Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1904-09-09
WINNER AT WINDUP
Rock leland Bags Clasing Contest o
Season and Last One TO be Seen
at Twelfth Street Park.
BRITTSEN PIE FOR LOCALS
Retires in Eighth inning, catfryn Fin
ishing the Game-christy Wilson
Pitches Heady Ball.

Rock Island farewelled to the home
fans with victory over Springfield
in the closing game of the season at
day afternoon.
Bill BTittsen, the big begun of the
Senators shooting staff, had been
smarting under the defeat that he re-
ceived after 16 innings of strenuous
effort Labor day morning when he had
for his adversary Christy Wilson. the
fair haired youngster that Rock ISL
and has chosen from the local anna
teur ranks and attached to it's string
for next season.
That was Christy's debut in profess
siOnal company. BrttSen has been
playing the game for some seasons.
and he wanted an opportunity TO show
up the boy that seemed to have about
that occasion, and then some to spare.
Brittscns turn came yesterday. He
lasted seven innings.
BrItfsen Driven to Blanket.
He was driven to his blanket. How
ever. the fault was not entirly his, as
his team gave him wrctched support.
Wilson pitched mis- nine innings
through. winning his game by a score
lOf 9 to ,. Wilson was as steady as
an S-day timepiece until the eighth in
ming. then he issued his first compli-
mcntary. Two more were walked in
the ninth, but scoring was prevented.
The yOungster also got hit. He held
the leaders to seven hits.
Seeing that there was not a ghost
of show. Donnellys team went to
pieces after Brittsen had been sent
TO the bench in the eighth Caffryn
was called in from left to finish out the
game on the gunner's line, having
Taffe for his baCkstOp, Latimer going
to right. and Smith moving over to
left. Four tallies were pulled out in
this inning by Rock Island on a double
in left by Nandine-the one that proved
the undoing of Brittsen-that Caffryn
made a hard chase for. and singles
by Wilson and Thornton, a pass to
Carlisle, two balks by Caffryn, FUN
BILE by Neal of Sweeney's grounder and
a wild throw by Taffe to second.
Senators Get the First score.
The legislators punched two hits on
Wilson in the third inning. making the
first score of the game After two men
were down Lippert cracked in cen
ter for base, and came the rest of the
circle on Donnelly's two-base drive
in left. Then Neal flied to Annis
Rock Island had two men on bases in
the second Vandine. whose hitting was
feature of the exhibition. smeared for
a pair of stations, and Sweeney sur
vived on Meals first offense, but there
was no scoring. Hupp flying to Ebright,
Carlisle missing the third strike and
Cheek pushing easy to Brittsen.
Brittsen famed Wilson and Lister
in the third, Thornton retiring on a
grOunder to second, but the color of his
goods was discovered with a Fourth of
July relish in the next session. Annis
Heading off with a baser in left and
Vandine sending a green's shaver in
center.
Throws Ball Into the Field.
When Hupp grounded to Brittsen
Ebright played in behind Lippert, who
had moved up to corral a bunt. and
was on the first bag. Brittsen tossed
the ball To him. but Ebright. appar-
emily thinking that Lippert was ex-
pecting to get the putout. backed away,
and the ball rolled over toward the
! bleaChers, Annis scoring
There was no one out and Sweeney
moved into the limelight. connecting
for a sizzler that went out of reach of
| Donnelly in center driving home Van
dine and Hupp. Sweeney tried to
stretch the hit into a triple and might
have gotten away with il but for the
fact that he is crippled. which inter