Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1892-05-17
LOST TO THE LUNATICS,
The Twin-City Team Drops its First
Game on the Home Grounds.
A Beauti fnI Day and a Large Attend
anee Marked the Opening came
Not Many Brilliant Features
Hut an Animated Contest.

OF the Is league ON the home grounds
yesterday. The grand stand was packed
and the hleachers were fairly swarming
with surging yelling black mass of
humanity. On account of the process.
sion being little late, the game was not
called on time. A large representation
OF ladies was present. and to all appear.
ances the attendance of the fair sex will
become fad in the Twin Cities as it has
this season all oyer the country.
1t was almost o'clock when Umpire
Suegs said 'plaY ball." Jack sonville
went to grass first and ODay led off for
the homo team. He caught one of Mil
lard's GUS and hit grounder down TO
Schaub who threw the runner out at first.
Mutton was the next man to face the
twirler from lunatic town He got strike
and then waited until the umpire called
four balls AMI trotted down to'first Dale
flew out TO Flynn and the side was re-
tired by Lynch striking out. For the
visitors Hamilton hit slow grounder to
Bartson Who threw him out at first.
Dawkins strucs wind three times, Flynn
cracked out liner to left field and got to
first, when Jacksonvilles. tall first base
man, Mr Fuller, after reaching far out
after snaky curve fouled out.
In the second, Housman opened up by
| striking out. He was follow I'D by Zeis
who hit feebly to short and was thrown
out at first. Sage got to first on a hit to
left and the side was retired by Baxendale
flying out to Fuller. For Jacksonville
Schaub hunted the ball, but was caught
at first. Bruton struck out. Raffert hit
safe to LEFT field and Mohler flew out to
| Bsxendale.
When the home team came to bat in the
third Bartson hit safe to right, but was
nipped in trying to get to second O'Day
came up smiling and hit to Schau5, who
fumbled it. and Day reached first. He
made a neat steal to second but was left
| there on Schaub's catch of Nulton's pop
up and Dsle's strike out. In the visitors
half of this inning Willard, Hamilton and
Dawkins sstruck out in one, two, three
order, and they chased right back into
the field.
To start the fourth Lynch flew out to
Dawkins. Housman cracked out q sim
gle to center and stole second; Zsis went
to first on balls. Sage sacrificed to third
and Housnan was cut off there, Zeis
getting to second and the side being re-
tired by Bsxendale being thrown out at
first. The lunatics' side was begun by
Flynn hitting to Mutton, who threw him
out at first. Fuller struck out, and they
retired by Schaub's little pop up to Bart"
son.
| Bartson struck out in the fifth, and
O'Day with a good head. got his base on
balls, but was caught mapping off first
and was relieved. Mutton hit down to
Willard and was caught at first For
their half of the inning the visitors were
retired by having Bruton, Raffert and
| Mohler all plucked at first.
In the sixth Dale was thrown out at
first on feeble hit and Lynch and Hous-
man struck out. For Jacksonville Mil
lard was caught at first on Bartson's as
sist. Hamilton hit safe to right center
Dswkins cracked outa two'bagger. and
Hamilton scored on a passed ball by
Zeis. who bad his finger nail torn. He
changed to first and Sage went behind
the bat. Dswkins had got to third when
Flynn hit to Lynch. who fumbled it, and
Dawkins scored. Fuller flew out to Zeis,
Schaub got his base on balls and Bruton
| flew out to Dale.
| In its half of the inning the home team
was led by Zeis who cracked out spank
ing two Dagger Sage hit down to left
and Zeis started for home, and could
have reached it in good time had he been
properly coached, but he hesitated at
third, and was then caught in trying to
get home. Umpire Suggs first said he
was safe and then changed it and called
him out. Baxendale struck out and
Bartson hit down to short and was nip
ped at first. In the visitors half Raffert
| hit safe to center, Moher hit an easy
grounder down to second and was thrown
out at first while Raffert got to second.
Willard was struck out and Raffert was
caught while attempting to steal third.
| ODay was the first at bat in the eighth
and again got his base on balls. Here
the south paw twirler lost his head and
bell tolled as Dale stepped lr to the plate
und faced The feverish man from jack.
sonville, and the first ball that came
through o Day went over to third. The
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