Evening Republican, Volume 22, Number 111, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 12 May 1919 — LOCALS IN SHUT OUT WIN OVER ST. JOSEPH [ARTICLE]

LOCALS IN SHUT OUT WIN OVER ST. JOSEPH

Playing errorless ball behind the strong pitching of Feldhaus, a pickup team from Rensselaer defeated the representative nine of St. Joseph College Sunday by a score of 9 to 0 in a seven inning affair. It was the maiden effort of the local cluh and their debut makes the future outlook a rosy one. Without any previous practice they played perfect ball and .as they stand seem to be a well constructed, smoothrunning machine. St. Joseph has been on the diamond for several weeks and has had the advantage of meeting strong competition on several occasions. The Rensselaer nine played bangup ball throughout and-, nicked the offerings of two college flingers. In the fourth frame, with the runways clogged, Blue slapped a three-baser into left while his mates scampered home. Harold Clark was cffief clubber with a pair of twobase blows and a single in three trips to the platter. Parks at second fielded in a masterly fashion and was there on two cleverly executed double plays. Eldridge did sterling work as receiver and flagged the only base runner who attempted to steal. Feldhaus was master of the situation throughout and turned back the collegians without a blow, permitting but one opposing batter to reach second base. The splendid showing made will no doubt set the baseball bee to buzzing in fan circles and no doubt will be instrumental in having several games here during the season.