Rensselaer Semi-Weekly Republican, Volume 41, Number 87, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 20 July 1909 — Eight Consecutive Victories for the Wrens. [ARTICLE]

Eight Consecutive Victories for the Wrens.

Rensselaer fans who went out to Riverside Park Sunday to see a ball game were again disappointed, as the game proved to be a farce. The score was 14 to 1 with Brookston taking the short end, which makes eight consecutive victories for our unbeaten Wrens. The crowd saw a new specie of birds though, which is called “The Brookston Whip-Poor-Wills.” They certainly were birds when it came to ball playing, and the way they tossed the ball over the lot would cause one to think that they were still a little wild. The Wrens went after the game in the usual way and counted once in the first frame. Kevin dropped a little to Evans, who made a wild throw and let “Tommy” go to second; Morgan was safe when Cooley dropped his fly. Kevin went to third, and then home when Cooley heaved the ball over the third baseman’s head. This let Morgan on third, but he was caught between third and home. Hanks was passed but McLain and Parcells flew out. Nothing happened then until the third when the home boys garnered nine runs. Fourteen men faced Evans, which was one more than faced John Hanks in the first four innings. Those poor '“Whip-Poor-Wills” never would have retired thfe Wrens, who had run around the bases so much that their tongues were hanging out, had it not been that the ump was so kind-hearted. Several errors by the birds with the green plumage, three bases on balls, three singles and a double was what did it. Hanks and McLain both got singles after two were out and no one on bases but the next one was out. They counted once more in the fifth and sixth and twice in the seventh which brought the total up to fourteen. We haven’t space to tell how it all happened here for it would take a whole book. While the home boys were doing all this the Whip-Poor-Wills were only able to secure three singles and one run. The hits came in three different innings but one happened after Lane, who had taken Mason’s place in left, had gone to third on errors, and scored him. In nearly every other inning they were retired in one, two, three order. There was not much sensational work done by the Wrens, but the way Parcells and Morgan covered the territory back of Hanks was certainly good to look upon. Parcells accepted nine chances out of ten, while Morgan got eight out of nine. The score: Brookston AB R H PO A E C. Fouts, 2nd....... 4 0 0 1 3 2 Mason, If 1 0 0 0 0 0 Lane, If 2 1 0 0 0 0 C. Vanderkolk, lsa-p 4 0 1 6 0 1 B. Fouts, 88 .. .4 0 0 1 3 0 Con Vanderkolk, c. 4 0 0 5 1 6 Mclntosh, 3rd 3 0 13 12 Westfall, cf 3 0 0 1 1 1 0{ Cooley, rs 3 0 0 1 1 3 Evans, p 3 0 0 6 1 1 Totals 30 1 3 24 11 15 Rensselaer AB R H PO A E Kevin, 3rd 4 3 0 1 2 1 Morgan, 2nd 5 2 1 2 6 1 Hanks, p 2 3 1 0 4 1 McLain, c 5 1 3 4 0 1 Parcells, ss 4 0 0 2 7 1 E. Wilcox, Ist 5 2 2 16 2 0 Parks, cf 4 1 1 2 1 0 Kepner, If 3 1 1 0 0 0 J. Wilcox, rs 5 1 1 0 0 1 Totals 37 14 10 27 22 6 Rensselaer ....1 o*9 0 1 1 2 0 *—l4 Brookston 00000100 0— 1 Earned runs, Rensselaer 2; two base hits, E. Wilcox, J. Wilcox; first base on balls, off Hanks 0, off Evans 8, off C. Vanderkolk 1; struck out, by Hanks 3, by Evans 3, by C. Vanderkolk 2; left on bases, Rensselaer 7, Brookston 4; double play, Parcells to Morgan to Wilcox; first base on errors, Rensselaer 6, Brookston 5; passed balls, Con. Vanderkolk 4, McLain 1; hit by pitcher, Con Vanderkolk. Time 1:55. Umpire Harmon. Tuesday afternoon the Wrens and Remington K. of P.'s will cross bats and this should bo a close game as

the boys from Remington have been playing classy ball this year. Next Sunday Medaryvllle will be the attraction. They have lost but two games this season, and will be hard to, beat.