Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1908-05-18
PLAY At The PARK
Rock Island independents Lose
to tho Cross Countrys
8 to z.
AMATEURS PLAY FAST BALL
Elks Go to Coal Valley and Break
Home Teams Winning Streak
in a 10-lnning Contest.

The game yesterday afternoon at
Island City park between the Cross
Country team and the Independents,
won for the former by a score of 6 to
2, proved to be a very pretty exhibit
ton of the national game. The score
stood even, to in the sixth inning,
and the Cross Country boys were un-
able to find Ficken at all. In the
seventh and eighth, however, they
landed hard and put four more TALES
on their score. Ficken struck out Is
of the Cross Country batters Humes
pitched steady game for the Cross
Country team. and played with excel
lent support. A feature of the game
was the catch made by Lyons of the
Cross Countrys, of a liner off Lar
sons bat.
Next Sunday the Cross Countrys
meet the fast Suburban Island team
The score of yesterdays game, by
innings was:
Cross Countrys O2013s-6 10 :
Independents .OOO10100O-2 5 4
Batteries Humes and Miller;
| Ficien and Eng.
| Fast Game on Campus.
The Augustana college baseball
team defeated team OF Rock Island
| high school boys Saturday afternoon
in the fastest game of ball played or
| the college campus this season by 6
score of 3 to ). Both Ekblad anG
| Ficken were in fine form and theil
respective teams played snappy games
behind them. Ficken had nine strike
cuts to his credit and Elblad eight
Up to the eighth inning Ficken hat
| The collegians on his staff, they being
unable to solve his twisters. In thi:
inning, however, they apparently go
wise, Johnson starting the trouble b,
reaching first en- scratch hit. H.
stole second and a minute later came
home when Bloom smashed out two
Dagger Westling fouled out, bu
Beckstrom followed with a single
Bloom denting the plate. Ekblad go
to first on an error, but Beckstron
ldied at second. Slime selected a ben
der that looked good to him ant
Strengthened it out for twobagger
scoring Ekblad. Lund followed sui
with another two-bagger, storing Slim
and the bombardment stopped whel
Johnson went out on a grounder t,
first The score:
IAugustana 10000O4*-5 12
Rock Island. ..00010O101-3 Z
Batteries-Ekblad and Johnso
Fcken and Trimble.
Elks Best Coal Valley.
Il For the first time in several seq
sons Coal Valley stood for defea
on the home grounds yesterday, tn
Rock Island Elks turning the trick /
"a 10-inning contest that was admit
|. teddy one of the best ever played i
that village. Hampton for the Elk
.and Sommerson for the Valleyite
, worked well. After the Elks ha
broken the tie in the 10th it locke
as though the. valleyites might Wi
|, out after all. Three men got on bas
, with nobody out. but here Hampto
, settled down to business and the sid
, J was retired without damage. Score
, Elks .....000101O0O Is 10
, Coal Valley. 00OO02 S
3I Batteries-Hampton and Salzmanr
, Sommerson and Lehan. Struck out
By Hampton. 10; by Sommerson.
Bases on balls-Off Hampton, 4 o
Sommerson, 1. Umpire-Gregg.
Greenbush Loses In Moline.
The Greenbush team went to NJ
line yesterday afternoon and lost |
the Centrals of that city in spe
tacular thinning contest. to
Stapleton and McGinnis formed til
battery for the losers. The Gree
bush boys have their new suits. The
Iplay the Clippers of Davenport mel
Sunday.
One for South Heights.
South Heights won from the Roc
Island SIuggers 20 to yesterda
afternoon. The batteries were Flu
gel and Kuschmann for the winner