Evening Republican, Volume 17, Number 196, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 18 August 1913 — ATHLETICS KEEP UP WINNING STREAK [ARTICLE]

ATHLETICS KEEP UP WINNING STREAK

Defeated Monticello Sunday by the Score of 9 to 4—Visitors Had a Very Good Team. Monticello fell before the Athletics Sunday by the score of 9 to 4. Clark had a sore arm and was not quite so effective in places as he had been in previous games, but he held the visitors to 5 hits in 8 innings and struck out 13 men. Witz, third baseman for Monticello, hit one ball over the left field fence; the first time a fair ball has gone over the fence for two years. Elder leaped over the fence and made such a quick return of the ball that Witz was cut off at third, but Umpire Maloney ruled that a hit over the fence was good for a homer. Clark was after a shutout and it looked as though he would get it, but an error by Wilcox, who overthrew let Jim Downey score. The home run by W’itz brought Bell in after he had received a free pass to first. The game being sacked, “Dad” Swartzell went in the last inning and would have escaped without trouble, except for an error by Robinson, who made a fine stop but a bad throw to first. Houser, who got safe, was forced a moment later at second and Bell struck out. Then Witz and Mason each hit safely and Reider, who replaced Downey, hit a line drive to center that looked as though it would score both Witz and Mason, but Jess Wilcox made a sensational running catch and broke up the game.

Catcher Wilcox has a* sore arm, apparently a torn ligament, and will not be able to play at the -receiving end next Sunday when the Athletics go to Monon. Mason, formerly with Monon, will catch the game. The line-up and summary: MONTICELLO R H PO A E Bell 2b 1 0 4 0 3 Witz 3b 1 2 4 0 0 Mason c ........0 2 7 2 0 Downey lb .... 1 1 9 0 2 Davis ss 0 0 0 5 1 Saunders p 0 0 ‘ 0 3 0 Sullivan If .....0 0 0 0 0 Hauser cf 0 0 0 0 0 Young rs 1 0 0 0 0 Reider lb 0 1.0 0 0 ) Total .....4 6 24 10 6 RENSSELAER. R H PO A E Parks 2b 2 2 2 1 2 Swartzell lb ...2 0 4 1 0 E. Wilcox c ....2 1 14 0 1 Morgan 3b ... ..0 2 0 0— 0 J. Wilcox cf ...11 2 0 0 Clark p 1 113 0 Denniston rs ..0 0 1 1 0 Elder If ...1 0 2 0” 0 Eldridge ss ....0 1 1 1 0 Robinson 3b ..0 0 0 0 2 Clark rs 0 1 0 0 0 Total 9 9 27 7 fa Three base hit, Parks. Home run, Witz. Bases on balls, off Clark 1. Struck out by Clark, 13; by Swartzell 1, by Saunders 6. Hits off Clark, 5 in 8 innings: off Swartzell, 1 in 1 inning. Sacrifice hit, Clark. Stolen bases, Swartzell, Morgan, Eldridge. Umpire, Maloney. Scorer, Tuteur.