Evening Republican, Volume 18, Number 124, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 26 May 1914 — Other Ball Games That Fans Are Interested In. [ARTICLE]

Other Ball Games That Fans Are Interested In.

Goodland played Danville before a crowd that gave $135 in admissions Last Sunday. Danville won by the score of 6to 4. Rice Porter, of Rensselaer, saw the game. Delphi defeated Ockley Bunday by the score of 4 to 3. Faucet, the young twirter for Delphi, held the Ockley team to 3 hits for seven innings, but weakened in the eighth and with a base on balls and three hits 3 rune were scored and another man was on second base. Slitz relieved him and held Ockley scoreless the remainder of the game. Lowell defeated Momence 1 to 0 Sunday. Schutte held the visitors to two hits. ’Lowell only got one lilt, but won the contest. The Lafayette Red Sox defeated the South Bend Hoosiers, score 4 to 1, The game was played before 1,400 fans, the largest crowd Lafayette ever turned out to a ball game. The Gary Works Cubs defeated the Royal Giants, of Chicago, 23 to 4, and the poor showing made by the colored team caused the lead ing colored manager of Chicago to recommend that the Royal Giants be given no more games until the team is reorganized. Indianapolis went to the top of the American association team Monday by defeating Kansas City. Carl Crandall, of Wadena, the shortstop for the Indians, is credited with winning the game. He got one run, two hits, a stolen base, 4 putouts and 8 assists, with no errors. With a man on base in the thirteenth inning he slammed out a two-bagger and brought in the winning run. His picture is in The Star today. Crandall played in Rensselaer once with Wadena and once with Oxford, four or five years ago. He te a brother of Otte Crandall, for many years a pitcher tor the New York Giants. Washington defeated Detroit Monday and went to within a half game of the top of the American league. A petition signed by several thousands of citizens of Michigan asking congress to recognize Dr. Frederick A Cook as the discoverer of the north pole was presented to the senate Saturday by Senator William-Alden Smith. ■ ..U it.