Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1905-04-18
LOSE BY A SCORE
Milwaukee Americans Take Thir-
teen Innings to Best
Islanders.
LATTER HAVE A BAD START
Pitcher Unable to Locate the Plate.
Gives the Visitors Big
Lead.

1t is not likely that Joe Cantillon's
Milwaukee crew will have a Iivelier
battle 10 win a victory during the
American association league season
IMAM they had yesterday afternoon
with Rock Island. Thirteen innings
were required to settle the contest. the
Brewers winning by the margin of one
score.
1t was an uphill fight for the Isl.
anders because of bad start. the Wis
ltors rolling up eight runs in the open
ing inning through the witness of
brennan who started in to pitch. He
was succeeded by Hoag and the latter
by Lundin.
The Milwaukeans evidently thought
they had a wdIkaway until the sixth
inning, when McConnelrs men began
TO get their eye on the bail. finding
Mckay for trio of clean hits and net
ting four runs.
See Chance to Win.
This placed the locals within haIIing
distance and they buckled in with
determination that enthused the cour-
ageous fans that had gathered at the
tNN4 IN W NiAiitsS Aut BISt eAulD.t.On OF
the season there. Fully two hundred
were at the game. and had the day
been finer it is probable there would
have been an attendance of a thous-
and gale blew through the grand
stand, the roof of which prevented the
sun shining on the spectator. Will
the full benefit of the western zephyr
was had on the bleachers on the east
side of the park, where the bulk OF
the crowd had huddled together. They
were the faithful fans who turned on.
yesterday. the ones who would stand
in snow knee deep and shout their
heads off TO see, a ball game
An Exciting Game.
When the dyed-inthe-wool fan gets
interested in game. and sees a
chance for his favorite team to win.
he forgets about the weather and
pulls off his hat and cuts in. and sits
down at the dinner table with "A voice
that sounds like if he had been swal-
lowing nails all day. But it was an
exciting game. and if you did sit it
out with an accompaniment of shivers,
you got your moneys worth. You may
not see another with as many innings
at the local park this season.
brennan Has EnrIy Finish.
brennan, the St Louis boy who is
trying for place with the Islanders.
was sent to the firing line by Manager
Mcconnell
Bremen was without the slightest
suspicion of control. and after he had
passed Robinson and O'Neill and made
a wild pitch, he was invited TO his blan-
ket and Hoag relieved him. The Mo
mence southpaw, too, was out of sorts.
and issued three complimentaries and
allowed a pair of singles before he
could get his arm and eye to agree.
In the first inning the scores were
made by Robinson. who got two.
O'Neill Hemphill. Clarke. McChesney.
Wolfe and Mckay.
wolfe ScrRppy Rs Ever.
BY the way. this man Wolfe is the
grouchy individual who played for a
period last season with Dubuque. and
made himself disliked in every city in
the circuit on account of his ugliness.
Yesterday he got gay into a wordy
argument with Clarke. the third base
man of his team. and il seemed for a
time as If they would come to blows
He is naturally a rowdy. and il is an
effort for him TO behave himself
through to the end of the game. He is
a fine ball player. but he needs TO be
taught that gentlemanly conduct is
one of the requisites of the man who
follows that game as a profession.
Locals Get Eye ON BALL.
In the Islanders half of the opening
round Ruby pulled Mckay for a base
after Carlisle. who led off. had been
harvested AT first. and singles by Lis
ter and Wanne-, with misplays at first
and second. let in pair of tallies. a
pass, wild pitch an an error added one
TO the local string in the fifth. Three
basers. in the sixth, with a pair of
passes and a rank error in center.
Hemphill letting the ball drop out OF
his baud after he had coralled il. in
creased the Rock Island claim by an
even half dozen and gave the locals
new lease of life. In their half of that
inning the Brewers had registered a
couple on three hits and a base on
balls. This made the score 10 10.
Van Tears on TwO-Saeker.
In the seventh Rock Island added
one more. Hoag driving in Sweeney,
who had safetied and reached second
on a passed ball In the eighth three
were added Vandine tearing OF a
spanking two-sGcker in left after Lis
ter had been retired on roller 10
second. Warmer scored Vandine with
a single. Walters drove one to short,
but the second baseman dropped the
bali and Warmer was safe AT station
two. Sweeney hammered another At