Rock Island Argus., 1902-09-06


Terre Haute at Evansville
Take off your hats to Daniel
)'Leary. the lad from Henry county,
Who delivered the goods in two and n
lalf minutes that nine others had
been toiling over an hour and 10 min
ties. And do homage also to Hugh
Schuler. the lad from Mercer county.
who flew from first base home on n
o-bagger and carried in the win
hing run in the opening game of the
ast Rock Island-DayenPort series
Yesterday.
1t was the most sensational finish
Rock Island has seen in many Il day.
Hope ran low, as with the score tied
-wo and two after the first inning I he
locals failed to get even scratch hit
)ff Hughes. Rock Islands last years
pitcher, who was serving up the mys-
.erious for Davenport. On the other
1and Case, while pitching steady ball,
vas being found occasionally. and
;hc visitors were getting Il chance to
core nearly every inning. When the
ninth inning was passed and the Wis
tors landed another in the tenth
down. 1t came back, as big as life.
however. when two men got on base.
Then when Dan O'Leary came up and
handed a fly over to the left field
fence and won the day clammy dread
instantly gave way to unspeakable
JOY and the demonstration was some
hing immense.
Locals Have Few Opportunities
1t is seld om thats Rock Island has
played game with so few opportun-
ties to score. The two runs in the
irst inning were gifts, pure and sim
pie, and after that not a man had
seen second till the tenth. The visi-
.ors, on the other hand. got their
runs one at time and had men
where a hit would have brought 9TH
ars at a number of different stages
Of the game. Their run that gave
hem the lead in the tenth was n gift
from Umpire Brennan, and the other
Two were made on errors.
Hughes had some difficulty in locat-
ng the plate in the very beginning,
and Miller and Donnelly got to base
II succession. Graham sacrificed
neatly and then Wright hit a nice lit
lie bouncer to Mill at second. The
second baseman sized up an easy one,
out before he knew it the sphere had
gone under him and out into center
ield and Miller and Donnelly were
)aSt danger on the way home.
hughes was steady as n clock from
hen on and his delivery proved so
fatal to the locals that everybody
was relieved and somewhat thankful
when Wright got clean hit of him
n the ninth, the first of the game.
First Man Walks.
The first man for Davenport, Ruby,
was also allowed to walk and Fuchs
sacrificed. Mill was out on fly. but
Miller got an error on Crockett's
grounder and the score was made. In
the next Alperman, first up, gave Viii
kinson a long run after a fly. The
fielder got it in his hands and carried
it about rod before dropping it.
Davis hit and let the run in. The
next three went out in succession.
In the tenth the game seemed lost
to Rock Island. Miller's error let
Mil live and Brennan's wretched
Judgment left him safe at second af-
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the steal by Graham. 1t was one OF
the rankest decisions that has been
made here this year. Mil himself
conceded that he was out and started
TO leave the sack. Evers ran out and
ordered him TO stay, and then he
either bluffed or mesmerized the UNI
pire into changing his decision. Then
it remained for Crockett to hit out
safe one and let the run in. Donnelly
made a pretty throw from center and
the decision was close enough at the
plate. Crockett was caught at third
and the next two men were pinched
off at second.
That Timely Hit
Then came the grand finale. Will
liams got a base. Weihrauch knocked
one high enough for the entire field
to assemble under it if necessary To
get it, which had been very com
mon performance during the after
noon. and the Davenport rooter up
high in the grand stand said, Next
gentleman" This was the last word
he was heard to utter. Schuler drop
ped the package of yarn in soft
spot back of second. Case was to
come up next, but Manager Donnelly,