Rensselaer Semi-Weekly Republican, Volume 40, Number 91, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 24 July 1908 — RENSSELAER KNIGHTS SUFFER DEFEAT [ARTICLE]

RENSSELAER KNIGHTS SUFFER DEFEAT

Remington Ball Players Make an Easy Thing Out of the Old Spavins That Represent No. 82.

Tuesday Was Knights of Pythias day. < And Rensselaer Will not Soon forget it And some of the old “has-beens" who undertook to play ball will never forget it. •o . The Rensselaer business men closed their stores during the afternoon and fell tn back of the band and went to Riverside Athletic Park to see the ■comedyof errors. The women, largeUy the Pythian Sisters, turned •out to- see the fun and there was ■every reason why the Rensselaer ban .players should have distinguished ■themselves. But-thay didn't. f Not-by a great deal. Captain Zimmerman's ball .players Were outfitted In the suits Of the Wrens as far as they would go and then other old outfits that had escaped the rag bag since their owners had:.quit the follies of youth and be<untto make, livings for .themselves, were used. They didn’t look so tad, not>so very bad, not as bad by a whole lobws they proved to be. The . affair was started with Remington at the bat, and Healey in the box. for the locals. And the balloon was -cut loose with the first ball pitched. Every time the pitcher put the. ball over the plate some .Remington..batter put it to .the fence. In the. first Inning the visitors, made four trips .around the bases. .That was a great many, but-Rensge-laer was banking on its heavy batters, and they expected to lie up .the score in their half of the inning, but they had; figured wrong ugain, for they could not connect with .the -delusive delivery a* one Qus Merritt, .who sent slants and shoots over the die that would.make the renowned Merdecai Brown turn pallid with envy. And then he .was aided by a shortstop named Maxwell, who is said.to. be one of the real ball players in this see.4tat -rof r the state. MaxweiliiH"fittW and aged but was there with the goods and then Bennis O’Rellty did ..stunts .around first base that would make a .professional vwith a ?s,ote salary Aook rche?p. — r ~ ’—“ ' He got than high .He got them low, .He snagged.-the grounders And snapped«each throw.

He caught them in one hand And caught them in two And he never let up Till the game was through. ’Twas Dennis O’Reilly And every one said, “He's sure a professional Riz from the dead.” And when Dennis batted The fielders backed up, ’Hut ’twas all of no use For O’Reilly, the pup, ‘ He’d look at the fielder, And swing with his bat. And the ball would soar off Till it looked like a gnat. Seven times ■did O’Reilly ' Step up to -the plate And six times he scored ’Tis sad to relate. The Remington players-were blanked in the 3d -and 4th, while -Rensselaer made 1 in the second and 2 in the third. Then Remington went-after matters in earnest and before the 4th session was over ,they had scored an even naif dozen. That’s where Healey <saw his finish. Captain Zimmerman said he was unconditio"ally released. Then Rice Porter took a turn on the rubber- and the visitors ..garnered five runs -eff him in three innings and than-Frank Kressler took a turn, but the heavy south end stickers did not exhibit one particle of- brotherly love and pushed seven more of their husky fielders over the plate. Then Ed Catt took -a turn at the rubber and proved Just as easy as his predecessors and when the official score keepers had figured up the to-tal-Remington had 2,7-MBCores to their credit. During the meantime, Rensselaer Uad-scratched up a total of 9. -They had figured that Gus Merritt, the pitcher of the Remington team, would tire out before.the game was over. But again they- figured wrong. For the further Merritt went the bettor he got, and .at Jthe close of the 9ui.be was going like a. wild wind. ,Wb got beautifully trimmed but kt was a good time any sspy. . During the progress. of the game etglkt. large automobiles pulled into the.park from Hebron,.and 41 Knight* from that town, who had been invited here to perform degree work that aigai, helped swell the crowd HOC added to the good natured rivalry of the. contest .At might the Hebron visitors took charge of the second -degree work frpd iK to to the ..greatest admiration .from the local and other visiting knights. After the degree work -.was finished, refreshments were served .and a good sociable time enjoyed.