Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1920-07-02
LOCALS WON FROM
MONICO IN eleventh.
Bowker's Home Run in Last
Frame Gave Eagle Sec
ond Victory Over
junction Team.

In one of the tightest games ever
seen on the home diamond Eagle
River snatched an eleventh inning
victory from Monico Sunday when
Bowker pounded out a home run
beyond the center garden making the
score six to five in favor OF the home
team. 1t was game that kept the
fans on. edge from the very start.
After the first inning it was apparent
that MoEico wasn't to be defeated as
easily as they were week ago, due
mainly to the fact that during the
week that teams had unearthed an
other pitcher, one Suck of Amigo.
And Suick could toss them. He
stayed the whole eleven innings and
had lots of stuff on everything he put
over. The locals found him for twelve
hits but they were scattered enough
so that with the good support which
he had, their tallying power was dis
counted.
The game went fast. The team put
a lot Of work on the diamond last
week with the result that for Sun
days game it was as smooth as a
floor, without a blade of grass on it.
Batted balls came down the infield
like bullets and very few errors were
made. Two or three for each side was
the limit Smith pitched for Eagle
for the irst six innings, but Monico
found him for two hits and two runs
in the sixth inning and Bowker re-
placed him in the seventh. BoWker's
offerings weren't up to his usual stan
dard and Kuehne went in in the
ninth. His southpaw assortment kept
them guessing for the remainder of
the game.
At the end of the ninth the teams
were tied five all. In the tenth three
junction city boys expired before see
ing first and they duplicated it in the
eleventh.. Eagle had better luck. In
the tenth they got man to second
and one on first before the third man
hit the air. Prospects looked good for
the home team to do something In
the eleventh. Four of the heaviest
hitters were in line for try at
Sucks offerings, but Bowker, the
first man up, relieved them of the
responsibility with his Babe Ruth
drive. He landed on the first ball
thrown and when it finally came to
earth in the blue grass section beyond
center field, he was at third and
going strong. BY the time the ball
had been relayed to the infield BoWker
had scored a home run, which ended
the game right there.
It was uphill work most Of the time
for the locals, and brilliant fielding
alone saved the day in couple of
places when Monico got going. Kue-
-hne, playing first, pulled spectacular
double unassisted in the seventh. With
the bases full and none down, Suck
smashed screeching line drive out
over first. Kuehne forked it out of
space with one mitt, catching the
batter out and retiring the first base
runner That play quieted Monico's
hopes of scoring in that inning.
It was the peppiest game seen here
this season-one that gave the fans
plenty to do all the time. Monico
brought along a good sized delegation
that upheld their part OF
the festivities on the side lines, and
the home team played brand OF ball
that made it impossible for the local
rooters to keep their seats after the
seventh inning.
Next Sunday the team goes to
Rhinelander to mix it with the newly
organized team of that city. No walk
away is looked for there, but the
team is trying hard to keep the pace
of no defeats set for this season.
Monday, July 9Th, Phelps comes
down again, this time with an i'm
ported battery, so there will be an
other hot game when those old rivals
clash. Three Lakes and Laona are on
the schedule for tile near future, with
Three Lakes building high hopes OF