Rensselaer Semi-Weekly Republican, Volume 41, Number 109, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 5 October 1909 — DID IT A PLENTY DID OXFORD TO US. [ARTICLE]

DID IT A PLENTY DID OXFORD TO US.

Landed On the Erstwhile Invincible Johnnie Hanks and Pounded Out a 10 to 5 Victory Sunday

Almost three hundred fans journeyed to Oxford Sunday, about 200 going by special train and the rest by automobile, and witnessed the Wrens receive a crushing defeat to the tune of 10 to 5. The crow’d that witnessed the game was the largest of the season, being about 800, and the game was not nearly as spectacular as several seen on the local diamond, owing largely to the fact that the Oxford ball ground is not half large enough and that several of the balls were hit into automobiles and buggies that fringed center and right fields. „ The Wrens opened up in the first inning with two scores and looked like easy victors when they scored another run in the third. Up to that time Hanks had held the heavy hitting Oxford bunch to a single hit and seemed to be more effective than usual in the early frames, but in the third inning with one out McGurren made an error of. Kevin’s thrown ball and before the gong had sounded at the end of that session Oxford had crossed the tally pan three times, on a base on balls, two two-baggers and a couple of errors, with another error or two of omission that are not shown on the score book. The score stood 4 to 3 in Oxford’s favor then until the Oxford end of the sixth when the Bentonites swung into Hanks’ slants for two more two baggers and one single, sending two more Oxfordites across the home plate. In the seventh Oxford tailed four more on two bases on balls a two bagger and three singles. At this late hour Johnnie was benched and Minus Irwin, of the recently victorious Lafayette league team, was substituted. . He succeeded in stemming the tide by preventing the scorehungry Oxfordites from getting any more, but the Wrens were unable to catch up, although they scored two in the eighth on a single by McGurren, a two-bagger by Renner and a threecornered smash by Hassar. Irwin held the blue clad players safe in the eighth, frame, although they opened up with a hit, but Rensselaer went down in one, two, three order in their half of the ninth and there was nothing for the Rensselaer rooters to do, but to climb aboard their special and start home. The reason for not substituting Irwin earlier when it was plain that Hanks was unable to hold them down, is assigned by the management as being the threat on the part of Oxford to rule Umpire Gragg off the field and substitute one of their own men, alleging that because Irwin formerly pitched for Lowell, he and Gragg must necessarily be a pair of mountebanks, prepared to steal the game. Summary:

Rensselaer AB R H PO A E Kevin, 3b 4 0 0 0 4 0 Hanks, p 5 2 2 0 1 0 McGurren, 2b 4 2 2 4 0 2 Renner, cf • 4 2 1 2 0 0 McLain, c 3 0 0 7 0 0 Hassar, If 4 1 0 4 0 0 Leighty, ss 3 1 0 3 1 1 Wilcox, rs 4 1 0 1 0 0 Morgan, lb 4 0 0 3 0 0 Irwin, p 1 0 0 0 0 0 36 9 5 24 6 3 Oxford AB R H PO A E Crandall, 3b 5 1 0 2 1 0 T. Harrell, ss 5 0 1 0 2 0 Hurst, cf ...5 3 1 4 0 0 White, c 4 2 2 8 0 -0 F. Harrell, lbs 1 1 11 0 0 Jensen, p 4 3 2 0 2 0 Flemming, 2b 4 1 1 0 4 0 Kelley, rs 4 1 1 2 0 0 Weingarner, Isl 0 1 0 0 0 87 12 10 27 9 0

Struck out, by Hanks, T. Harrell (3); Kelley and Weingarden; by Irwin, F. Harrell; by Jensen,Kevin, McOurren. Hassar (3), Eighty, Wilcox, Morgan (2). Three base hit, Hassar. Two base hits, Hanks, McOurren, Renner, Wilcox, Hurst M White (2) and Kelley. Earned runs, Oxford 8; Wrens 5. Stolen bases, Hurst, F. Harrell, Hanks 2, McOurren 2, Renner, Eighty 2. Sacrifice hit, McLain. Left on bases, Oxford 9; Wrens 5. Umpire Oragg. Attendance 700.