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«' mm mm WChampionship possibilities of th# Irormtn.noon, hy a iwas loadedhost player?Hun ward# and except f stop would I lory. W*hifirst ba#e \reason or of Maquok^fa t field, again* new man otWeyhgande?t hit of tThe score:Clinton ......Maquoketa .Hatteries— laney. Hunt Struck ot Van Burenfeel** of her terally over-re Heckscher Metropolitanon-hip 11 up finished out ney to smash r the course, ist 18 holes at the turn, course. Shethe last nineis medal was a the 79 seti rpcord over Glenna Col-•man's cham-rrpetition and*»1I Bt tit E WON A BASEBALL PEN N A N I IN ISOS.It is a long time ainr# “flunky Hines' club grabbed th# last has# halt pennant won by Dubuque His Three-! league team in ltOf did it by heating out Cedar Rapid*. which thl* e»r appear* he on* of the stumbling blocks in the path *f Joe .Mc«ltnno\ ?» lronmeu Ottumwa a\*lt; seems to be capable of putting in * strong bid for the flag. U i* so long since that ISO.* pennant was won that it ;S hard to gc» Dubuque fans thinking about a pennant, but maybe their loyally and paDtnc# la at ia*t to have its rewardIt requires no stretch of the imagination to p ck Hi# Dubuque base.ball dub as the likeliest looking aggregation n “••# V* U yBaseball league. Man for man it books better tha.o r«nv lt;*f ?h# others. With a fair break in the luck, the team should finish on top, performances since the team was reorganized and strengthened u* ar out turn statement.MM F M\f IS, DIBVQI F If \ I’ I \ \ I f t VI A 73 PER C ENT AGE ( LIT.There are several big reasons for the successful p:aing of the Iron-men since that day. May 23. when they started the dme from the bot-tom rung of the percentage ladder to a position whet* they are now threatening to go out in front. For the sarns reasons the team should continue to play good ball and there are additional reason* why it should do even better. For instance- -Johnny Armstrong and Buck Hyde may hit their r*.al stride as batsmen, for each one of thorn ought to be doing better than they have been doing so far this seaaois*iSpojrdayicemenis JACKSON AM) MANN, MeGINVITi Pit KID IP RIVINT \ H VWei(C opy rig lit.If there Is a better all-around infield performer in the league than this youngster. Jackson, picked up late in May by .Manager Joe, lets hear the nominations—we haven't atoen any. lie's there h* a fielder, asa hitter, as a base runner, as a pep Hr*is* and as a heady bad play, iHe knows the game. Jackson MADE THE IKON MEN IN II ELI».department’sevened upicn Saturday pounded the 19 counters, f the peace ro*s only Hthe secondIs season, the fire denied by his I the world’se hits. Thee the ballruns, Is Midits course,il it reachedwas played of Columbia net present-ral shop to ‘st home run !Infortuna great ring fiof earnings retroactieve, tenty or oth Govern and known as . collect enouvailing price ment cm larAt the rinh**ne took aian easy tunqui’s right i[Joe liumphr Thtlf mindshan# was £lt;teed.In Maun, the Dubuque club secured an outfielder who did for ths outfield what Jackson did for the infield. How Ottumwa happened tooverlook Mann's ability to star in the *8lppy I* ague is a myMlt; r. lie snor just an ordinarily good outfielder, but he'* been performing in stellarfashion. He s a great lead-off man. and a dang* rows* hitter With Mann lo lead-off Dubuque has a great scoring combination in Mann, Am* strong. Hyde and Jackson. With Delaney, Young, Moore and Mejer* coming up after them, pubuqua I* ilahle to bust up a game In any In* ning| Mann, it®can ht safely said, covers more territory In the out-field than any man seen in a Dubuque uniform in manv seasons. And, he gets 'em. Mann has MADE THE I HON MEN Ol T! 1ELD.III! IKONMEN il RE DO ‘Dot HIE EM I P *.Dubuque's success U largely due to the work of the Infield Mar dangerous looking rally is halted by a fast double play. The team pi four of them in a game with Cedar Rapid# the other d»v. In eg egg double plays, the team ranks far ahead of any other chib n the league. As far h* fht» department of the game goes, there is no rue#, Hi a walk-aw ay. ■ledmgA M» HO VI THEY DO PI LI IK THE S\«KN!Humphnei Govern On«! of live state battle groun* hundreds. IWhat wouldprime, havethe Frenchm New York, il 192 lt;7 The re old Joeed the game police, butere eagerlythe firemenckaon pitch-le l*e*. Ben re plate.;redten GolfThs same thing Is to be *aid with regard to base att.