Evening Republican, Volume 15, Number 138, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 12 June 1911 — LLOYD PARKS' HOMER WINS FOR RENSSELAER. [ARTICLE]

LLOYD PARKS' HOMER WINS FOR RENSSELAER.

Monticello Blanked by Swartzell While Rensselaer Gets Lone Tally in Sunday Game. Owing to the fact that the Monticello team was rather late in arriving Sunday it was /not generally known that there would be a game at Riverside Park. They arrived in automobiles about 1 o’clock and the faithful who went out were treated to a fine game of the great American pasttime. Swartzell was in the box and was right. He went the entire route and only three hits were gathered off Mm. The entire team back of him was there, and some fine bits of fielding were pulled off. Captain Wilcox was at the receiving end, and Shafer, who plays ball for all the teams around and has for a number of years, did not have a thing on him. His winging to seepnd was of star* order and neither had a passed ball. Neither pitcher gave a pass to first until the ninth, when each side received one. Several times each team was in danger of scoring, but good box work and game fielding pulled it out. Saunders, who started in the box for Monticello, gave way to Heddy in the seventh, and Downle went in for Lynch in right field in the eighth. Rawlings went in to run for Briggs in their half of the ninth, but it was all of no avail. Rensselaer only made two errors, bu> this did not have much effect on the tally sheet. Elders on first failed to properly take Clark’s throw to catch Gardner, but a moment later Jess Wilcox assisted McLain when he tried to steal second. McLain’s bobble of Heddy’s hard grounder immediately turned into a double play, when Gardner popped to McLain and he doubled Heddy at first. Neither team scored in the first three rounds, but Parks, first up in the fourth, met the first ball pitched square on the nose and the sphere sailed over the left field fence, and the Parks boy circled the bases and tallied what proved to be the only score of the game. Only three hits were made on each side. “Dad” Swartfell clouted one to center, and Leonard Elder got one to left, but nothing resulted. Monticello played air tight ball all the way through, but we seem to have it on that bunch, and we are thankful for Mr. Parks’ fine clout over the garden wall, a la “Ping” Bodie. In Monticello’s half of the sixth, Jess Wilcox in center made all three of the outs. Young Porter in left accepted two chances and made good. Clark robbed Davis of a sure hit in the eighth when he jumped and speared his vicious liner. The game was Splayed in record breaking time, one hour and twenty-five minutes. The crowd’s size was rather dissappointing but in view of the fact that the entire team were home boys, and the management intends to keep it so as much as possible, it is hoped that the talent will lend their support, and if the games are to be judged by what the boys accomplished Sunday, nobody will have a kick, and we will have a winner, and you will be treated to a classy article of base ball. The summary: Monticello AB R H PO A E Rawlings, lb ..4 0 0 6 1 2 Briggs, 3b 3 0 0 1 1 0 Heddy 2b-p ...4 0 0 0 0 0 Gardner, cf ....4 0 0 1 0 0 Schaefer, c ....3 0 0 10 0 0 Saunders, p-2b .3 0 0 2 2 1 Davis, ss ......3 0 1 3 3 0 Taylor, If 2 0 110 0 Lynch, rs 2 0 1 0 0 0 Downey, rs .... 1 0 0 0 0 1 Total 29 0 3 24 7 4 Rensselaer AB R H PO A E Parks, ss 3 1112 0 Swartzell, p ...4 0 1 2 2 0 McClain, 2b ...4 0 0 2 1 1 Wilcox, E., c ..3 0 0 3 1 0 Wilcox, J., cf ..3 0 1 9 0 1 Elder, L., lb ..3 0 0 1 3 0 Clark, 3b 3 0 0 1 3 0 Porter, If ....,3 0 0 2 0 0 Malone, rs ....3 0 0 1 0 0 Total 29 1 3 27 10 2 Home run. Parks. Sacrifice hit, E. Wilcox. Double play, McLain to Elder. Bases on balls, off Swartzell 1, off Heddy 1. Struck out, by Swartzell 3, by Saunders 6, by Heddy 2. Hit by pitcher, Taylor. Time of game 1:25. Umpire Malone. Score keeper, C. A. Tuteur.