Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1917-06-29
BoYLE'S HOSPITAL SQUAD DROPS
FIRST GAME TO LACROSSE,
5TO3.
LEROY HAS INDIAN
SIGN ON CHAMPIONS
Home Team Fails to Hit When Runs
Are on Bases-Durkin Forced Back
Into Came When Euniek Is Com.
PEELED to Retire-Dameron Obliged
10 Quit, Rush Substituting at First.

! Such of BoyleS cripples as were
able 10 be out of the hospital battled
| Thursday with the tail-enders, suffer-
ing the third straight defeat, the final
result being /? TO 3 in favor of La
Crosse. Because of Eunicks disable
ment it was necessary to send Durhin
back into the game, altho his disabled
| knee was still causing him TO limp per-
| ceptibly. Lee was brought in from the
| outtield 10 catch and Agnew and Dur
kin divided the LABOR around short and
| third. Before the game was over Dam =
| eron was obliged to retire owing to his
| ailments. and Rush finished the contest
| at first. Torkelson was again seen in
right
| But despite their crippled condition
the afflicted champions looked little
worse than the Cubs, who were lacking
in ambition and inclined to be erratic
in their fielding. The surprising fea-
ture of the game was that the cham
pions were unable to hit Chief Le-
| Roy to any good purpose, aitho he
showed nothing in the way of curves,
speed or control. But, lacking all the
requisites of a good pitcher, he seemed
10 have the Indian sign on the Ansons
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ratio and slow fielding had him almost
| constantly in the hole. He worked
hard and twice pulled out creditably
when, had the Cubs shown average
offensive power. the opportunity was
presented for the wrecking Of the
game.
Cubs Get Good Lead.
The Cubs took a good lead in the
early innings, which the champions
were unable 10 overcome. Collins,
leading off in the second, singled and
stole second. Sargent and Thiesing
We're retired at first. but Agnew jug
gled A. Meinert's grounder, Collins
scoring. Fitzgerald then struck out.
Leroy started the attack in the third
with a two-hase hit, which should have
been held to a single with sharper
fielding. ". Meinert,s out at first ad-
vanced Leroy to third. permitting the
Indian to score when Morgan singled.
Kuhn's wo-baeeer scored Morgan and
Agnew's error gave Collins a life. Sar-
gent was passed, crowding the base
ways, but Payne struck out tThiesing
and A. Meinert hit to Clemens for an
out at first.
With two out In the fourth W. Mein-
ert singled. Morgan hit safely. and the
former scored on a double steal, the
throw TO the plate being high.
Champions Donated Tally.
Two hits were wasted by the cham
pions in the second, Lee and Durkin
connecting with the ball after Cameron
had been tossed out at first but both
Torkelson and Agnew were whitfield.
ha I-,,hS donation
the fourth when the champions scored
their first run. \Dameron fled to Col
Inns and Lee hit a skyscraper TO THE
sing who dropped the ball. Durkin
hit to Morgan. who made an effort TO
catch Lee at second, but Sargent
dropped the ball. Torkelson was
passed giving the champions full pos
session of the corners. Agnew,s sacri-
flee fly 10 Meinert scored Lee. Payne's
pop-fy to Leroy retired the side.
In the fifth Murphy walked and went
TO third on Clemens single and Lee
Beaus safe bunt. Cameron was out
on strikes. but Lee poled a sacrifice fly
to Meinert. scoring Murphy. With two
runs remaining on the bases, Durkin
flied TO Sargent.
Hand Cubs One Run.
Cameron retired at the opening OF
the sixth and Rush wept TO first. the
pitcher erred on the first play which
resulted in the Cubs scoring another
run. but thereafter his work was very
acceptable. After the champions had
disposed of the first two Cub barters,
W. Meinert laid down a grounder which
should have been turned into an easy
out, but Rush dropped the throw. Nor
gan's three base hit followed. scoring
Meiner1 In the final three innings the
patched up infield worked better and
Payne did not rely greatly upon his
support, the Cubs not proving danger
Gus.
Murphy Scores Final Run.
The cripples played out their string,
and added a run in the ninth. Higgins,
| batting for Payne, struck out but
Murphy hit 20 right field for three
quarters Of the circuit. Clemens lift
ed a long fly to Collins, Murphy scor-
| ing. LeBeau ended the game by flying
to Collins. The score
LA CROSSE.
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