* 1 mg. In this department of ths game, the statist lea by Fr tend Hamlori at It a ter too show that ths Iron men gar outclass th# leagiia And those *§foi#n bases *'•- continually scoring run*, doivt think that they ‘ain't Johnny Armstrongs has counted manv a run that would not otherwise have scored by getting^© second or third by stealing so a* »o score on a fly ball, infield out or perhaps a hit that otherwise would Save sent him only to second or Hurd. Mann and Jackson, a* well as other fast men on tga club, have also Dubuque many thins by the same sort of tactics.Th* figure* show that no team in the league is In tq*buqu«hi class when it cornea to fast fielding, which result** in double f»!«y*, and instealing bases Those tun factors are going to v u Dubuque naan:: ballgames in the future, just «* they have dona in the pa.**.THE TEAM DOESN'T NEED AIR TIGHT lit RUNGTerry died wig-wag sjgr Curb Exchathu fiats as gemtttr wav.MacDonaldrn, hut a an team inhampionshiphas enterednpionahip to jong Island,City, afferfor severalWhile good pitching Is very desirable, It isn’t everything In h* alkali Roma of the team* may have better hurling staffs than the Iron-men, hut their superiority lit this raspact is more than efDet by Dubuque.** other advantages. But Dubuque's pitching is nothing to ac«ff at,and fust fielding is helping to make it off? em«. In Oater, Dayoungster whoa# perform?*pees have won him the respect of the entire league.* Manager Speas of Cedar Rap .da. will almost vote him the b c*t hurler in the league, f'vengros is doing fin# work, and so is Lindner. MrDinnlty, despite his ag« I* going gi eat guns, and hCa doing it by using h:5* head and depan^Jg on his player* to get th# batted balls. He it keeping hit offerings where the batter# don’t like th#m In ror-nelius. tha East Dubuque boy, tha team has a youngster w th stuff, who should develop under “Ironman Joe.■ Bkelly fouiEittlo Chocoi New Orleans belt beat Jobbout today w125,000, T-lanta ama-arvard, who hip to the n| In lasttas filed his Cnepper, the n Princeton of Yale, in pi on, ig ex**t IllEE” MEYEKH IN A taOOD ASSET I OIt I III ( Li B.Jpuhuqu## pitchir.g has been more «?ffactiva aince tho acquisition of (pitcher Ma|arsp:|Fh« Dubuque Sad i» handling the piivhera well,, and he’s deap on l-ase runners who take too liberal ohano#*. Hep also hitting better than hua been hi# wont in semi-pro circles in the past, and thatTorn O’RotKilhane Criq of *;.0,O0O bedraw the cr O Hour k«- w i Scot ht negro beat w alterwlit and retail end wag foun way, shabby dime Li tilhave left theto pay in N(Eis probably dye to teaching* of Manager MotDnriUv and to th*mathe la out thers looking at pitching every day, instead of once or twice a week.I BiH hi all, that ball club appears to i# os?** si ’Hipikjf flag—I'adur Bspids and Ottumwa and mine « cottaidered with all the respect that is due Horn#houid win thethe other* beingit is brother with Jackkrican openPhiladelphiaI! I I IIE I ANn |,(t THEIR 1*11(1 I OH I III II IMThe Dubuque Bus* 1m 11 club has dnitr whatp*onus* Ci to noputting such an aggipgstioi it* the |U«U1. It take# mouiy to imMm u dub lik»* iliat hnd to keep it g«dug The team will do hedtsr if th v ha\-iota of good, loyal supporter# down at the bgfl yard gftrruoefg after aft* or noon encouraging them on. In fact - that a a wotxbtful at-home chit*. Although if now appears to h# ah!# i*» take cat# of »t»« tf on the toad woil. bo. if Duhuqttf is to w in e. lia* the fjjrss can do s lot to h* Ip g, f ilinlane IT aud gins July 9Info threellniiijihrles within biinseer with twolit® Box five 1Senators in^^1 eauwlille, here's h- tip to Dgdsi flspidk—*birt\*»nint much onH at cond pennant this #a»\ Dubuque (»«■.»i « edar Hap. t- on t. * !,. » day of the old IIMH season to w tn it* lgt penuahf. and it msgh? iid^aibB beat Oiar R.tpida thia }#ar to w .a H* n *» pennant And way h* g everything. anyway?champion! 8cof fighting 1Govern. Hefor# h». turn
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Dubuque Times Journal
Dubuque, Iowa, US
Sun, Jun 17, 1923
Page 18
Full Page
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Chris R.
OH, USA 10 Oct 2018
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