Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1904-04-30

Rockford at Decatur.
Winning the first schedule game of
the season ought to he satisfying to
the most exacting fan. Cedar Rapids
drew row of ciphers at the Twelfth
street park yesterday afternoon.
Rock Island bagging two scores. 1t
was pretty game and played with
ideal baseball weather.
There was 1.5OO people in attend
ance with a goOdly sprinkle of the
fair sex, indicating that the ladies
are to have lively interest in the ma
tional game here during the season
In former years they were among the
enthusiastic fans and made up large
portion of the audience in the grand
stand.
There was absence of millinery last
year, and there were fears that the
women had passed up baseball and
turned their attention to afternoon
teas and crocheting in the lawn ham,
mock. But one entertaining those
fears had them dispelled if he was at
the park yesterday. The ladies not
only in large number graced the oc-
casion with their attendance. but
they rooted a. only those of their fair
sex can. And it counts with a ball
player. One CHEEKY word from Il bum
die of calico will make him strive
more earnestly than roofing from an
army of men.
To repeat. the weather was fine
Bleuer's band lent a holiday appear
ance by striking up a tune at each
intermissiUn when the teams were eX-
changing positions. Hagerman, for
Rock Island, and Holmes, the boy
with the wide smile and the hop-like
drop, for Cedar Rapids, did the pitch
ing. Both sides were blanked until
the sixth inning, when Nandine broke
the monOtOny by lifting humGinger
to left, giving Davis "A foot race out
to the southeast corner of the lot
where Johnny and Willie have carved
a big knothole through which TO view
the proceedings from the Murphy
patch.
Lister First Across the Plate.
Lister, who had received pass, reg
istered Pete and Nandime shared in
the ovation that was showered by the
audience. The run was brought in
after two men had gone out. Thorn
ton and Rebscher having flied. LaIly
drew Il tap in the slaves and more
scoring was threatG ned until Nandine
failed in an effort To reach third.
Nandine was the hero of the day. in
the eighth inning coming to the front
again, after two men had expired,
Thornton striking out and Rebschcr
flying. Lister singled and was pushed
around by twO-bagger, Nandine just
coming Il few chips shy from placing
the sphere in the same spot where he
landed il in the sixth inning. Lister
got pretty two-bagger in the fourth,
but was caught at third.
Hagerman allowed only four hits.
He had nine strike-outs and walked
four. two of the latter intentional
passing heavy batsmen when a hit
would have been damaging. and tax
ing chances on the next up. He has
speed, a wide curve and some tanta-
liking shoots and, best of all. displays
excellent judgment. lie IL II hcady
pitcher. Holmes. who was with the
Rabbits last season, has the same slow
motions. but il is caution how lie
bends the ball. having Il drop that
when il starts from his hand one
would gamble would strike the top OF
the grandstand. But usually it splits
the plate. He famed four and gave
one free pass. He hit Lally and
Moore.
| Nice Team work by Locale.
The base running and team work
of Rock Island was feature that de-
lighted the fans. Thornton deserves d
bouquet for the generalShip he has
displayed thus far. He would give mt
heed to the derisive cries that came
from the bleachers when he protested
IA decision of the umpire. In the first
place. Thornton was justified, a. amy
fair-minded person knowing the game
would have agreed with him that the
ball on which he was called Cut il
the eighth inning went wide of the
plate. At any rate Thornton shouiu
not hold the roast up against the To-
cal fans. Ii came from the Davenport
section of the field. They never pass
up an opportunity to cook Rock
Island manager.
Home Team has But One Error.
The only error credited Ia Rock Isl
and was made by Hadley. at second
in the seventh. when he missed liner
from Davis bat. Durkee. who haC
walked. went TO third, the second
time in the game when the visitor:
arrived that close to the home plate
Two men were down, however, anC