Illinois Loses 

 Interstate Title 

 To Iowa Nine 



IOWA'S state Farm Bureau baseball 

 champion, the Palo Alto county nine, 

 gained sweet revenge on the state of 

 Illinois Sept. 13 at Urbana by de- 

 feating the Illinois champ. Cham- 

 paign county Farm Bureau, in DOth ends 

 of a double-header, 11-1 and 2-1. The 

 games were played on the Urbana base- 

 ball diamond. 



The northern Iowa team, which won 

 the state title this year for the second 

 consecutive time, lost a pair of tilts to 

 Illinois' 1946 titleholder, Will county, 

 in the inaugural series of the rivalry last 

 jeu. 



In the first game Saturday the lowans 

 hit hard, early, and often. A pair of 

 blows in the first failed to result in a 

 run, but two doubles and two singles in 

 the second frame gave Palo Alto a 3-0 

 lead. 



The lowans lengthened the margin by 



founding across four more runs on six 

 its in the third inning. A double by 

 Moose Stafford was the big blow. 



Ehm Franzen, who started for Cham- 

 paign, was removed in the fourth, but 

 Iowa teed off on brother Dick for two 

 more counters. Then Dick Franzen set- 

 tled down and held Palo Alto scoreless 

 until the eighth, when two more runs 

 crossed the plate. 



Stafford and Clete Salz each racked 

 up four hits for Iowa. Tliree of Salz's 

 blows were doubles. 



Illinois' lone bit of action came in the 

 sixth inning, as Captain Everett Hedrick 

 singled, advanced on a walk to Dick 

 Franzen, and scored when Butch Kicker 

 booted Herb Johnson's grounder. 



Earl Shiner of Iowa and John Loes- 

 chen of Illinois locked horns in a tight 

 pitching duel in the second game of the 

 series, with Loeschen having the better 

 record until the Iowa ninth inning. 



Champaign county scored first in the 

 game, Russ Hyde singling in the fourth 

 to start things moving. An error and a 

 wild pitch advanced him to third, and 

 Henry Osterbur's single scored him. 



Meanwhile, Loeschen held Palo Alto 

 to just one hit until the seventh inning. 

 In the Iowa half of the frame a long 

 triple to deep center field by Earl Shiner 

 followed by a towering fly to right by 

 Moose Stafford netted the tying run for 

 Iowa. 



Then in the ninth, with two out, 

 Iowa's Ralph Frederick was safe on an 

 error, stole second, went to third on an- 



Copt. Everett Hedrick 

 of the state champion 

 Champaign County 

 baseball team re- 

 ceives trophy from 

 Otto Stefley, chair- 

 man of the Sports 

 Festival, after defeat- 

 ing Henderson, 2-1, 

 to win state title. At 

 far left is Pitcher E. 

 W. Franzen, and at 

 far right is E. C. Her- 

 riott, president of th* 

 Champaign County 

 Farm Bureau. Steffey 

 Is from Henderson 

 county. 



Champaign County's State Farm Bureau champion baseball team, L to R., front: D. Fran- 

 zen, Herb Osterbur, E. Franzen, Ehmen, Henry Osterbur, Johnson, Loeschen. Baclci 

 Hendricic, Hyde, Clow, Eaton, Chambliss, and Squire. 



other error, and scored the winning mar- 

 ker on Clete Salz's triple to right. 



Defensive star of the second game was 

 Champaign's Dick Squire, who threw a 

 strike from left field to home to cut off 

 one Iowa run, and made a leaping, one- 

 hand catch of a long liner to stop an- 

 other Palo Alto rally. 



Dick Franzen, Champaign catcher, suf- 

 fered a broken collar bone in the seventh 

 inning when he and Shiner collided at 

 the plate. 



Sixteen Iowa players made the trip to 

 Urbana in a chartered bus. Accompany- 

 ing them were 15 rooters, including four 

 wives. 



1st 



Box Scores 



2nd 



IOWA 



Cnmpton, 2b 

 Fotarty, 2b 

 Klfker. It 

 Stokes. It 

 R. Shiner, ss 

 E. Shiner, 3b 

 Smith, 3b 

 SttlTiird, lb 

 Fredwick, rf 

 Salz. c 

 Mullins, et 

 Eckert, p 

 Total 



ab r 

 4 

 I 



h- 

 2 

 

 2 

 

 2 

 2 

 

 4 

 1 

 4 



a 1 



4 1 



43 U 19 



ILLINOIS 



amires. If 

 I). Franzen. 

 JohnsoQ, 3b 

 Hv.le «< 

 Henry Osterbur, 

 E. Fransen, p 

 Ehmen, c 

 Eaton, rf 

 Hedrick. 2b 

 Herb Oterbur, rt 



ab 

 4 

 p-c 3 

 4 

 4 

 b 3 



r b 

 1 



1 



2 



30 1 4 



SCORE BY INNINGS 

 Illinois 000001000—1 



Iowa 03420002 i— 11 



Errors Illinois — Hyde, Eaton. Iowa — Klrker. Runs 

 batted in Salz 3. Mulllni 1, Stalord 6, Eckert 1. Two 

 base hits Squires, Frederiek, Sail, Stilord. Stnek oat by 

 Eckert II. by E. Franzen 2. by D. Franzen 5. Bases on 

 balls of Eckert 1, off D. Franzen 1. Stolen bases R. Shiner, 

 Squires. Double plays Eckert-Compton-SulTofd. Left on 

 bases Illinois 3, Iowa 9. Passed balls D. Fruien. Ehen. 

 Hit by pitched ball Hedrick. Losini pitcher E. Fraiien. 

 Dupires Emnenoo Dexter, Dutch KInbrell. 



ILLINOIS 



Squires, If 

 D. Franzen, c 

 Ehmen, c 

 Johnson, 3b 

 Hyde, ss 



Henry Osterbur, lb 4 1 



Hedrick, 2b 4 



Eaton, rf 3 1 



Herb Osterbur, If 2 



E. Franzen. It 1 



Loeschen, p 4 



IOWA 



Compton, 2b 

 Kicker, It 

 R. Shiner, ss 

 E. Sliiiwr, p 

 Stafford, lb 

 Frederick, rl 

 Sail, c 

 Smith, 3b 

 Mullen, cf 



ab 

 3 

 2 

 3 

 4 

 2 

 4 

 4 

 4 

 3 

 29 



Chambliss, It 

 Total 





 34 I 5 



SCORE BT INNINGS 

 Iowa 10 1— J 



Illinois 00010000 0—1 



Errors Illinois — Ehmen 2, Hedrick 2. Iowa — R. Shiner 

 2, Compton 2, Frederick 1. Runs batted in Stalord, Sils, 

 Henry Osterbur. Two base hits SUfford. Three base hits E. 

 Shiner, Salz. Struck out by Loeschen 2, by E. Shiner 8. 

 Bases on balls off Loeschen 5, off E. Shiner 2. Stolen bases 

 Compton, Frederick. Double plays E. Shlner-gtaffofd. Saeri- 

 Hre hits SUfford. Lett on bases Illinois 8, Iowa 6. PuMd 

 balls Ehmen. Hit by pitched ball Eaton. Wild pitches E. 

 Shiner 1. 



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