Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1902-06-21
Fat Men Are Administered Drub-
bling to Tune of
is to H..
GAME IS DELAYED BY RAIN
Fierce Slugging on Both Sides
Some Brilliant
Plays.

proceeds going 10 the cemetery road
Improvement fund. Rain checks did
not go, although enough moisture
fell after the game had begun TO
nave sent professionals to the dress
ing room for good. The truth of the
matter was, the opposing sides were
just aching to have it out. and ii is
doubted if Il shower of sawlogs and
pitchforls would have stopped them
after they once had a taste of blood.
1t is conceded that there would
have been Il better attendance had
the day been fairer. but as il was
there were enough out to make the
game worth playing from financial
standpoint. The crowd was one that
thoroughly appreciated the eNhibl-
ton that was given, too. and the Old
favorites were all given the glad
hand The refreshment privileges
were in charge of the ladies, and it
WAS a caution the way the audience
ate peanuts and popcorn. Cold as it
was, some even were sufficiently de
voted 10 the cause to go against
chilly soft drinks. but when ii came
to the palmleaf fan proposition there
was a general shying away.
stick Work Heavy.
! 1t was fierce smuggling match on
the diamond. For the heavy men
Bertelson started in as slab artist,
but he was lambasted till he was
/ glad to retire i'm the fifth inning in
/ favor of Abe Rosenfield. For
the emaciated ones, f. II. Kelly,
j. NJ. Colligan and DR.. +. NJ. Sala took
their turns at being drubbed. DR..
Sala came last. and he was just be
/ ginning to be handled roughly when
the game ended.
! The rain had its inning soon after
the start was made. and a lay-Otf for
a quarter of an hour had to be taken.
With all deductions made. the con-
test lasted approximately only an
hour and half, which made il IA bril-
/ liant one with all other consilera-
| lions left out.
! Ii is hard to tell who really de-
serves the greatest credit ON either
side. On the side of the 'thinS," Bly,
man and Mitchell, who played, re-
/ spectively, snort and first base, were
genera rally considered slightly over
Swallowed by others in the team. and
the same was true of Atkinson,
Hoarc and Welch for the fats" In
the first named team Adams. Scott
and Sala carried off the honors.
Scott. in particular. made brilliant
catch in left field in the ninth that
the odds were 100 to 1 that he
wouldn't get. II served To stem the
tide of victory that was setting to-
ward the heavyweight camp and
saved the day. On the other side
the feature was the corling double
made by Schneider and Welch. the
former catching a hot liner and max.
ing a beautiful assist to first in the
eighth inning,
The Line Up.
In the beginning of the fray the
teams lined UP as follows:
Trims ohnson,. c; Smith, 2b;
Blyman, 50: Mitchell, 1b; Kreis, 3b:
Scott. If; Adams, Of; Bennett, rf;
Kelly, p.
"Fats''-WeIch. III; Noftsker. rf;
Schneider, 2b: Woltmann. Of; Hun
toon, Sd; Hoare, c; cleveland. If;
LaNelle, IS; Bertelson. p.
The substitutes who went in for the
''thins'' were DR.. SaIa and Colligan,
and for the fats" Rosenfield, At-l
kinson and Reck. Both teams were
badly shaken up several times as
members reached the limit of their
endurance and had to he taken out
or sent to more retired portion of
the field Oscar Schmidt umpired to
the satisfaction of all. He is about
the kind of man President Sexton
is looking for.
The score by innings was as fol-
lows:
''Thins" .... IL 3 o 3 : o . l #-15
Fats -. .....2 . 0 0 > o al
No small part of the success of the
''thins" is attributable to the judi
cious coaching of +. c. Eberhart.
The sum of $1O3.7O was cleared for
the cemetery road fund by yester-
days game.
Other Amateur Games.
The Young Americans bested the
Moline Boys by score of 26 to 1.
Batteries-Cohn and Zimmerman,
and Horn and Frederickson.
The Rock Island and Davenport
BARRIERS are to meet tomorrow after
noon at , o'clock at Twelfth street
park. Preceding the game there is
to be pulled off fat mans foot race,
in which the contestants are TO be
L i Kelly r w Wade1 and WilIiam