Evening Republican, Volume 21, Number 159, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 23 July 1917 — Foresters Tamed In Ten Round Battle Sunday. [ARTICLE]

Foresters Tamed In Ten Round Battle Sunday.

* In a ten round battle, replete with sensational play, the Rensselaer Foresters succumbed to defeat at League Park at Lafayette Sunday, at. the hands of the Foresters of that eity. The final score was 4 to 3. Ricks worked for the home team and Feldhouse served for Rensselaer. Rensselaer nicked- the delivery of Ricks for nine blows, while three were allowed free transportation. Feldhouse was nicked for seven blows and issued five free tickets. The locals permitted six errors, the most of which were costly, while the Lafayette nine was guilty of four bobbles. The winning run was scored in the tenth in the following mannei;: Deardorff pinch hitting for Robinson, went to first on Blue’s error. Williams skyed. Deardorff advanced to third on the hit and run with Tengen. Ricks scored him with a slow bounder down the third base line. Lafayette had an umplets with the now de plume of Strange. The locals thought some of his actions Strange, especially in the ninth stanzo wheji he called Jimmy Eldridge out at the plate, when he was apparently safe by two feet.