Rensselaer Semi-Weekly Republican, Volume 41, Number 91, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 3 August 1909 — THE UNPACKED WRENS ARE PLUCKED AT LAST. [ARTICLE]

THE UNPACKED WRENS ARE PLUCKED AT LAST.

Oxford Defeats the Home Team 'Sanday By" Score of 5 to 3—The First Game Lost By Local Team This Tear. Well, the unplucked Wrens are no more. The whole population of Oxford (it is a small town) and people from far and near came in to witness the plucking, and the feathers certainly did fly, f6r when the last session was over (the score was 5 to 3 with the Wrens getting the short end. The story of the game is a very pad narration. We were beaten, that’s all and they did it nicely. Errors mixed with hits in the first five innings of the game 'allowed Oxford to sew up the games The Wrens made seven very untimely errors, two of which allowed three scores. Hanks couldn’t get his flinging arm to working right until it w’as too late.- In the first five innings Oxford secured eight hits, but after that they were unable to solve young John. The Wrens got seven hits, two of them two-baggers, but only two of them came in the same inning. Oxford made five errors, but they came at times when they w’ere not costly. Oxford counted once in the first session. T. Jensen got a scratch single over second. Hanks tried to catch him napping off first and overthrew Morgan and let Jensen go to second. Hurt doubled to left and scored Jensen. F. Harrell hit a liner to Car roll w'.<- tossed the ball to Parcells at second and doubled Hurt. Winegarner was safe on Wilcox’s . muff of his fly, stole second, went to third on White’s single to left but T. Harrell fanned. Morgan reached third with two out in the first but McLain couldn’t hit safely. Oxford got two more in the fourth thusly: White hit to left but T. Harrell forced him out at second. Hanks passed Kelley and then Harrell and he stole second and third respectively. McGuire struck out but Lou Jensen singled to center and scored the baserunners. T. Jensen flied out to Parcells. Two more Oxford men crossed the pan in the fifth and things certainly did look blue. Hurt was out, Hanks to Morgan, but F. Harrell hit safely to left. Winegarner fled out to Kevin, but White singled to left and sent Harrell to third. White then stole second and w’hen Wilcox dropped T. Harrell’s big fly, T. Harrell and White scored. Kelly struck out. That ended Oxford’s scoring as they did not get one measley hit after that. The Wrens got one in the fifth and it looked like more but no one could hit at the opportune moment. Wilcox singled to left and went to third on errors which let Parks and Kepner safe. With the bases full McGuire dropped Kevin’s fly and Wilcox scored. Morgan hit an easy one to L. Jensen and caused Parks to get caught at the plate and was out himself at first. Hanks walked, but McLain was out, L. Jensen to Kelly. The Wrens scored no more until the ninth, although they got a single and two bagger in the eighth. In the ninth Parks was safe on third’s error and Kepner singled him to third and took second himself a moment later. Kevin lifted one to short but Morgan hit one to the same place and Parks was called safe at the plate on a close decision. Hanks sacrificed Kepner home with a fly to center and McLain flew out to right. We were beaten by a good team and there’s surely no disgrace in that. There was poor playing that helped it along, but what’s the use to beef. We have another chance at them this season, so get Jerry to yourselves and don’t kick the boys because they lost. Encourage them. The score: Oxford. AB R H PO A E T. Jensen, 3b 5 1 1 2 I 0 Hurt, cf 5 0 2 3 0 1 F. Harrell, 8b ... 5 1 1 0 1 1 Winegarner, If 4 0 0 Q 0 0 White, c 4 1 3 8 1 0 T. Harrell, ss 3 1 0 1 2 0 Kelley, lb « 1 0 11 0 1 McGuire, rs 4 0 0 2 0 1 Lou Jensen, p 4 0 1 0 5 1 Totals 37 5 .8 27 10 5 Rensselaer AB R H PO A E Kevin. 3b 5 0 0 4 2 0 Morgan, lb 5 0 0 9 0 1 Hanks, p 2 0 0 0 2 1 McLain, c 5 0 2 -9 2 0 Carroll. 2b 4 0 1 2 3 1 Parcells, ss 4 0 0 3 2 0 Wilcox, rs 4 1 1 0 0 3 Parks, cf 4 1• 1 0 0 0 Kepner, If 3 1 2 0 0 0 Totals 38 3 7 27 11 6 Oxford .1 0 0 2 2 0 0 0 o—s Rensselaer 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 2 —3 Earned Runs, Oxford 2, Rensselaer 1; two base hits. McLain, Carroll; first on balto. off Hanks 2: off L. Jensen. I', struck out, by Hanks, 8: by L. Jensen. 7; left on bases, Oxford 7. Rensselaer 9; first base on errors. Oxford 5; Rensselaer $; , stolen bases. Winegamer. White. T. Harrell (3). Kelley;, sacrifice hits, Hanks (3), Kepner; double plays. Carroll to Parcells, Parcells to Carrydl to Morgan, L. Jensen to White to Kelley. Time 1:40. Umpires, Harmon and Miller*.