Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1908-06-23

manned for Eng to do it. Repeatedly
the third man was thrown out with
the winning run racing over the plate
Umpire. McGreevy gave Manager
Reed the worst he had in stock, not
only fining him and ordering him off
the grounds, but back to his quarters
in Davenport
Murphy has the opposing catchers
ELHaloed when he gets on base. He
can play half way between second and
third and the back stops will make no
effort to catch him fearing that if they
do so he will get to third during the
attempt.
Both the three baggers in yester-
days game were the result of a bad
bounce which the ball took about the
time the center fielders thought they
lad it trapped. AS a result the ball
got through and went to the fence
each time.
Three double plays by the champs
yesterday looks as though they were
still able to play some even if they are
within hailing distance of the bottom.
With little change of luck they will
have to use a long distance telephone
| to be heard there.
. And may be Billy, Neal hasn't the
| control. In II innings he did not pass
@, hit man or make a wild pitch. 1t
will be remembered that he made the
/ same kind of a record in that 1G-in-
ming game. Howard was always able
10 get them over, also.
| Ordinarily Manager Reed is a gen.
tlemanly fellow, but yesterday he was
either suffering from the heat or from
| D1venportitis strong symptoms of
which cropped out also from one or
two spots in the grandstand when De
catur made a squirt in the sixth.
| DowerS was there with the timely
hitting yesterday. Two hits both OF
which figured strongly in the scoring
was his record He also made a beau
tiul running catch of a high short fly
i'll The eighth inning and doubled tl
first before the runner there had ever
considered it possible that the bal
would be caught:
Boucher started yesterdays game be
hind the bat but was forced to retire
in the second inning when he was hi
on his pet finger with a hot tip foul
A doctor vas called to dress the finge
and it may keep the popular littl,
catcher out of the game for severa
days. The knuckle was split opel
but the doctor says three days vii
heal it up again.
Prout for the visitors was Their
: with the big stick yesterday. Fibre
r hits and one of them for three sack
f was what he accomplished in the
, innings. His three Dagger came whe
! no one was opt and it looked a
? though he had pretty good chanc
, of scoring but the brilliant fielding G
t the champs retired the next three me-
2 in order at the initial sack.
2 Berger PLAYED in his best form i
s fielding. He had Is chances many {
4 them hard ones too and was charge
: with a single error. His one handle
t stop OF, the hot grounder off the site
T OF Hoffman in he fourth inning wa
Y the feature of the long game II
e scooped it up while on dead run {,
5, wards second and fired it TO first witt
ont stop and robbed the Decatu
: third baseman of a hit
l, Neal and Eng pulled off a neat on
On Wagner. 1t was along in one
the extra innings, there were tw
V down, Commodore on third and Wa
$ ner at the bat Now Wag is a DANCE
/ Gus man to be pesticating around wit
" q stick when there are men on has
> and if one is laid straight over abo,
cover off it. But he hasn't much u:
= for out curves and the champs batter
= knew his weakness. Neal began
serve up outshOots and the batter b
n gan to foul them. About dozen til
slipped off his bat and every on
y went into some part of Eng's anatom
He got biff on the shoulder. OF
square in The mask that sounded lii
knocking a steer in the head with
AK and several on the feet and shin
Finally Gus could stand the bombar
o ment no longer and he signalled f
one down the groove and it came,
3. tue and pretty as you please. Wa
U ner had been watching the ball bre;
outward so long that he was taken c
D tirely off his guard and he felt like
q cents. In the early part of the gan
U it was the straight ones that Howa
" was serving that made the trOub1e