Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1907-08-26
And Rock Island Loses Two
Critical Contests to Leaders
in Pennant Scramble.
TWO ON THE HOSPITAL LIST
o'Leary and Berger Put Out of the
Game with Injured Hands-Jack
Hines on Deck.
GAMES TOMORROW.
Rock Island at Clinton.
Dubuque at Cedar Rapids.
Peoria at Bloomington.
Springfield at Decatur.


Springfield at Decatur.
With three men on bases yesterday
and only one down Johnny Wanner
let Powell's weak roller filter through
MIN in the second inning when there
were two possible chances for double
play and before the smoke had cleared
away three men had counted and the
came was put on the blink
1t should have been a pitchers bat
lie, for Lundin and Bittrolff held the
hits down, each walking three men and
whiting four, but Bittrolff had the best
| kind of support at critical times. while
| Lundys was of the bush league order.
| Lundy pitched an uphill game with
| three runs chalked up against him, AMI
with an even break would have put an
other game in the Islanders win col
umn.
But the worst is yet to come While
the Islanders are anxious to win every
possible game still the loss of yester-
days is not half so serious as the Grip
ping of Dan OLeary and Joe Berger.
1t happened i'll the sixth and seventh
innings. Dan was the first to be laid
out. With Powell up, Dan tried to stop
a tick foul with his meat hand. and it
hit him on the thumb, splitting it cross
wise. a switch was then made. Eng
going behind the bat. Jack Hines came
/ to first from center and bowers took
his old place in the garden. In the
seventh Berger got his. Moore lived
on Joe's error. Wagner clouted what
looked like hit between third and
short Joe raced over. nabbed the ball
with his bare hand. threw to Van. who
tagged Moore and then threw to Wan
ner, who caught Wagner going TO sec
Iond, making a fast double play. But
when Joe walked to the bench the
blood trickled from his hand, his sec
ond and third fingers being badly split
Mt the palm. Cook took his place.
The Sad story.
/ Here is how that woody second inn
ing was played, or not played rather.
Purtell was down, Berger to Eng. when
Lundy hit Long. Tenant hit to Ber-
ger, but Joe let the bail get away from
him, and Long went to third on the
lplay. Prout managed to secure a base
on balls, filling the corners. Still with
Powell and Bittrolff. two harmless hit
ters up, no one felt that even one score
would be pushed over. Powell bounded
Just the kind of a bah to Wanner that
an lntielder would want to peg n man
out. at the plate. but when the ball got
to him it rolled through his legs and
Long and Tenant had counted. Prout
was tearing around the bases when
Al Swain picked up the bail
and tried to knock a board off the
Igrandstand, and PrOut came home. the
third run. The next two men were
easy.
The COmmodOres' fourth tally came in
the sixth. Long walked and was sent
TO second on Tenants sacrifice. Prout
went out from Wanner to Eng. and
Long moved to third Powell then hit
, one with the handle of the bat that
went over Vans head and Long count
ed, Powell having a badly swollen
thumb to show for it.
Near Run.
The Islanders only ray of hope came in
the ninth, for Bittrolff was pitching
alright ball with perfect support AT
ter bowers had gone out Jack Hines
smOte one to the club house for three
sacks. Van hit one along third base
and was safe, the play being too close
for Hines to make an attemnt TO score
Wanner struck out, Van going to sec
, ond. The crowd still had hopes with
Cook up. Louie tried hard, but Moora
went over back of second base and got
his hit and threw him out at first The
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