Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1904-06-06

Liebhart. another new recruit on the
Rock Island twirling staff. was sent
TO the firing line Yesterday afternoon
in an effort L. ave the, game after
the score had been cyeueI up through
the explosion of Lundin in the fifth
inning. and would probably have maI,.
good but for wild pitch in the
eighth that allowed Herbert. who had
hit. 10 score.
The game. one Of the most exciting
# the season at the local park. was
called. hN arrangement before he
ginning. at > O'Clock TO permit the
clubs Ia catch trains, Bloomington for
home and Rock Island for Decatur
In the eighth. while the Colts were
At bat. Manager Thornton was put out
IF the grounds for disputin" a called
trfile ON Smith by Umpir" Milan.
Thornton WIS dealt fairly with by the
umpire. who admoni~hed him re
p,atedly and fined him So before or
,eTin@ him out of the grounds.
The score was q and ). Rock Island
vas up i'm the ninth inning and likely
would have at least tied the score.
he batting order starting with Dona-
luc. when Milan declared the con-
test at an end Accordingly the record
aiH show only eight innings played.
The crowd. which had been worked
ntoalmost frenzy by the excitement,
gathered i'm the diamond. many sup
posing that there would be an at
tempt to mob the umpire. But Milan
was not molested. While the local
fans are loyal to their team, they
realized that Thornton had carried
his point to point where Milan was
justified i'm the penalty he imposed.
Colts Have Winning Lead I'm First.
The Colts took a lead in the first in
ming that would have clinched the
victory had Lundin been able to main
tain the form he displayed in the
first four innings. when he held the
Bloomers to two singles. The Colts
gathered three runs in the opening
inning on errors at short and first
base followed by a three-bagger by
Lister and singles by Nandine and
Miller. In the third couple were add
ed. another error. this one by CasSi-
boine at second on Donahue'S ground
er. seeming To unuerNe Barker and
cause him to pass the next two men.
LalIv and Lister. The scores were
brought with a two-baser in right 10y
Naudine. who attempted I" make
third on Millfr's %rounder to Neuman
and was tagged 10y Herbert. Rebscher
made the third out on hit To second.
Barker took courage after the SPLEEN
did rally by his team in the fifth and
the best the Colts could do was To
get two hits in row in the eighth.
but without result. I'm the seventh
the bases were full. but Nandine fell
a victim to Bankers curves and
famed.
The RIocmcrs did not connect with
Lundin until the third. when Cassi-
hoinc surprised the natives as we'll aS
himself. and singled. I'm the fourth
Smith found him, bat neither hit was
productive of q run. In the fifth the
BloomerS battcd once around. Rch-
>chcr aided Lundin in the undnin% Of
the local team. Goodwin began the per-
Torrance with hit. CaSsiboinc
knocked one over tu short ami Na>
-afe on Reb's blunder. Lundin was
.vabhliur. passing NeuwHu. one "f the
weakest batters Of the visiting aE~re-
cation. Barker struck ont.
should Not Have Us." Sc"r..
With perfect play Icy Rock Island
the side would have been retired. The
ruu-gcttcr~ were sent To face Lundiu.
The strain was more than he could
endure. and there followed hits h.
Kruger. Herbert. Smith and Goodwin
which. with an error by Nan5.Hc al
third. brought five tallies- The side
was retired with a spectacular throw
in from center to the home plate by
Thornton after fielding Goodwin hit.
catching Donovan. Liebhart finished
the pitching stunt fer Rock Island.
But two hits were made IF him. but
he alone * TO blame fer the winning