Rensselaer Semi-Weekly Republican, Volume 41, Number 97, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 24 August 1909 — FRANCESVILLE EASY VICTIMS OF SWIFT SOARING WRENS. [ARTICLE]

FRANCESVILLE EASY VICTIMS OF SWIFT SOARING WRENS.

Pulaski Ball Players Get Only One t Score While the Birds Gather . Ten In Slow Game. The Francesville performers at the national pastime did not put up a very classy article of ball at Riverside Athletic Park Sunday and were entirely overshadowed by the audobon bunch, whose many successes 01 the diamond‘during the past summer have made them a hard set to defeat. The game was not very interesting because of its one-sided tendencies, and the Wrens took life as easy as retired fishermen. Hanks did not let himself out at any time, but the visitors could not connect with his shoots and only four safe hits, all of a very punk variety, were made. One of these might have been fielded by either Captain McLain or Wilcox, but a misunderstanding caused the ball to drop on safe ground only a short distance from second base. Not a fielding chance was afforded to the Wren outfield, the light taps of the visitors all falling within reach of the infield.

To offset this the Wrens had quite a lively batting bee, making 16 hits during the eight innings that they swung the hickory, of these Kevin and McLain each got four. They started the game with three scores in the first and with that safe lead loafed the game through and added a few scores as they went along. Kevin, the first man up, got an accidental home-run. He hit a Texas leaguer between first and second base, and the ball dropped into a mass of rag weed and eluded the search of the bright eyes from Pulaski until Kevin had circled the bases. The weeds came quite handy, but such occurrences mar the looks of a ball game and before another game the outfield should have a good shaving.

“Dad” Swartzell made his second appearance as the Wren first baseman and accepted 12 chances out of a possible 13, making several scoops of the Chance variety, and breaking up the game in the last inning with a unassisted double play. The entire Rensselaer infield played first-class ball and Gilsinger, the 3rd baseman for the visitors also connected with several lively ones ahd handled himself creditably.

The next game will be with the Lafayette Y. M. I. team on next Sunday. This team was defeated here on June 27th by the score of 8 to 1, the game being won practically by Bolin, who played that day with Rensselaer and who got four of the eight hits made by the Wrens.

Rensselaer AB R H PO A K Kevin, 3b 5 3 4 2 3 0 McLain, 2b 5 2 4 5 3 1 Hanks, p 4 1 1 1 3 0 Wilcox, rs 6 2 2 0 0 0 Kepner, If 4 0 1 0 0 0 Croak, c 3 0 0 6 2 2 Parcells, ss 4 1 2 1 4 1 Swartzell, lb 4 0 1 12 0 1 Parks, cf 4 1 1 0 0 0 38 10 16 27 16 4 Francesville AB R H PO A E Hudgins, lb ..4 0 0 12 1 2 Coffell, ls-p 4 0 0 0 2 0 Myres, ss 4 1 1 1 1 0 Gilsinger, 3b 4 0 0 2 3 0 Kepner, «b 3 0 1 1 0 1 Swing, rs 3 0*" 0 0 0 0 Janson, cf 3 0 0 1 0 0 Ford, c 3 0 0 6 0 0 Alkire, p-ls 3 0 2 2 1 1 *3l 1 4 24 8 4 Home run, Kevin; 3 base hit. Parcells; 2 base hits, Parcells, Swartzell, Kepner; Ist base on balls, off Alkire 1; left on bases, Rensselaer 6, Francesville 3; Ist base on errors, Rensselaer 3, Francesville 2; struck out, by Hanks 6, by Alkire 2, by Coffell, 1; double plays, McLain to Swartzell; passed balls, Croak 1, Ford 8; time, 1:46; umpire, Hammond.