Rensselaer Semi-Weekly Republican, Volume 41, Number 69, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 18 May 1909 — Errors Beat the Varsity; Y. M. I. 7, St. Joseph 4. [ARTICLE]

Errors Beat the Varsity; Y. M. I. 7, St. Joseph 4.

The Lafayette Y. M. I. met and defeated the St. Joseph’s college bane ball team on the college diamond Sunday afternoon. It was the beat game that has. been played on the college grounds this season, and it was the first varsity game to which the sun deigned to be a witness. The game opened rather sensationally. Birkmeier retired the first three men, two of them going out on an unassisted double play. Everything went along smoothly to the fatal 7th when the error vent was opened and a goodly number of the uninvited ones escaped. The trouble was started by Franze on third who instead ot tossing an easy grounder to first to retire the runner juggled the v ball, then carelessly held it allowing the man on second to steel third, unhindered. Up went the team and it did not come to earth till two more runs had been scored. The Y. M. I. had scored a run in the fifth on a bad throw by Nageleisen. Apparnetly Conners, who was pitching a splendid game was going to give the Varsity a coat of the purest whitewash when one of those uncertain base ball freaks came forth in the ninth. Two hands were down when he passed Birkmeier and McArdle, who was substituted for Franze, and before he could settle down to work the Varsity had tied the score. Two extra innings were then required before Lafayette could land the game. A row of errors gave them four runs in the eleventh, but Conners- kept his nerve and the Varsity could do nothing with his delivery. At the start the game was labeled to be first class ball. Both pitchers were in splendid form and but for ' the errors of their team mates it would have been a pitchers’ battle royal. The score does not show th** great work they performed as none of the runs were earned, but the pure\ result of errors. The Varsity is well l able to give us a good article of ball but they must learn to keep their head in the game in the critical moments. The score: r h e St J. C....0-O-O-O-O-O-O-O-3-O-O—4 5 9 Y. M. 1 0-0-0-0-1-0-2-0-0-0-4—7 7 6 Mrs. Rebecca Hurley, and her blind son, of Fair Oaks, who have been spending the winter with her daughter, Mrs. Henry Goff, at Darien, WEB., took the 10:55 train here today for Rossvllle, where she has bought property and where they Will make their future home. Her son is now about 40 years of age end his blindness was caused- by. measles when he was only a year and a half of age. A fine line of union aad two-piece-summer underwear—knee lengths, short sleeves, in silk llsles and as 000 l as can be, from 50c to S&SO a suit. a EARL DUVALL. .