Evening Republican, Volume 59, Number 114, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 4 June 1917 — Rensselaer Defeated at Monticello Sunday Afternoon. [ARTICLE]

Rensselaer Defeated at Monticello Sunday Afternoon.

A team of pickups from this city journeyed to Monticello Sunday to meet a baseball club from that place and were defeated 7 to 6 in a rather interesting game. Joe Elder came in from the outfield to do mound duty and got along nicely until the sixth inning, when the Monticello team started combing the ball and ran their total up to seven and the locals found the lead one run too great to make up. Bab Eldridge finished on the slab and was effective. Jimmy Eldridge, Joe Elder ’ and “Lefty” Clark of the old Athletics, were in the lineup. Davis pitched for Monticello and his offerings were bombarded rather freely, but poor baserunning spoiled many openings for the Rensselaer team.