Rensselaer Semi-Weekly Republican, Volume 40, Number 101, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 28 August 1908 — WRENS DEFEAT THE MEDARYVILLE TEAM [ARTICLE]

WRENS DEFEAT THE MEDARYVILLE TEAM

Dobbins Pitches Masterful Game and Lets Visitors Down Without a Safe Hit.

Rensselaer did not hit Massey, of Medaryville,very strong Thursday,but errors by the visitors the Wrens cop out a victory by the score of 4 to 1. Dobbins was Invincible for the Wrens and not a single Medaryville player hit into-■ safe territory, and save for a- base on balls and a few errors the visitors would not have scored. Dobbins had a lot of speed, plenty of curves, good control and he mixed them so well that the chaps from Whie Post township were constantly at his mercy and only one ball went to the outfield, and it was right into the. mit of “never Miss’’ Jess Wilcox. McCarthy cut off one smash that looked like it was going safe. He made a sensational one handed spear of a grass cutter in the sth inning and recovered his position and made a perfect throw. Rensselaer got only three hits off Massey, the midget rubber artist for the visitors. He had good speed, good

control and some good mixtures and struck out 9of the Wrens. In the first inning Dobbins hit the ball to the gap in the fence and went to the 33d corner, and ordinarily it would have gone for a homer, but the center gardner for the losers made a fast chase for the ball and Dobbie was halted at third by a quick relay. Parcells also made a good three base hit and McCarthy got a single. Tommy Lowe, who graduated from the Rensselaer schools in 1906, and who has been attending Purdue for the past two years, played with the visitors, and was feeling so good at getting back to the old town that he couldn’t get hold of the ball for the first two or three innings, and his misplays at second were largely responsible for the scores made by Rensselaer. But after be went beMnd the bat he played a good game. The attendance wag small but enthusiastic and it was a clean game devoid of any wrangling.