Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1906-06-05
IS BIG SUCCESS
Athletic Fete for Benefit Of Gem
etery Road improve
r1ent Fund.
CONTESTS ARE EXCITING
Society People of Three Cities Out in
Force at Island City Ball
Park.

City park for the benefit of the Gene
terry Road Improvement association
yesterday afternoon place the amount
in the hundreds, but it will be impos-
sible to give out the exact amount for
several days. Several hours enter
tainment in the way of basketball, base
ball, and drills were given to the large
number in attendance. and music by
Bleuer's band was furnished between
acts. The basketball contest between
the girls teams of the Rock Island
| high school was hard fought. the mil
itary drill of the students at the Villa
was both novel and surprisingly inter
esting, and the ball game between the
Rock Island and Moline teams was
well played in spots, but funny all over
Reds Arc Victors.
In the basketball game the Reds
were victorious with score of 6 to .,
the first half having been played with
out count. After the opening of the
second half the Blacks were the first
to score, but their opponents soon even
ed it up and took the lead. The teams
were made up as follows:
Reds-Jessie Van Arsdel, center;
Nina Munger and Helen Krell, for
wards; Dorothy Peasants and Henri
eta Kinner, guards.
Blacks-Helig Anderson, center; Lii
lie Walton and Vernice Wagner for
wards; Hazel Munger and Laura Wood.
guards.
Referee and umpire-Ralph Souders
and Albert Bergstrom.
villa Girls Drill.
| Those who have had occasion to
visit the Villa de Chantal on special
occasions have witnessed the drills of
| the girls and learned to appreciate
| them, but TO others it proved SO pretty
and refreshing that it aroused contiul-
ed applause, many not being aware
that such an organization existed.
Thirty-six girls composed the COM
pany, which went through the var
ious military movements in front of
| the amphitheater. The companies
were attired in black skirts. white
waists and cadet caps. Each private
carried gun, and the commissioned
officers swords. The drill is a long
one and consists of close and extend
ed formations of various kinds, beauti-
fully executed. Following is a roster
of the company, all the members of
which bore themselves like true sol
diers:
Miss Teresa Herlitzka, captain;
Misses Margaret Durnin. Luella Jones,
Eileen O'Hara, Mary Simpson, Amy
| Lardner, Darline Code, Ella Baumbach,
Mary Wall. Josephine Buckley, Clara
Buckley, Grace Rosenfield. Marie
Blackburn, Agnes Maucker. Emily
| Boylston, Bessie Moss, Irene Beacon,
May Higgins, Hazel Dooley, Edna
Kane. Clara Math, DeEtte Breed. Edna
Reid, Frances Parkman. Mary Neipp,
Mary Kavanaugh. Carolyne Breed Mi
RAM Mackin, Ethel Wade, Rosemary
Lardner, Gertrude Rosenfield, Naomi
Johnson, Dorothy Simpson. Stella Gil
bert. Bessie McEniry, Florence Winter.
Marie Cain, Juanita Willard.
Moline, 8; Rock Island, Z.
Moline was victorious in the base
ball game, the score being to z, but
with the umpire against them, the Rock
| Island players declare they stood no
chance. Whether Mcintyre was bought
up by the visitors or whether he had it
in for some of the players on the home
team is not known, but such a specta-
Gle of umpiring has not been seen at
Island City park since Os Bruner last
held the indicator, and it may be said
for Os that in his worst days he never
deliberately coaxed the team opposed
to his own team on the field. The fact
of the matter is that were it not for
the fact that Billy stands well in other
ways he would have been mobbed by
the players. AS it is, they have all cut
his acquaintance once and for all. while
the small boy that once enjoyed his
placid, inspiring face now boots as he
passes.
Some Old Timers.
1t was evident that there were some
old timers in the lineup. Oscar Schmidt
played like veteran both behind the
bat and with it, and so did Add Gest,
George Price, and Jack Foster, both
showing up well on first base, and the
batteries being in good form. The fact
is, Foster got reminiscent and recalled
one of the games that he said was
stolen from Moline in years gone by,
when he was playing, and he could not
all of the time, and with that and the
excitement of the present victory
| it was not until he had got half way
down town that he concluded he had
better get off the car and go back to
the club house and get his pants.
There were no objections on the part
of the opposing manager.
Adyertises wares.
1t was announced that Abe Rosen-
field had come from Chicago for the
express purpose of playing in the game,
but when he appeared on the field 1t
was evident that he came for the pur-
pose of advertising for the famous
firm of Marcus Ruben of Chicago, of
which he is the Ruben. He first repre-
sented the Royal Chef" He was
dressed as a cook, and the hardest