The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1920-08-09

Keokuk, /; Hamilton, 5; first game.
/ keokuk, 4 Hamilton, g.; second
game.
! Fort Madison, 8; Burlington, 2.
Results Saturday.
Keokuk, 10; Hamilton, 2.
! Fort Madison, II; Burlington, 10.
Keokuk and Hamilton divided the
matinee bill yesterday afternoon, the
visitors winning the first session to
| /, and the locals coping the second
! game in seven innings, to ). Both
games were full of sparkling plays,
the first one especially cracking
with brilliant defense by both sides.
| The local defense cracked in one In
ming when four errors and one little
hit gave the visitors three to one
lead. Aside from this bad session,
both teams played unusually good
ball, and the fans got their moneys
worth and then some.
Shinn, who halls from Cuba, H.,
was on the mound for Hamilton in
the first game and while he was
touched for ten hits. three of them
for extra bases he managed to mix
from being punched, and got away to
a victory. Art Crimmins opposed him.
and pitched winning brand of base
ball under ordinary circumstances.
Schard pitched for the locals in the
second game and was opposed by
Schwiete Fry's theft of home while
the young southpaw was warming up
was tho feature of the second game.
Fry was on third and tented
couple of times. Schwiete settled into
the box again and began that tor
tuous corkscrew wind-up of his and
Fry tore down the path for home. Be
fore Schwiete could get united and
shoot the ball to Gerard, Fry slid
across the plate.
Dickey's two-base crack and
Browns single won the game in the
local half of the sixth inning.
The First Game.
To begin the first game Mekemson
famed and Williams hit into deep
left for two bases He cut the corner
at first however and the ball came
back and he was called out. To start
the second inning Goehring singled,
but was caught stealing when Grim
minis threw wide ball which Brown
caught one handed, and threw while
off balance Some of these base-run-
ners some day will learn to respect
that arm Of Larry's. Hamrick drew
pass and then went sound to sleep
off first and Crimmins pegged him
out mile Means looked at three.
In Keokuk's half of the first the
fans had all the thrills they wanted.
picked out nice one for
double and went to third on wild
pitch Roam famed and John Dickey
sent a grass cutter to third. Goehring
shot TIE ball to home to catch Ander-
son and he was trapped there, with
Williams, Goehring and Mekemson
all handling the ball. In the mean
time Dickey was sneaking around to
third, and Hamrick racing from CEN
ter covered the sack and got Will
lians' toss to nab Dickey.
Finigan doubled in the second,
but his attempt was wasted, Ander-
son got his second single in the third
but got no further.
Errors Means Runs.
In the fifth the error column grew
fat. Goehring was hit, and Crimmins
threw wide in trying for a double
play on Hamrick's bunt Means hit
into left field and Finigan dropped
the ball Shinn hit into a double play
but Smith messed UP Mekemson's Of
fering and Anderson pegged wide to
Brown trying to head Hamrick off at
the plate Williams singled and three
runs were across Hamilton added an
other in tho seventh on Means single
and Mekemson's double. Hamrick sim
gied in the eighth and Means walked.
Shinn's single scored Hamrick.
Keokuk scored in the seventh on
double and Fry's single. The
eighth and ninth were pregnant with
scoring opportunities, but nothing
happened
In the second game Hamilton
scored right off the reel with three
walks and rather ragged play at
short stop, which Venning recovered
IN time TO catch his man at first, but
which allowed Goehring who was run
ming for Williams TO score.
Three For keokuk.
In (fhe second inning the local fans
had their fun. Brown singled clearly,
put RAGS attempt, to bunt was picked
off by Goehring. Finigan lived on Will
Jams error Fry smashed out dou-
de. and Hamrick had plenty OF time
% catch Finigan at third, but threw
he ball into the bleachers, Fry going
o third and Brown and Finigan scor-
ny. AS Schwiete wound up, Fry
dashed home.
The winning run came across In
he sixth on Dickey's two Dagger and
Crowns rap. /,
John Dickey played two of the best