Rensselaer Semi-Weekly Republican, Volume 41, Number 88, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 23 July 1909 — The Unplucked Wrens Are Still Unplucked. [ARTICLE]

The Unplucked Wrens Are Still Unplucked.

As a result of Tuesday’s ball game our “unplucked” Wrens are still unplucked. The Remington K. of P.’s, however, are enriched to the extent of nine large goose eggs. They never so much as ruffled the plumage of the Wrens for they didn’t come close to Bcoring, while the Wrens counted five times. What happened to the Knights is a sad narrative, for they really expected, so they said, to raid the nest of the Wrens, and at least get a few tail feathers for souvenirs. /Only six of the Knight raiders reached first safely, and only onesixth of these reached second. Hanks was real stingy and only dished up three hits, and as these were distributed in different innings they did no damage. He also struck out eight men. While we are speaking of pitchers, we must say something good of McCullough of the Knights. He struck out eleven men and had the Wrens guessing except in the 4th and sth, when they hammered out three hits in each frame, and gloomed the game. It was the best game played here for some time and .the error column doesn’t show many bobbles for either team. Only one of the runs resulted directly from an error. This slip-up was by second baseman Watson who, by the way, covers a lot of ground; you don’t need to see him play to know that either. The features of the game were the work of the pitchers, a double play by Morgan and Wilcox and the batting of the latter. Elmer Just simply couldn’t make his bat behave and out of four times up he got two doubles and a single. It was an airtight game for three innings as the home talent could not solve McCullough. Hanks, who led off in the 4th, stung a hot one at Harris and went to second when the big boy missed it. McLain singled to right and- brought Hanks home. Parcells flew out to left, but Wilcox got his second two bagger and McLain scored. Wilcox stole third and Parks fanned. Kepner got a hit over third and Wilcox went home. Kirk sliced the air three times.

Kevin started something in the fifth. He beat out a well placed bunt and stole second, but Morgan fanned. Hanks lifted a fly to center and sacrificed Kervin to third. Cap. Mac placed another single to right and Kevin scored. Parcells drew a pass anc Wilcox got a single, but the former overran second and was caught, Shearer to Hartman. We got one more in the seventh on a base on balls and stolen base by Hanks. A wild pitch let him on third and McLain sacrificed him home. He knocked a little bounder to O’Reilly on first and when he stopped running “Dennis” waited for him to crank up again, letting Hanks score. Remington AB R H PO A E Merritt, rs 4 0 0 1 0 0 Shearer, cf 4 0 0 1 1 C Valenskl, 3rd *. 4 0 1 0 2 0 Koboski, ss 2 0 1 1 1 1 Waston, 2nd-ls 3 0 0 1 2 2 McCullough, p 3 0 1 0 1 0 Hartman, ls-2nd ... 3 0 0 2 0 0 O’Reilly, Ist 3 0 0 7 0 0 Harris, c ..3 0 0 11 0 1 Totals 29 0 324 7 4 Rensselaer AB R II PO A E Kevin, 3rd 4 1 1 1 1 0 Morgan, 2nd 4 0 0 5 2 1 Hanks, p .......... 2 2 0 1 1 0 McLain, c 3 1 2 8 3 0 Parcells, ss 3 0 0 3 2 0 Wilcox, Ist 4 1 3 6 1 2 Parks, cf 4 0 0 2 0 0 Kepner, If 4 0 1 0 O' 0 Kirk, rs .....3 0 0 1 0 0 Totals 31 6 7 27 10 3 Earned runs, Rensselaer 3; two base hits, Wilcox (2); first on balls, off Hanks 1, off McCullough 2; struck out, by Hanks 8, by McCullough 11; left on bases, Rensselaer 6, Remington 8; double play, Morgan to Wilcox; wild pitch, McCullough; passed ball, Harris; first base on errors, Remington 2, Rensselaer 3; sacrifice hits, McLain, Hanks; stolen bases, Kevin

(2), Hanks, McLain, Wilcox, Kepner. Time 1:25. Umpire Harmon.