Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1904-06-18
GET AN EVEN BREAK
ISLANDERS Bag Second Game ir
The Series With Dubuque
Yesterday.
DAMAGE DONE IN ONE INNING
Batting Rally in Fourth, Aided by
Errors, Gives Enough Scores
to Win.

days game made the Rock Island Du
buque series all even break, wei
grounds having prevented the opener
The game showed a return TO form or
the part of the Rock Island players
who fielded Clearly, with the excep
ton of two errors, and with snap, and
while not connecting as frequently as
they did the day previous hit when to
10 SO counted.
The game was cinched in the fourth
inning. when four hits aided by al
error and a wild pitcn. produced two
pairs of tallies. The other came in
the fifth on a pass, an error and a
ong fly. The Iowans saw home only
in the third, when two runs were made
without a hit.
PattIson on the Bench.
Pattison, who has been protested by
The Iowa league, on account of having
signed with one of it's clubs prior TO
accepting terms with Manager Hines.
was not in the game, Hedley taking
third and Steele, the newly signed
pitcher, covering short. Steele gave a
poOr exhibition at short, making two
rank errors. but he did not worry over
his mistakes, having a hearty laugh
to himself after each. 1t must have
been woefully apparent to Hines that
Steele was handing him the bunch il
he informed him that he had ever COW
cred that position before Joining Du
buque. for the pitcher handled himself
like an ice wagon off duty. But it is
said he can pitch some. Hunk soon
will give him a chance To deliver the
goods.
IIebhart Pitches Heady Game.
Liebhart pitched a heady game for
Rock Island. having but one dsas
rous inning. the third. when his hit
ing of Il batsman and a bad throw to
second contributed to saving the visi'
ors shutout. Only five hits were
made off him. one in each of the
,ourth, fifth and ninth. and two i'll the
sixth. Cooke was on the slab for the
iowans. and was effective outside the
fourth. when the local hitting trust
cornered his goods. Three fast double
plays were pulled off during the game,
two of them by Dubuque. and the 9th
r by Vandine. Miller and Lister.
Cooke was found for seven hits, but
neither side showed the aptness with
the swat stick that was exhibited
Thursday. A base hit was the best
that was gotten.
Steele made the first run for the
Illnesses. standing for a crack on the
arm with a pitched ball, stretching to
third on a bad throw to short by Lieb.
hart. who fielded Hedley's grounder,
and coming the rest of the way when
Miller messed McDonoughs throw to
catch Hedley stealing second. Hedley
scored on a passed ball.
Lister Opens Batteries.
Cooke drew fire from the Rock Isl
and batteries when Lister faced him
batter up. He hit for base. took sec.
ond while Vandine was expiring short
to first, and tailed on Steele's first
offense. the messing of Miller's
grounder Blakey hit an easy one that
wiggled between first and second. Bue-
,ow. Cooke and Hughes started after
the ball The pitcher handled it, but
when he tossed IL to Buelow the lat
ter was several feet away from the
bag and Blakey had landed safely. In
the meantime Miller had registered at
home. McDonoushs singled, and ad-
vanced while an unsuccessful effort was
being made to tag Blakey making for
third. Liebhart connected for a pref
" drive. cleaning the bases. He was
caught at second, Thornton retiring
the side with a bounder to Hughes.
End of Il Scoring.
Robertson. who got the run in the
fifth for Rock Island. waited for four
wide ones. Lally flied to left, Lister
nit to Hedley, who fumbled, and Rob
artson advanced to the third bag. and
scored when Vandine lifted a long fly
into the left garden. Miller made the
third out on a roller to short. In the
ninth inning Liebhart displayed excel
lent judgment in passing Buelow after
Wolf had gone out, for the heavy bat
ting first baseman of the visiting team
had not gotten hit during the game.
and he was due. Liebhart. fearing one
Of those long hits for which Buelow is
famous. and which have a decidedly
Earring effect on the Composure of a
twirler. passed him. feeling confident
he could fan the next man, Reagan.
and mis- guess was correct. and being
willing to take a chance on Hughes
However, the latter got a hit but
Steele could do no better than push a
5ounder to Miller. That was the end
1f il all. The score:
land 4