Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1901-09-03
WORST ENHIBITION YET.
Rock Island losses Away q Game That
Might Easily Have Been Won.

neigh borhood this season-unless per- |
haps the two that were played here by |
Davenport in the last series are ex-
cepted. Middleton's work at short
was disgraceful beyond expression.
After making error after error on the
simplest kind of chances and re-
peatedly bungling opportunities
for double plays, his eliminating
freakism was to pitch headlong
and sprawl and wallow in the
dust in an effort to catch a dinky
little hit that was right in his hands
and that afforded beautiful chance
for a double. 1t looked for time as if
it would be necessary to assist the
shortstop to his feet. Mullaney's play
ing was little better. He conducted
himself as if he was out of joint
in the field, and acted like baby
at the bat. If the Davenport battery
had not been as stupid as you find 'em.
Mullaney would have been struck
out before he got back in position when
he threw his bat in the air in con-
tempt for the strike that was called
on him, rank as was the ruling. Mo
Rarity played a ragged game at third
in the early part of the game, but re-
deemed himself somewhat by beau
tiful running catch of a foul ball,
while his hitting was the best of the
day and caused the Davenport people
to remark that even their discarded
player was better than the Rock Is
land team. Tate did nothing bad in
the field and nothing good at the bat.
Rock Islands entire outfield played
in u reckless manner, but it remained
for Arthur TO furnish the most rep
rehensible performance of the day.
During an interval in which time
was called to restore the Sec
ond bag which Smith had torn
loose in one of his fierce rushes
Milton tossed the ball out 10 Arthur,
apparently for the purpose of waking
him up. When that player came TO,
he seized the ball and threw it into
the crowd at the end of the bleachers,
thus affording the first instance of
rowdy playing that a Rock Island
player has given this year. The act
created CONSERVATION among the Rock
Island as we'll as the Davenport spec
tators aud it was of such a nature
that might readily have precipitated
a riot had the score been going the
other way.
Milton and Rebsamen played q
steady hard game from start to finish
and the management would have
done the proper thing this morning
had it made a nice little collection of
fines from Mullaney, Middleton and
Arthur and presented the same as =
reward to the battery for keeping stiff
upper lip and pegging right along
| n or a OF N a
ating circumstances. Milton pitched
all around Wenig, and had he been
given any kind of support would have
won his game with ease.
At bloomington.
While Dorner of Decatur had good
strike out record, he was hit for
numerous long driI e'. Blnomington
won by score of to 1. Beedles
famed but one man, yet the visit,
only nit him safely four times. Both
sides fielded superlly the featu G
being the work of King aud Corners
and a one-handed catch by Kanzeler.
Score:
Bloomington Il o 90 ? 3 o IS
Decatur 5000 900 1 0-1
Observation-Disclosures and Belt, Dorner
and Wilkinson. Hits-Bloomington 9,
Decatur 4. Errors Bloomington 1,
Decatur l.
| at Rockford.
Rockford played the last game of
the season on the home grounds and
was given a shut-out by Cedar Rapids.
The score:
Rockford ......O 100 900 90
Cedar Rapids. @ 900 l O04 0-5
observation-disclosures and Thiery, Nc
Farland and Weaver Hits-Rock-
ford 5. Cedar Rapids Errors
Rockford 4, Cedar Rapids 3.
At Terre Haute.
Terre Haute won again by excellent
fball playing, making safe hits when
needed and by good base running.
The score:
Terre Haute. s OOO2 o o IS
Evansville 80 o o 2 o o o 0-S
Batteries-Brown and Starnagle,
Polchow and Roth. Hits-Terre Haute
II. Evansville 8. Errors-Terre
Haute 1, Evansville o.
| Notes
Milton has the record of having
more errors made back of him by the
excuse for team that Rock Island
has been keeping up than any other
pitcher in the league - % in two
games. But old Milt goes right on
working hard, and earning his salary.
Wonder if Mullaney, Middleton and
Arthur did not blush. just little,
when they drew their salary checks
this morning.
| Now we know one OF the reasons
for the showing the team made away
from home.
Hoy displayed some foolish base
running in the sixth. With the ball
in Wenig's hand he attempted to
steal third and of course was caught a
mile off the sack.
Rock Island made enough errors to
last until the end of the season.