Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1902-05-16

in favor OF Evansville.
The result of the game is due in
large measure to the steady and eff
fective work of Case. who pitched
for Rock Island. He had the visitors
guessing from the start and the hits
came sparingly. Only in the eighth
did two safe drives come close enough
together to earn a score. and nine
men whitfield the empty air. Rock Is
lands work i'm the field. although nee
eSsarily not extensive with the few
chances that were offered, was good
and would have been fine but for the
unfortunate let-down in the seventh
that gave the visitors two easy scores.
Visitors Work Hard.
The visitors played with greater
determination and spirit than they
showed Wednesday. but their efforts
were absolutely futile up To the
seventh, not man having reached
third then. Terrence started i'm the
box and he was touched up beauti-
fully i'm the beginning. lie finally set
tied down and was doing Well enough
when. in the fourth, he undertook to
rriticise some of Umpire llogan's de
cisions on a pitched ball and he made
IT SO strong that Manager Kennedy
was ordered to remove him from the
game. This was done offer protest
and Treat went in. The latter PROV
ed rather difficult. although he was
touched for several good ones. In
The latter part of the contest the Wis
itors did not hesitate to show their
hostility toward the umpire and
when, in the eighth inning. the latter
went over To request citizen to
leave their bench, their attitude be
came almost one of open beiigerence.
How Rock Island Scored.
ORourke, the first man up in the
first inning. smashed out a good one
and Middleton sacrificed him along.
Wright sent one sailing 10 the out
field and O'Rourke came trotting in
Wright. however, was caught trying
70 get to the second bag. Graham
put a little one over Ebert at short
and lived on n muff, afterward steal
ing second and taking third on wild
throw To catch him. Williams drew
his base and Donnelly put Que out
where the grass was long, letting an
other run in. Williams was too am
ing to reach third.
Two more were due in the third.
Again O'Rourke led off with a hit.
Middleton followed with another and
Wright made a nice little sacrifice.
Graham put out grounder and
O'Rourke paced home ON a fielder's
choice at third which was sent wrong.
Middleton tried to get home on
fake throw to catch Wright at sec
ond and was caught between bases.
Williams lived on another error at
short and took two while run came
in. Donnellv retired the side on
low one. Good opportunities after
the third all came to naught.
II was in the seventh that Reading
lived on Graham's bad throw to
Wright and the trouble began. Pol
chow went out ON three good ones.
but Ebert took his base. Treat pop
ped up and Quinn hit warm ground
er between third and short. Graham
made a heroic effort to stop it but
only succeeded in DETECTING the
sphere, which went out to Hopkins
Graham fell. leaving third uncovered.
and Reading went racing home. while
Ebert made for third. Hopkins. with
out stopping to look, fired the ball at
third and it went over near the
bleachers east of the grand stand.
Ebert came home, while Quinn stop
ped on second. Hale struck out The
other score of the visitors was earn
ed. After Seisler had fouled out in
the eighth and Kennedy had retired
on a dusty one, Hoffman made a hit
and Reading followed with "a clean
twO-bagger to left that brought the
run. Polchow then famed. Score: