Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1904-07-09
Liebhardt Sets Record for Season in
the Three-Eye League
Yesterday.
ONE MAN SEES FIRST BASE
Through Getting Hit the Arm by
the DaII-Game Protested by
Manager COnners.
GAMES TOMORROW.
Decatur at Rock Island
Davenport at Cedar Rapids.
Dubuque at Rockford.
Springfield at Bloomington.

If Cy Young had been at the Twelfth
street park yesterday afternoon he
would have seen you1gster endeayor-
ing heroicaIIy to meet the record-break-
ing pace that he established in the
game that he pitched against Philadel-
phia this spring, when he did not allow
man TO reach first base, nor give IA
hit. Liebhardt is the young gentleman
who threatened TO break into Cy's lau-
reIs, his performance having not been
cquaIIed in the Three-Eye league the
present season. Not hit was made
off him, IS men facing him in the nine
innings.
Jim Hackett was the one member of
the Bloomington aggregation that saw
first base. In the official score he is
credited with having been hit by -
pitched ball, but it was plainly APP
parent to those who witnessed the play
that the ball struck the bat instead of
Hacketts arm. But the umpire held
that he was entitled to his base.
Reaches second ON "a wild Pitch.
Hackett. as the result of a wild
pitch. advanced to second, but got no
farther. Hence, assuming that the
umpire erred in not calling foul the
ball he claimed to have hit Hackett,
Liebhardt duplicated the remarkable
performance of Cy Young. His control
was beautiful, having the Bloom
ington players. entirely at his
mercy. tanning an even dozen of them,
Kruger. who leads off for his team,
,.,,- Ia, . at
bat The team behind Liebhardt, spur
red on by the magnificent exhibition
that he was furnishing, gave him err
rorcss support, this being the first
game in many days when they got
drought without a blunder in fielding.
Blakey covered right field in the place
of Lally. who was indispOsed, and Sc
cured two of the four hits that were
gathered off Barker, who also showed
giltcdSc form. but was poorly backed
up, the score that Rock Island got in
the sixth inning coming as the result
of a pair of errors followed by a sacri-
fee and a single.
COnncrs Protests the Game.
Bill Corners was out of sorts. The
boys of his team have quartet. They
had concert in the room below Bits
sleeping quarters at the Rock Island
house Thursday evening, and it is said
Bill rose the next morning with ter
rible headache. not because the singing
was not of the highest order. but on ac-
count of it's being so loud. Patsy DOno-
van having a voice that il is said the
cows down on pas farm 80 miles south
of Bloomington could hear and dis
tinguish seven miles from the old red
barn. at the rear of which Patsy had
his first practical lessons in the ma
tioual game. Well. in tho first inning
yesterday Rock Island tailed Here is
how il happened: After Thornton
had been moved from Barker to Hack
EFT. Miller connected for a base and
went around TO third on a warm single
to the outffcld from Blakey's bat. Van
dine lifted the ball into deep center
and was retired on a pretty catch
by Goodwin.
Fall TO Pull OF Double.
The fielder threw the ball in an eff
fort to prevent Miller scoring. but he
was some seconds behind time. so
Donovan. seeing that BIakey had neg
Ittlttl 10 lOuCH ilSl bds~t dlNNl tiit ny
had been caught. pegged the ball TO
IIaCkett and the runner was called
out. Corners said that the score should
not be counted. holding that the re-
firing of Nandine and Biakey was
double play. Beardsley attempted 10
explain to him that he was wrong. but
Bill was obdurate. Despite the fact
that he knows differently. that is. ifhe
has any knowledge of the rules of the
game. he notified Official Scorer Will
Johnston that he would continue the
game under protest. The lack of logic
in Corners contention is seen through
the effort of Goodwin to double Miller
at the plate Failing in this. the OPP
portunity for a double WIS forfeited.
Blakey was put out on an entirely new
play executed by Donovan and Hack
EFT. Had Rock Island not secured an
other run, leaving the one that brought
forth the protest To decide the game.
Corners might have had the nerve To
insist on a ruling from the executive of
the league. but probably after he has
had a peaceful nights sIumbcr, and
wins another game, he will change his
mind.
Then Bill Makes An Error.
The tally in the sixth was made by
Thornton. Conncrs dropping his fly in
left. Donovan made an effort 10 peg
Thornton. who was taking a good lead
off first. and the ball struck too low
To be fielded and rolled over
into the greens. the runner going to
second. He advanced on a neatly