Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1901-08-03
He Got 1t and Defeat Was the
Consequence at the Ball
Park Yesterday.
GAMES TOMORROW.
Evansville AZ Rock Island.
Bloomington AT Davenport.
Decatur at Cedar Rapids
Terre Haute al Rockford.

In case of rain today two games
will be played tomorrow. the first
starting at 2 p. m. The admission
will be so cents till $50. After that
time it will be Is cents.
O!off Kranz, who has been suffering
with sore arm for some weeks, es.
sayed to pitch game for the white
socks yesterday afternoon. That he
was a failure can be easily seen by the
score in the four innings in which he
was in the box. Milton. who sue
ceeded him, was too deep for the boys
from Indiana. In fact they could not
solve his delivery at all.
The Game.
Kranz started his Waterloo by hit
ting Schlsfly. the first man up. Hoff-
man hit TO short and was safe. A
double steal was started, Arthur threw
to second, the ball nit Middleton and
both men were safe. After Reid
struck out Seisler hit for two bases
and Schlafly walized home. Roth
landed on one of Kranz' curves for q
hit and Hoffman and Seisier
scored. Kennedy knocked one past
less fielding. Ebert and Fox went
out. Rock Island did nothing in
it's half and things looked black.
Evansville. however. seemed to
think that Kranz was Just about what
it was looking for and rolled up
three more in the second. Haley hit
to Middleton, who made nice stop
but it was too SLOW and Haley was
safe. Schlafly planted one in the same
place and there was a besutiful open
ing for a double. but only one man
was out. After Hoffman flew out to
Tate, Reid knocked a bounder, which
O'Brien couldn't get and Haley came
home. Seisler knocked one out to Hoy.
Jimmy got it right. but let it go
again, Hoffman and Reid scoring In
the meantime.
The boys in blue got nil in the sec
ond and the Evansvilles were shut
out in their half of the third.
where the Locals Began.
Rock Island started things in it's
half of the third after Rothermel was
out. Rebsamen. who, during the
game rolled up six hits to his credit.
laced dandy between left and CEN
ter. Middleton, who was also in the
game with the stick. knocked one
over Kennedy's head. scoring Rebs-
men. O'Brien hit. Middleton taking
third. Hoy knocked a long one which
Schlafly dropped and all three came
romping home.
The Fatal Mistake.
II Kranz had been taken cut at this
iuncture of the game there would
nave been a different story to tell.
finish. Schlahy singled and took
third when Kranz threw wild. Hoff-
man hit to Tate and was out. Schlafly
started for home before the ball was
caught. Umpire Mauck saw him and
he was a dead one also. Reid hit
through short aud second. Seisler
hit a hot one to Rothermel, who fun
bled and Reid scored. Roth singled.
Kranz hit Kennedy in the RIBS, Ebert
hit safely and Seisler and Roth came
home. Fox went out, short TO first.
Haley was replaced by McCord, a
south paw, in the fourth. kranz
struck out, Rothermel got next TO the
ball with his ribs and took first. Null
laney and Middleton both safetied,
filling the sacks. McCo hit O'Brien
in the STATS" forcing a run. 1t
looked like easy money for Rock Isl
and, with only one out, but McCord
was sent to the bench and Polchow,
who won a 10-inning game in Daven-
port Thursday. was sent in. jimmy
Hoy was at the bat and it seemed
that at least two runs were due, but
Jimmy famed out. Tate hit to short,
forcing out O'Brien at second.
Milton In the Box.
At the first of the fifth Milton was
sent in and the visitors were up against
it from that time on, as they could
do nothing at all with him. He
struck out two men in the fifth and
three in succession in the sixth. Ia
the seventh they were again goose
egged. In the eighth hits by Schlafly
and Hoffman, the latter a iiuke. se-
cured one run. With Milton on the
rubber the white sox seemed to gain
courage and went after Polchow ham
mer and tongs.
Rebsamen opened up the sixth with
a lovely two-bagger. Middleton went
him one better for q three Dagger.
Rebsamen coming home. After
Otsrien went out Hoy his one that
landed him on third, Middleton scor-
ing. Tate famed. Mullapey. not to
be outdone, soaked one in right for
three sacks. scoring Hoy. Arthur
was out second 10 first. In the sew