Evening Republican, Volume 17, Number 205, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 28 August 1913 — CLUSTER OF ERRORS GAVE MONON GAME [ARTICLE]

CLUSTER OF ERRORS GAVE MONON GAME

Seven Misplays in Rapid Succession Gave Monon Seven Runs in One Frame Wednesday. With a fine game in prospect and Pitchers Clark and Schultz working in rare form, the Athletics went all to pieces in the first of the gala week contests at Monon Wednesday and in a comedy of errors presented the Monon team with the game. After each side had been blanked in the first and one Monon hand was down in the second, Swartzell and Parks collided in an effort to get a short fly and the inevitable result followed, the- hall fell to the ground. Captain Wilcox celebrated his first chance in the field by dropping the next fly and the contagion then extended to “Trusty” Joe Elder in the left garden and he dropped one. This filled the bases and the infield crowded up close to try to cut off a man at the plate, hut a grounder went through Morgan’s legs and Eldridge, Mfcho stopped the ball, heaved it to the backstop. Everything went wrong at this juncture and seven Mononites crossed the pan before the curtain went down on the act. Two more were added a little later, but of the nine Monon made only one was earned. The locals put Eldridge over in the fourth inning. He hit safely, stole second and romped home when' Pitcher Schultz used all his steam trying to catch 'him off second apd sent the ball through the second baseman and the center fielder.

The game was enlivened by some spectacular playing, in which Virgil Rolbinson, who replaced Morgan at third, after the latter had suffered a slight injury, starred. “Buck” made up for his absence from one or two games by some brilliant flelding, and the Monon fans helped to cheer him. “Dad” Swartzell made several good plays at first, while Harold Clark, who replaced Elder in left field, made three catches in deep left. A peculiar argument occurred in the progress of the game which was really a pleasantry except for the action of an imitation Constable Plum, who w&ded in to exhibit his authority. With a reputation of having whipped his wife a time or two he was feelirig his tfn star authority like a gelding does oats. He put his mildewed face into the argument and it took some time to make it understood that back of the bran in the mildew and be neath his tousled hair there was sufficient intellect to pin on a badge. It is really a pity that a good town with so many nice people has to be afflicted with a constable who wears his brains in a pair of congress shoes, and who can’t tell a friendly argument from a freeJor-all fight. The pity is his, the disgrace is in the village. The ball game was umpired by “Spike” Wilson, of Wanatah, and he is an able and fair official. Friday 'Monon will play Delphi and some contest is expected, as both teams are loaded to the teeth.

Walt Engle was the only Mononite, aside from Schultz brothers, who have been there all summer, to play in Wednesday’s game. Lange, said to be a Cub’s prospect, is to pitch for Monon Friday, when a large crowd of Rensselaer people will probably see the game. The summary: MONON R H PO A E Klem 3b 1 0 2 3 0 Kinnelly 2b ........2 2 2 3 0 Hanson ss .........1 1 1 1 0 Oonnors lb 1 2 9 0 1 Engle if 0 1 1 0 0 Thacker cf ..1 1 0 0 1 Adams c 1 0 11 1 0 Schultz rs 1 0 10 0 Schultz p 1 0 0 0 0 Total ....9 7 27 8 2 RENSSELAER R H PO A E Parks 2b 0 0 0 0 0 Masoji'c 0 2 6 0 0 Swartzell Hr 0 0 2 1 1 E. Wilcox rs d 2 0 1 Morgan 3b 0 1 10 1 Robinson 3b- .......0 0 5 2 0 Eldridge ss 1 1 1 0 2 J. Wilcox cf 0 0 3 1 0 Elder If .. 0 1 0 0 2 Clark If 0 0 3 0 0 Clark p 0 2 10 1 - -J!. .. J__ ____ i ' iu ___ Total ....1 7 24 4 8 "Stolen bases, Kinnelly 2, Eldridge, Mason. Struck out by Schultz, 10; Clark, 7. Bases on balls, off Schultz, 1; off Clark, 2. Double play, Hanson to Kinnelly to Connors. Umpire, Wilson. Scorer, Tuteur.