Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1902-09-03
Games Tomorrow
Games Tomorrow
Rockford at Rock Island.
Cedar Rapids at Davenport.
Evansville at Bloomington.
Decatur at Terre Haute.


Evansville at Bloomington.
Decatur at Terre Haute.
There was plenty of excitement
yesterday, but it was of the sort
one experiences in climbing high af-
ter red apples that he cannot reach
For the apples were there in the
third inning, in the fourth inning, in
the eighth inning. o, for hit or n
friendly breeze to shake them down!
There were two periods of agony:
one that Manager Hugh Nichols and
the half dozen Davenport synpathi-
zers who were afraid to stay and
face the music ON their own side of
the creek went through, and the 9TH
er for the local team and the fans
The former lasted during the greater
part of the seven innings and the lat
ter during only two innings, while the
game was in progress, but made up by
being prolonged indefinitely after
wards.
Killain, the big Rockford south-paw,
was tottering on the brink nearly all
through the game, but he hung on for
dear life and his perseverance was re-
wardcd. Then, when the opportuni-
ty came, he was there with three
bagger that brought in three runs,
and again in the ninth he batted out
long fly that let another in. The
two won the game for Rockford.
Case pitched pretty and effective ball
until the eighth, allowing but one hit
in that time, but three men getting to
first. Then in the eighth he gave
ha Iii
little scratch, and then clean singles
and the awful three-bagger.
Was Ours on Merit.
BY every token Rock Island ought
to have won. The visitors were out
batted and outfielded. Nine hits by
the locals, four passes by Killian, and
six errors gave the locals 10 men safe
on first. Fifteen of them died on
base, nine in innings when no run was
made and three each in the innings
when the home plate was reached.
Slowness on base, while perhaps it
did not lose the game, was very
potent contributing cause.
Things looked bright for Rock ISL
and in the early part when men were
getting on base every inning and the
ing second, or generally without see
ing first. Everybody was confident
after the three scores were run in in
the fifth, although there was some
thing of the hard luck, or whatever it
was, even then. Nine men to bat, in
one inning, with base on balls, two
errors that allowed men on first and
three hits might be expected to yield
more than three runs under almost
any circumstances. But that is all
we had coming. Miller started it off
and lived on an error at third. being
cut down at second on fielder's
choice when Donnelly hunted a pop
up and nobody got under it. Graham
gave Lippert long fly and two were
down. Wright hit and Wilkinson liv-
ed on another error at third, filing
the bases. Then O'Leary pasted out
single for two runs. Weihrauch
singled also. filling the bases. King
came up and drew three balls, and
presently had two strikes as well.
Then he began fouling every one that
KilIian put over. Time after time the
base runners punched up with VIII
linson and O'Leary between third
ond, only to be sent back on fouls.
The ball went over the grandstand,
the back fence and even over the left
field fence on one occasion, till half
dozen times or more had the per-
Torrance been repeated. Finally Kill
liam passed up another wide one and
forced a run. That was all there was
due. for Case forced King on a field
er's choice.
Very Bad Session.
1t was in the eighth that Rockford
made each and every one of six hits
bring a run Pattison was given
base on balls, and Case, fearing that
the performance would be repeated,
then began getting them over in such
good shape that the batters placed
them at will. Kruger, Thiery and
Bufka hit singles in succession and
then Killian hit for three. Lippert
made it another with no one out.
Then Morrissey died on a grounder.
Beulow hit and Lippert was in. Stark
flew out and Pattison obligingly put
a grounder where Miller could get it.
Rock Island came up in the eighth
to get them back. King got a life