Early Rounds
Payne Keeps WaterIoo's Hits Well
Observation-Disclosures Chasers' Eng
!;.cn Exhibition.

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These are the members of the Hoo
doc Chasers'' and the Marshalltown
bugs.
The "Hoodoo Chasers" have con-
vlnced the local fans Of the fallacy of
| the ancient bugaboo concerning day
and number, even to the extent of dis
abusing the ball players of some Of
their superstitious beliefs, and if any
professional group is surfeited with
baseless fears it is the baseball fra
| ternity. All of which means that the
champions hung the Grape on the
Looms in the second game of the series
Friday. the thirteenth day of July, in
the presence Of Ed Diapers gloom dis
pellers, better known as the ..Hoodoo
Chasers." an organization Of traffic
men bent on spreading the gospel Of
hope to the credulous individual who
fears to walk under a ladder or throw
bootjack at a black cat.
Looms Are Not Conve rted.
Egans gang. however. refused to be
convinced that their belief in the SUI
pernatural or occult agencies was un-
founded. In fact the Looms are agreed
that the whole performance was pre-
sided over by some supernatural
agency and gave as evidence the score
sheet showing they outhit the cham
pions. yet tailed but one run to the
champions seven.
1t was a loony day for the looms.
The ''Hoodoo Chasers." with a bang
and novel contrivances designed for
oise-making purposes. not only routed
the hoodoo but also got Waterloo's
goat.
Grand Hitting Exhibition.
But the whole affair was without
mystery. The champions simply ham,
mered Big Jess Westerwick for three
innings, during which they scored
seven runs, and then eased up and
held the Looms at a distance. All the
champions hits came in the first four
frames. and were so grouped as to do
the most good. After the fourth
Westerwick looked better, allowing
but two Of Boyle's men to get to first,
and these were passed. On the other
hand Payne kept the Looms many
blows widely. scattered. and the one
| tally credited to the visitors was the
result of overeagerness OF the home
gang to capture a fly ball, with the
result that no one got it. %
! In the three effective innings of the
| home hitters. the champions hammered
out one triple, five doubles and a sin
| gle. drew one walk, stole a pair Of
! bases and prof1ted by two slips in the
| Looms fielding. Summed up, this was
quite sufficient to put any pitcher de-
cidedly in Dutch.
Looms in Freak Performances.
The first inning was such as t"
strengthen the belief of the Looms in
the Friday the thirteenth hoodoo. per-
| haps, but adversely, convinced the big
crowd that the 'Hoodoo Chasers" were
on the job and getting results.
Reinhart, first up, cracked a triple
to the fence, and Kennedy followed
with a double down the right field foul
line scoring Reinl1art. The latter's hit
was fair, but umpire players and most
OF the spectators believed it foul.
Reinhart went back to third and Ken
nedy resumed his duties at the plate.
The latter then drew a base on balls.
Miller hit to Eunick for an out at
first, Reinhart being held at third.
Paschall poked long fly to Murphy
and the fleet Reinhart sprinted for the
pan. Murphy got the ball away quick
ly for a beautiful peg. nipping Rein
hart at the plate, retiring the side.
Champions in Batting Bee.
Then the champions cut loose. Le-
Beau drew a pass and scored on
Murphy's wallop to the far right field
| fence near the foul line, which carried
| the batter around to third. Eunicke
out at first permitted Murphy to score
! Clemens opened the second with q
| two base drive and scored on double
| by Spellman. Hauk hit to Runser
VINO overthrow first, Spellman scoring
PAYNE beat out bunt and LeBeau hill
to Runser, forcing out Hauk at sec
ond. LeBeau and Payne essayed q
double steal, the latter scoring wher
! Anderson threw into center field on
the first leg Of the intended relay
throw. Murphy was out Miller to
Fuerborn, but Eunick poled a double
TO right, scoring LeBeau. Eun1ck was
out, Paschall to Runser to Miller, when
he attempted to stretch his hit to three
bases.
4 Cameron took two bases on his hit
Initiating the third, but was out al
second when Lee hit to Runser. Glenn
ems flied to Kennedy for the second
out. Spellman slapped out his second
double. Lee scoring. The round ended
with Hauk hitting to Miller for an o'1'
at first. !,
Looms Handed Ono Run.
In the flrst FIVE innings Payne al
lowed the Looms three hits, but 81
more were added in the next three In
ninas, at the rate Of two hits an In
ming In the sixth the Eganites man.
aged to put a man around, mainly be-
cause Of too many felders spelling the
catch.
Kennedy singled at the outset, bu
Miller fouled out to Eun1ck, ane
Paschall forced ont Kennedy at sec
ond. Anderson shot a Texas Lacquer
to right, which Lee might have cap
tured, but with both him and Clement
after the bali neither got :: and IT Tel
fair Anderson taking two bases anc
Paschall scoring. ~.
The Hoodoo Chasers pulled for tn
champions to make thirteen runs blu
the warriors chose to let tho scor'
stand at the supposed lucky number
seven. The score:
WATERLOO.
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