Evening Republican, Volume 18, Number 123, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 25 May 1914 — DEFEATED HAMMOND IN BATTING GAME [ARTICLE]

DEFEATED HAMMOND IN BATTING GAME

After Getting Bad Start Athletics Came Up From the Rear and Defeated Visitors. •- • Before the largest crowd of the season the Athletics defeated the fast Hammond team Sunday by the score of 8 to 7. The game -was a hard batting one with the local team slightly the best There Were a number of expensive errors early in the game which - discouraged the team members and disappointed the spectators, but later the Athletics settled down to hard work and forged to the front in the seventh inning. The visitors tied the score to their half of the eighth and the Athletics again' scored one in their half, nosing the visitors out. . For the first time this season a home run hit was made on the local grounds, the batter being Rhode, the swift short stop for the visitors. He lined out a swift one to deep left center. It rolled through the fence and -before it could be relayed in Rhode had crossed the rubber. Elder again made a slashing 3-bagger and was scored by a sacrifice fly by Parks. aThe Athletics are not in flretclass condition yet and some changes in .the line-up are necessary. Just what they will be can not be told at this -time, but it is probable that dark will come to second base and Park® take right field. The Royal Giants, the famous Chicago colored team, are expected here next Sunday and a big crowd is expected. The band furnished some splendid music Sunday and enlivened the contest and Will play again next Sunday. A scrap that was started by one of the spectators rooting for the visitors was soon stopped. It is hoped that nothing of this kind occurs again. / The receipts Sunday were $52.25. The summary:. x ATHLETICS. R H PO A E •Eldridge 3b 0 1 5 3 1 Morgan as 1 1 0 2 1 Swartzell lb ......J 2 10 0 1 Wilcox, c 1 2 6 2 0 Elder H ..... 1 3 4 0 z 0 Parks 2b ..........1 112 3 Bristow rs *....1 10 0 1 Clark cf ~,.,......1 2 1, 0 1 Clark p 1 0 0 5 1 Total 8 13 27 14 9 HAMMOND. R H PO A E Rhode ss 2 2 3 3 0 Kouse rs 2 2 0 0 0 Thompson 3b ......1 0 2 0 1 Fowler lb 0 2 2 0 2 Gratwick 2b .......1 1 4 1 1 Arter cf .f.... 0 1 1 0 0 McCarty If ........0 0 2 0 0 Gratwick c 0 18 10 Flynn p 1 0/2 0 JJs Walker p 0 0 0 0 0 Total ...7 9 24 5 4 Two base hits, House. Three base hit, Elder. Home run, Rhode. Stolen bases, Gratwick, Wilcox, Swartzell, Harold and Howard Clark, sacrifice hits, Morgan. Sacrifice fly, Parks. Struck out, by Clark 7; by Flynn 7. Bases on balls off Flynn 2; off Clark 2. Umpire /McLain. Scorer Tuteur.