Evening Republican, Volume 21, Number 195, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 3 September 1917 — Brook Again Wallops the Soldier Boys in Baseball. [ARTICLE]

Brook Again Wallops the Soldier Boys in Baseball.

The Brook baseball team was again the victor over the members of Company M baseball taem at Riverside Park Sunday afternoon. The fina score was 4 to 3 in favor of the men from Newton county. The heavy rain of the forenoon made the diamond slow and consequently the game was not quite as interesting as the previous oqe. Hampton served for Brook and Brouhard was up for Company M. against them well scattered. RensBoth pitchers kept the few hits selaer took the lead in the first stanza with two markers, which they chased across the rubber on hard hitting.* A freak home run by Harry in the fourth gave Brook one counter. With two outs and two strikes on the batter, Brouhard grooved one and the ball was driven to deep left. The hit would have been held for a double, but Murphy was unable to find the" ball in the tall grass and before he located it Harry had placed his spikes in the rubber. • The game was won by the visitors in the sixth. A single followed by a double put runners on second and third, after which two outs followed. Brouhard got the batter for two strikes and tried so hard to strike him out that he committed a wild pitch, on which both runners scored. Rensselaer scored once more when L. Wilcox walked and stole second and came home on a hit. The final Brook marker, which proved to be the winner, came in the seventh. A single, a steal and another single put the run across. . This is the second defeat administered to the locals by Brook.