Evening Republican, Volume 15, Number 150, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 26 June 1911 — Francesville Wins From Wrens [ARTICLE]

Francesville Wins From Wrens

In a same marred by exquisite misplays, the rejuvenated (?) Wrens went down again to defeat By doing so they must have gotten rattier dirty< for some of the punk base ball was not the only thing that butted in. Two regular summer showers came in time to stop proceedings, and almost everybody helped to stop some of it Francesville came over two men shy and sent to Monon for the necessary number to round out their nine, and these two helped some, for Franeesville. Engle, who played left field, made two sensational catches, and McDonald, at short got tt> first five times up, got two hits, and got everything that came near him, and has some whip to first Rensselaer started (Hit fine. Parks, first up, was passed, Swartxell got a hit to center, and Parks scored. The next three were easy outs. FrancesvJJle did not score in the first. They got one in the second, but we didn’t. In the third, Franeesville did thusly: Two first up—out; the next three up bunched straight bingles, result, two runs. The third was pie for the Wrens. Batted all atound, Parks twice. They gathered six runs. Score at this stage of game, 7-3. But in the fourth the balloon went up. Everybody tried their h&rdest to, boot the ball. Swartzell was pounded for fair, and they got five more. Errors and hits gave them two in the seventy and one in the ninth, making a total of eleven. After those six in the third, Alkire steadied and we were held rimless until the ninth, when the old story about to be repeated, if, etc. Meyers and Clark were easy outs. Then Parks blngled to left, Swartzell followed suit, and on the second baseman’s error Parks romped home. E. Wilcox hit a bounder to second, and on a close decision McLain was called safe on second. Swartzell scored. J. Wilcox scorched out a fast one and McLain romped home. Score 10-11. But Joe Elder did not do like his contemporaries, Schulte or Bodie. Two men on bases, third and kecond; a hit would have at least tied the score. But, again, he struck out, and tin agony was over. The summary;

Rensselaer AB R H PO A E Parks, ss ...... 6 2 1 2 1 1 Swartzell, p ... 5 2 3 2 4 3 McLain, 2d ....4 2 0 1 0 1 E. Wilcox, C... 5 1 16 0 1 Huffman, 3d ... 4 1 1 2 3 1 J. Wilcox, cf ...3 1 2 3 0 0 Elder, If 5 1 1 2 1 4 Meyers, 1b....3 0 1 9 0 0 Clark, rs 4 0 0 0 0 0 T Totals ....39 10 10 27 9 8 Franeesville AB R H PO A E Colei, rs ......4 1 0 2 0 2 Engle, If 6 3 0 2 1 0 Hudgens, lb ...6 2 3 8 0 0 Kepner, 2b ....6 0 2 1 2 1 Gilsinger, 3b ..6 2 2 0 2 0 Swing, cf . 5 2 3 2 0 ,0 McDonald, ss .. 6 0 2 1 1 0 Meyers, c 4 0 0 10 0 1 Alkire, p .....6 1 3 1 3 0 Total 47 11 15 27 9 4 123456789 R Rensselaer 10600000 3—lo Franeesville » 01250020 I—ll Bases on balls, off Alkire 1 (Parks), off Swartzell 1. (Cofell.) Struck out, by Swartzell 5, by Alkire 9. Hit by pitcher, Meyers, McLain, J. Wilcox, Cofell, Meyers. Two base hits, Huffman, Kepner, Elder, J. Wilcox. Double plays, Engle to Kepner. Stolen bases, E. Wilcox, Cofell, Meyers. Umpire" Maloney. Attendance 200.