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Teams CrackOut 29 Blowsin Game HereLafleor and Emmer of Victors Hit Homers; Winners Use Hiree Pitchers in Game.pinNciSt.trcBorCi.lChiPhiFaling just one run short in a determined rally which started in the eighth and continued in the ninth inning, the Muscatine Booster baseball team dropped a close • to 8 decision to Ray Doan’s House of David nine in what will probably be Muscatine’s featurebaseball attraction of the seasonat League field Tuesday afternoon.Ne-WdChiPaCleDelSt.BoiAfter watching the bearded 'boys dust off Tommy Jacobs’ fastballs with ease to run up a 9 to 1 advantage in the early innings,tiie Muskies crept back into the running with four runs in the eighth, three more in the ninthand had the tying and winning run on the sacks when GroverCleveland Alexander whiffed Tommy Jacobs to retire the sidein the ninth.ColMuSt.InvMi:ToLoi£v.J£Alexander, former major league baseball star, took the mound forthe Daviditeg in the ninth, but theMuskies continued their rally nevertheless. HaDDv Hildebrandopened the final round with aninfield roller that got past the first baseman. Then Gibby Jacobs lined a clean single to center. Hildebrand went to third andscored on McIntyre’s infield roller which forced Jacobs at second.Artie Vetter rapped out his third single of the afternoon, Bobby Vetter walked and Bill Krueger’s single, also his third hit ofthe afternoon, drove in the finaltwo Maskv runs.Two Four Baggers.Tommy Jacobs found some difficulty in silencing the long range artillery of Ray Doan’s men. Hill, chunky House of David backstop, picked out one of Jacobs’ fast ones in the second inning and dumped it in the slough over the right field wall, and Emmer, bearded shortstop, lifted one highand wide in the third to carryover the center field fence for alikaatihomer with one runner on thepath. Hill’s smash had found no one mi.The Muskies took the lead in the opening inning with one run whenGib Jacobs walked, stole second, and came home on McIntyre’s single to left. Artie Vetter followed McIntyre with another single down the first base lme, but died on the sacks.The boys from Benton Harbor! ® tied the score with a counter inthe first, then tallied another inthe second, two in the third, two more m the fourth, and three in the sixth to take a 9 to 1 lead.Hits were plentiful on both sides. The whiskered sluggers nicked Tom Jacobs for 14 safeties, two of which were for extra bases. The Muskies outslugged the’r opponents getting at three House of David burlers for 15 bingles, twoof whi-'h were doubles by BillKrueger and Gib Jacobs.The box score:MuUm (8).AB.R. H. PO.A. E. Fan lhber. 3b .........5 0 1 2 2 0Hildebrand. 2b .......5 1 0 2 5 0|tG. Jacobs, cs ..........4 12 0 10McIntyre, lb ..........5 2 2 7 2 0Vetter, rf .........5 3 3 3 0 1Crompton. If 5 113 0 0B. Vetter, cf ..........4 12 10 1vtlChiiJ1oaKrueger. lt;T. Jacobs,0341018 0 12 1043 8 15 24 10 2 01 at David. (•). LAB.R. H.PO.A. E. I jjLeFluer, cf. p .........5 1 1 4 2 0 *'2b .........4 1 2 0 3 0 ailb ............5 1 2 9 0 11 siDi ester rf .............2 1110 0Ambrose, rf ...........3 0 110 0Emmer, as .........4 1 3 4 1 0|aWycoff. 2b ............4 0 0 1 1 0Tally, P. cf ...........4 10 110...HiU. c .................4 2 2 8 10Hunter. If ............4 1 2 0 0 0 j tlAlexander, p ..........0 0 0 0 1 0A29 9 14 27 10 1 »usldes ... ........ 100 000 043—8* 1ouse of David .........112 203 Ota—3Ask tar Veto Ceapons —Vr.
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Muscatine Journal and News Tribune
Muscatine, Iowa, US
Wed, May 24, 1933
Page 6
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