Rensselaer Semi-Weekly Republican, Volume 40, Number 100, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 25 August 1908 — Whoop-La ! Knights Win a Game. [ARTICLE]

Whoop-La ! Knights Win a Game.

The Knights of Pythias defeated the Odd Fellows at basee Dali Friday by the Bcore of 3,7 to 23, and the plumed gallants are strutting around like peacocks, because it is the first game they had won this year. The representatives of the two lodges lined up at Riverside Athletic Park and indulged in a slug fest and muffing bee that has not been excelled in Rensselaer this year. The batting honors were about evenly distributed, and the muffing record was also about the same. Individually the batting -honors profrably went to Dr. Myer and Rue Parcells of the Knights, and the former pit out a dean home run, which the Odd Fellow center fielder chased to the fence and then brought to the short stop on a dead run, being In too much of a hurry to throw it In the last inning John Bruner, who had reached second base, undertook to purloin third, but Marshal Parks of the Knights caught him in the act of petit larceny and directed the catcher to whip the spheroid warrant to Chas. G. Spitler, who was acting as constable at the third sack, and as soon as Bruner saw that the warrant had reached the corner he undertook to. adopt leg bail,- but Constable Spitler was too speedy forhim and nabbed him just as he was about to find shelter at the second corner. This foot race brought the game to a sudden close, which was lucky for the Knights, as the Odd Fellows were catching up with them at every bound. Jack Montgomery officiated as umpire and didn’t get mobbed. Emmet Fidler, who was playing 3rd base for the losers, was injured by a spike scratch when Rue Parcells slid Into 3rd after a long run, getting quite a scratch on his right leg. His trousers suffered considerable, being ripped from hip to ankle, and Emmet was forced to retire. It was lots of fun and made several old timers feel young again. But the next day they felt older than ever.