Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1901-05-25

the Rock Island Club. and good rep
resentation of the fair sex graced the
grandstand. The banks of the city
closed at 2:30. the Woodmen head
Office at 3 and many of the smaller
places were closed for the game. EN-
ployes of the larger stores were gem
orally given permission to turn fans
for the day il they chose. The crowd
was live one and every player on
either side got all that was coming in
the way of applause and advice. In
fact it was too cold to sit still and
passively view the contest.
Mayor Delivers First Ball.
Promptly at $3.50 Umpire Cox an
nounced the batteries and then es-
corted Mayor Knox out before the
grandstand. Before taking his place
in the box to deliver the first ball.
that official made low obesiance to
the assembled multitude and offered
few remarks, regretting the inclemen-
CIV of .he weather and wishing the
team we'll in its endeavors. Then,
disregarding various solicitous in
quiries about the condition of his
.'wing,n ne marched to the center of
the diamond and delivered himself OF
the first official ball of the season In
Rock Island. 1t went over the plate
on the second bounce, and Lohr, who
was up, restrained his impulse to
make pass at it. After the mayor
had trotted back to the grandstand
the game opened in earnest.
How the Game Was Played.
II was listless, cherries game.
hn 70 hi
dition of the weather. Rock Islands
playing was at times abominable.
links horse play was the most sur
prisingly ridiculous that has been seen
on the home grounds before, in let
ting a sure thing go by in an
attempt to throw a man out at
third, thereby giving Rockford one
and possibly two scores. Jessup.
Rock Islands catcher, misJudged
three fouls chasing two into links
territory and spelling them, and there
were times when a little more ginger
might have been used to good effect
on both sides. Rockford ran three
scores in the third after the side
should have been retired if Tate had
managed to hold fly he reached after
a long run. Again, in the same in
ming, after one run had been scored,
and there were men on first and sec
ond, Umpire Cox got in the way of
what in all probability Hoy would
have handled for q third out, and the
bases were filed on a block.
Elliott and Hanford, Rockford's
battery, are both big men, and Tate's
men. with the exception of link,
looked like pigmies when they stood
between them at bat. Elliott is an
ideal pitcher and it is to Rock Islands
credit that seven hits were made off
his delivery. Smith. for the home
team, was wild, and spoiled several
chances to retire men by his poor
control.
How the Scores Were Made.
Rock Islands two runs were made
In the fourth and eighth. In the
former Poor hit and stole second.
Young reached first and Poor third
on the shortstop's errors. Tate flew
out to left and Poor waited and scored.
Hoy fouled out and link retired the
side with q high one. In the eighth
Smith lived on Householder's error
and took another. Hopkins batted
the air and Poor went out on aground
er, Smith getting to third. Young
made good and Smith treked in.
Hoy made q nice drive, aud with Tate
at bat it looked as though something
was about to happen. In an unguard-
ed moment, however, Young was
caught mile off second and the Jig
was up.
Rockford made three runs In the
third through the combination of an
accident, case of poor judgment and
an error, as explained above, and
again in the fourth two scores were
msde. Elliott started off with 2
Dagger, and Lohr followed with what
should have been an out If link had
properly handled it. Shaffer went
out on a grounder. but Elliott came
home, and after Householder fouled
out, Pease and Sullivan hit safe and
Lohr Tailed. Sears ended Rockford's
story by failing to hit the ball. Score;
ROCK TCIANn