Rensselaer Semi-Weekly Republican, Volume 41, Number 95, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 17 August 1909 — OXFORD CUBS ATTEMPT TO STEAL SUNDAY GAME. [ARTICLE]

OXFORD CUBS ATTEMPT TO STEAL SUNDAY GAME.

"Wrens Win Their Thirteenth Game From Oxford By a Score of Two to One. The Wrens, accompanied by all the fans of the city and surrounding country who could secure passage in the numerous autos, took a little pleasure trip to the village of Oxford Sunday to play the Oxford Cubs. It certainly was a pleasure to see the Wrens trim them, for they accomplished a feat that is very nearly impossible (when the game is played In - Oxford). The game was the most heartrending and exciting exhibition that has ever been seen in this section of the state. Oxford has a well earned reputation of winning their games in the ninth inning by the aid of their umpire and the crowd. They certainly did everything in their power to live up to that reputation Sunday. Owing to the large crowd, which overflowed into the fields, ground rules were necessary and it had been announced before the game that a hit lntifthe crowd would be good for but two bases. In the ninth with two men down and score 2 to 1 in favor of Rensselaer, Parker singled to center, L. Jensen then hit one to the right garden which went into the crowd. Parker, instead of stopping at third, which bag he was entitled to, continued on to the home plate. Wilcox threw the ball to the plate, and would have cut the runner off but the umpire, to make it doubly safe, stepped between McLain and the ball. This little side play, by the greatest thief at large, was unnecessary, as the crowd had swarmed onto the field so that it was impossible to play ball. Umpire Harmon then ordered Parker back to third. He refusing to go the ball was fielded to third and he was called out. x The good people “round about the community” were under the impression that most of the rogues and holdup men were being taken care of at Michigan City and Jeffersonville, but have come to the conclusion that there is a fair spot in our own little Hoosier state that harbors more -of the aforesaid animals than ever roamed the wild and wooly west, in its “wildest and wooliest” state. Now we wouldn’t be personal or anything like that, and tell the name of this place but its initial is "Oxford.” Just to show how the management feels about the game, they are ready and willing, aye anxious, to post a side bet of five hundred dollars, the game to be played at Remington with a neutral umpire. The Wrens demonstrated that they are in a class far above Oxford by winning the game Sunday against the worst umpire that ever fingered an . indicator, a crowd of five hundred fans and incidentally L. Jenson and the Oxford team. Oxford secured its one run in the first. T. Jensen, first up, beat out a bunt, took third on Hurt’s two bagger and scored when McLain missed Wilcox’s throw home. Kevin was safe in the fifth on infield hit, McLain, next up hit to center and they both Bcored on Hank’s hit and error by T. Harrell. The score:

Rensselaer AB R H PO A E Kevin 3 1 1 4 7 2 McLain 6 1 3 6 11 1 Hanks 4 0 3 1 1 0 Morgan 3 0 0 3 2 0 Parcells 4 0 0 0 0 1 Wilcox 4 0 1 0 0 0 Parks 4 0 0 1 1 0 Swartzell 4 0 0 13 1 0 Kepner ..4 0 0 0 0 0 Totals 35 2 8 27 II 4 Oxford AB R H PO A E T. Jenson 3 1 1 3 1 0 Hurt 4 0 1 1 0 0 F. Harrel 3 0 0 0 1 0 White 4 0 2 12 0 0 Wlnegamer 3 0 0 0 0 • T. Harrel 3 0 0 0 4 1 Kelly 4 0 0 10 0 0 McGuire , 3 0 1 1 0 0 L. Jenson 4 0 2 0 4 0 C. Jenson 1 0 0 0 0 0 Parker 1 0»> 0 0 0 Totals 33 JL 8 27 10 1 Rensselaer 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 o—2 Oxford 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 o—l