Evening Republican, Volume 14, Number 234, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 1 October 1910 — WRENS FOUND FRANCESVILLE EASY PICKING FRIDAY. [ARTICLE]

WRENS FOUND FRANCESVILLE EASY PICKING FRIDAY.

Pound Out 15 to 1 Victory in Greatest Swatting Event of Two Seasons— k -- Boswell Today and Sunday. The Wrens made enough hits and runs Friday to win a half dozen games if distributed carefully. They made a total of 17 hits, including one threebagger and eight doubles, and ran around the bases until exhausted. Swartgell was the chief slugger, making three doubles and one single in five times up. One of his smashes went to the fence and' looked like a George Fate homer for a short tiqae, but a quick return held him on second. Morgan got two doubles and a single, all with men on bases and earned the title of pinsh hitter by his timely swatting. Hanks got a three bagger that almost landed a half century of Havannas, and “Smiling Jack,” as the girls with dimples have dubbed him. almost ran over the Francesville third baseman who got dreadfully in his refad. -“Father” McLain also made three hits, all timely. Poor Mr. Benning) the Francesville hurler, looked too good to be thus led to the slaughter. He had on a black jersey with tiger stripes, a blue sock with a white stripe, a solid red stockIng, a blue jacket, a pair of faded blue trousers and real baseball shoes with an ankle brace, and if he had never pitched at all some folks would have taken him for a real pitcher. But he pitched, and thereby hangs a long story, filled with woe to Pulaskidom, and especial sadness to the vari-color-ed twirler. After five innings of misfortune and insult to his delivery, he was succeeded by Manager Coffel, who don’t claim to be a pitcher, and didn’t leave anyone suspicioning that he did. The story would be too long for a Sunday supplement and we merely print the line-up and summary, just to show who participated in the batfest and how much liberty they took. The Wrens played a real good game, Lakey pitching. It was his third game with only one score, his two previous ones having been shut-outs. This was near to the cipher HnO and might have been save for a bobble by Parcels who was trying to work too fast for a double. The little lefthander is giving splendid satisfaction to his teammates and fans, and is the best we have seen this year. He will probably work Sunday against Boswell. The line-up, etc.: Francesville R H PO A E Hudgens, Ist 0 1 12 2 0 Maxwell, ss 1 0 0 3 1 Swing, 3bo 1 0 2 1 Lowery, If 0 1 1 0 0 Kepner, 2b 0 1 5 1 0 French, cf 0 0 1 0 0 Coffel, rs-p ..0 1 0 0 1 Myers, c 0 1 5 1 2 Benning, p 0 0 0 6 0 Thayer, rs 0 0 0 0 0 Total . .1 6 24 15 5 Wrens R H PO A E Parcels, ss 2 1 0 2 1 Zellers, 3b 3 2 0 1 0 Hanks, If 3 1 6 0 0 McLain, c 3 3 8 0 0 Swartzell, lb .... .’.3 4—lo o—o Jensen, 2b ~0 1 1 2 0 Lakey, p .0 1 0 3 0 Morgan, rs 1 3 2 1 0 Elder, cf 0 1 0 1 0 Total ........15 17 27 10 1 Earned runs, Wrens 8. Three-base hits, Hanks. Two-base hits, Swartzell 3, Morgan 2, Jensen, Elder, Zeller, Swing, Lowery. Struck out, by Lakey 7, by Benning 3. Double plays, Kepner to Hudgens. Hit by pitcher, by Lakey, Maxwell. Bases on balls, off Lakey 1; off Benning 4; off Coffel 2. Umpire Maloney.