Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1888-07-05
A GREAT BALL GAM L.


Davenport and Peoria have a Hard
Fought Struggle. In which the I'm
pire Assists the latter to VIM
small, the New Pitcher--ROck ISL
and Players Mt Sterling.
In Rock Island as in Davenport ycster-
day patriotism was forgotten in the craze
for sport, and this city sent, proportion
ately speaking, as large a representation
TO the ball games between the leading |
teams of the Interstate league as Daven- |
port did. The larger attendance was nj
the morning game, when at least two
thousand people were present. And il
was a great game-a hand to hand strug-
Gle to the end Small, the new pitcher
for the Davenport club, made his first
appearance and was rendered an ovation
He proved himself powerful pitcher,
throwing puzzling ball and one of the
finest down>shoots ever seen in the west
He demonstrated the fact that he is a
hard working ball player not only in the
box but at the bat and in running bases
and had he not had the odds against him
would have won a brilliant victory. The
Peoria sluggers were unable to do any
thing with his delivery until the tenth
inning when three of their best batters
faced him in succession and each made
a hit, making only seven hits in all.
The score was tie on fonr in the
ninth innings when Peoria attempted tC
take pitcher Barston off the bench ana
put him in the box. Davenport rightly
objected and would have left the field
had not Barston been Withdrawn anc
Turner was brought in from centre telt
TO pitch the last inning. Umpire Quade
who was peculiarly on the side OF The
visitors, would have tolerated the impo
sition and declared the game to D IN
Peoris's favor had not Manager Flynn
seen the unfairness of the purpose hun
self. and changed il The game heionget
fairly to Davenport and would have st
been. but for rank decision of Umpire
Onsde at the plate in the fourth inning
when CrossIev touched runner foo
from the base and Qusde declared i
safe. Crossley caught fine gam
for Davenport and Reeves di'
equally well for Peoria, heoga'
pitched for the visitors until tn
ninth inning. save an inexcusabl
costly error by Iacoby, which let in tw
runs, the fielding was brilliant O'Briel
especially d,tinguishing himself i
PeoriN's left garden The double nm
p,re system Was introduced for the frs
time in davenport, with Fitzgerald o
bases ar Quade on balls The score.
IL 1 s t . 10
Davenr. rs ...--..-.0 u q /
Peoria .......... o o q 3 q u o 0 =
Earled runs-Davenport 5, Porla |.
Bas hits-Dayeuporl II. Peoria =
E~ors-Da7enport I, Peoria 3.
The afternoon game was called at tn
end of the third inning on account I
rain, the score then standing 8 to o
favor of Peoria. Hollacher and Crossle
constituted the Davenport battery III
Healy and Hsrter for Peoria The chi
feature of the afternoon contest, so fl
as it went, was Williams batting for II
Davenpnrts. Crossley was presentt
with II gold watch by enthusiastic ~
mirers when he went to the bat 1t W
deserved reward of merit.
The Davenports remain at home nc
for series with each of the 9th
league clubs
Zeis, Browner, Baker and Scherer,
the Rock Island club, together with
F. munger, went to Sterling yesterda
where the club of that city uppear
against the Putman's of Chicago, W
won the morning game by score Of
to 8. The Rock Island boys play
with the StetIings, and Browner stru
out sixteen men. The afternoon gal
was won by Sterling.
The Lafayettes come to Davenp'
next.
The Rock Island people who attend
yesterdays ball game at Davenport thi
they should have received rain checks
so much as the game WAS intfrruntpd
so early stage III its progress.