Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1904-08-08
Rock Island Wins Three Straight
From Dubuque and Plays Havoc
With Percentage Column.
MICS TEAM PASSES DECATUR
And Leaves Davenport a Safe Distance
in the Rear-DoubIe-H at
Local Park Yesterday.
GAMES TOMORROW.
Springfield at Rock Island.
Bloomington at Cedar Rapids.
Decatur at Dubuque.
Davenport at Rockford.

Decatur at Dubuque.
Davenport at Rockford.
You viii notice that Rock Island is
holding fifth place in the percentage
column. having passed Decatur Satur-
day. and leaving the old rival, Daven-
tport. a comfortable distance in the
rcar-far enough so that the boys
over the creek Will have to hump some
! if they expect to realize their season
! boast that they would repeat their
feat Of a year ago by finishing on top
of the team here.
! But Mic has his men showing the
most formidable front they have had
| during the season and he will miss
/ his guess if he does not win the ma
| jOTity of the games TO be played both
lat home and abroad. Three out of
| four with Dubuque is a record that has
brought the fans 10 their feet. Walter
| Carlisle, the new fielder from the
| Northern league. appeared in the line
Iup yesterday. and made good the pre-
ldictions of those who had been tab
bling his work of the season. He is
fast and graceful in the field. has q
wonderful wing, and is there with the
| bat. This latest acquisition gives
Rock Island as strong a trio of gar
deners as there are in the league.
Four Hours of Baseball.
1 There were four solid hours of base
ball for the 1900 people who were at
the park out on Twelfth street yester-
g l. al, I'll
when the second game was finished.
! The interest with which the public
follows The national sport here was
manifested by the patience of the
crowd, few leaving the grounds until
the third man was down in the ninth
inning. Rock Island won the first
game by a score of 5 to (, and the
second TO ;. The first went 10 in
nings, Lister clinching it with a dou-
Die in right when but one man was
gone
! Liebhardt and Owens-smiling Rus
! T. for several years with Rockford
were the opposing pitchers in the first
| contest. Hunky's sluggcrs were fall
! ing against the Rock Island twirler
with a regularity that did not make
!
him had rolled up appear safe TO Man
ager Nicol and in the sixth inning he
was called to the bench after four hits
and two runs had been gotten off him
and Lundn substituted. Lundin was
effective outside the eighth, when a
pass and two hits brought two scores
more. Then there was 4 tie until the
10th
Catcher Cheek IL Injured.
Catcher Frank Cheek got a bad fin
ger in the seventh and was obliged
to withdraw from the game, Hesslel
taking his place. The finger was split,
but Cheek says Il little thing like that
will not long keep him out of action.
He expects to be ready tor business
again in few days. Rock ISL
| and secured three scores in the open
| ing round. Thornton drew i walk
! Sweeney was safe on a muff in center
| by Reagan. and Lister was hit.
| Thornton was thrown out at the plate
! when Carlisle grounded to BuelOw. y
single in right by Miller Tailed Swee
ney and Lister. and Carlisle crossed
the rubber while Nandine was flying t.
! left \ base to Sweeney. a pretty
sacrifice by Lister and Il hit by Mil
| Ter scored the run in the third. Du-
| buque did not see home until the
sixth. Here is where Liebhardt re
| ceived his punishment. Steele, the
| first man up. was out on a poke TO
! Sweeney. and the next four men up.
Thiery. Owens. Fleming and Buelow.
made safe connections. Thiery and
Owens had been driven in when Lun
din was sent to the slab.
Wolf Drives in n Pair.
/ The little fellow had something that
the swatters from up the river could
not find as handily as they had those
/ of Liebhardt's Wolf pounding the air
and Reagan being throw out at first
4 by Cheek Thiery led off in the eighth
with a single. Owens and Fleming
flied Buelow was drilled. and Wolf
I fell against a plate splitter for two
bases in right. tallying Thiery and
Buelow Reagan ended the inning by
4 floating to Thornton. PattisOn hit in
Il the ninth and reached third on a poor
II throw by Lundin TO second. but the
necessary hit was lacking.
\ Thornton led OF in the 10th with
his second single of the game. Swee
ney laid down sacrifice, and Thorn
ton made the circuit when Lister
I drove into right Thiery. who spent
\ Saturday in Chicago. arrived AZ the
grounds in the third inning. when he
\ replaced Wolf. who was sent to right
II IN relieve Hines. Score of the frs;