Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1894-05-24
SECOND PLACE.
Rock Island Steps Over Omaha in the
League Race.


Yesterdays game was beaut.
This is the verdict of all who wit
messed it. After playing hide-and-
seek all morning among the clouds,
old Sol condescerdcd to shire n little
in the afternoon, and in consequence
thereof quite q crowd gathered at
Twin-City park. Tor seven long
weary innings did Rock Island drill
away with only two scores to its
credit. Lincoln in the meantime had
rolled and pe!ted out four with a cap
ital "F." How did they get their
four? Listen, and you will hear the
whole story.
The Game.
Rock Island went to bat first and
couldn't maze one with piece of
chalk; ditto Lincoln. In the second
inning after Zeis hal gone out at
first, and Connors had struck
out Sage and Lynch were each given
q base on balls, and big, long, sly,
sleek, slim and silent Harry Sonicr.
OF Peoria, came up to the plate, and
the first thing anyone knew away
lcaped one of McGreeney's curves
over the fields like school children to
4 picnic. Like two young horses
eager to win race, Harry Sage and
! Paddy Lynch trotted over the rub
Der. Little Midget" Sweeney was
next nj bat and he smotc that hog
skin" so hard that everyone thought
ii never would stop. 1t was beau
! tiful single. but the ambitious Dan
wanted to make it 2-bagger and
started down to second, not noting
that silent Harry" was there and
thereby be forced him TO run to third
and be put out. Lincoln made its
first score in the fourth, on Ebright's
2-sack smash away out in center and
Specrs' pretty single out in the same
territory. which helped Mr.. Ebright
home. Bat the fun stopped right
there. Sullivan went out at first by
hitting to Souier. Right here let US
give Paddy Lynch credit for 2 phe-
n0menal catch. AS soon as Joe Cantil-
lion got the ball he slammed it down
to second TO catch Speer, who
was playing little too tar Off; the
ball went fully two feet over Con-
nors' head, but Lynch made Jump
and left hand catch. over which the
crowd went wild. Rock Island re
manned where it was then until the
eighth inning, but in the fifth Lin
coin beat US ANONYMOUSLY. After
two men were out and with Mccarthy
and Grover on the bases, Mr.. Ebright
an ambitious young Nebraskan,
stepped up to the plate and cut off Il
nice one and sent i: down To Jimmy
COpnors at second. hut Jimmy let il
go by him. and Mccarthy and Grover
am opeer went TO first on balls.
MIR. Sullivan pushed one down to
Counors again, and this time Jimmy
did get it, and Speer was forced out.
In the next inning Lincoln frightened
its hold on the game by making ono
more score, and with the score stand
in. to >, and all Cornors' fault, the
rain began to fall, but by the end of
the every inning it managed to ease
oT. In the eighth inning the tide
was turned in our favor. Like the
renowuel Sheridan nj Winchester.
Silent" Harry SOnier must be given
the credit OF turning defeat into vic
tory. 1t was he who. after Paddy
Lynch struck out, came up to the plate
and made his second hit Of the game.
With brcathless expectancy the
crowd saw Sweeney come up and get
his base on balls. and Cantillion
ditto. Uncle Joe" Katz came up
and slammed out hit, and in came
Sonier. Sweeney attempted to come
home. but was put out. BELL
dune" Hill came up to the plate TO do
or die, and with an eve keen as steel
gave that ball his 10 and sent it
ont in left for a single. and while he
was getting 80" Cantillion and
Katz came home. Zcis got a base on
balls and Connors flew out to short
As for the rest Of the game. all
1 hallow belongs to the name of Harry
Sonier for his excellent pitching.
and he and Hill getting all the assists
of the last inning. The score is APP
pended: