Evening Republican, Volume 17, Number 184, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 4 August 1913 — BRONCHO BUSTERS WERE EASY PICKING [ARTICLE]

BRONCHO BUSTERS WERE EASY PICKING

Team Advertised As Semi-Pros Proved Bnnch Of Good Fellows Out For A “Joy Ride.” Rensselaer fans were disappointed Sunday at the ball game, which proved somewhat of a farce from the fact that the visiting team put up a very poor contest and did not fulfill the expectations based upon their advertising. The team was called the Cattlemen’s Commercial club and nick named the “broncho busters.” The team was made up of a nice bunch of fellows individually but they were a poor lot of ball players collectively. During the progress of the game the infield showed up fairly well in spots, but Rensselear was in such keen form that by comparison the visitors looked very weak. Clark and Wilcox were in fine shape and Clark had everything needed for a much harder contest. He struck out 18 of the cattlemen and allowed only two singles, one of which was a scratch that Eldridge almost brought down. Only 30 men faced Clark and but two reached second base. In the third, fourth and sixth innings he fanned every man. The story is better told in the summary: / ' ' . u__ r h e Chicago 00 0 0 0 0 0 0 0-0 2 6 Athletics 24000110 x—B 11 1 RENSSELAER R H PO A R Parks 2b 2 10 0 0 Swartzell lb 1 3 5 0 0 E. Wilcox c ...0 2 18 1 0 J. Wilcox cf 0 0 0' 0 0 Denniston rs 0 0 0 0 0 Clark p ....1 2 1 2 0 Elder If .....1 0 1 0 1 Eldridge ss 1 1 0 1 0 Robinson. 3b 2 2 2 2 0 Total 8 11 27 6 1 CHICAGO R H PO A E Polly 3b 0 0 2 1 1 Bensley cf p ... 0 0 0 0 2 Graney 2b 0 1 3 1 1 Sorenson pcf 0 0 0 7 0 Donohue rs 0 0 0 0 0 Haskins if 0 0 0 0 1 Graver ss 0 0 4 3 0 Long c 0 0 7 0 1 Wheeler lb 0 18 10

Total 0 2 24 13 6 Struck out—by Clark 18, by Sorenson 2. Bases on balls off Sorenson 4. Stolen bases, Clark 2, Parks, Swartzell, E., Wilcox. Umpire—Maloney, McLain. Passed balls—Long 3. Posed balls—Long 3. Notes of the Game. Robinson got his stride at third and accepted four chances in fine shape. He got two hits, his first for the season. » Denniston could not see the ball and chopped twice. He did not get a chance in the field nor a hit and has a clean string of ciphers in the summary. Eldridge played well at short, making a sensational stop, of the first batted ball and lining out a elean hit in the fifth. He looks like a steady. Elder got a bad bump on his left arm when at bat in the second inning and it pained him throughout the game and was doubtless responsible for his muffing a fly in the fifth.

The need of a field captain was demonstrated when Elder and ' Jesse Wilcox almost ran together when chasing a fly. The invariable thing happened—the hall was muffed. Elmer Wilcox got all eighteen put-outs resulting from that number of strikeouts. Usually the first sacker comes In for a few on a muffed third ball. It was also Wilcox’s fine throw to third that cut off Wheeler's attempt to steal and broke up the game The receipts were $49.70. Lowell next Sunday. Batting averages to date: \ G Ab H Pot. E. Wilcox 8 31 14 432 Morgan 4 12 5 417 Swatzell 8 35 14 400 Clark .8 45 16 356 Conn 4 14 3 215 Denniston .......>.7 28 6 213 Eidridge 2 5 1 200 Parks 5 16 ' 3 188 J. Wilcox 8 31 5 161 Elder 8 29 4 138 Robinson 5 17 2 118