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

Bloomington ut Cedar Rapids
Decatur at Clinton.
After II innings of tie faIdest kind
OF ball playing the champs tuckeI
away the longest game of the year
yesterday. Bill Neal already had the
record of winning the longest game
in the thinning contest with Cedar
Rapids June 9. but he went his record
one better in Yesterdays game. The
cows were all MIXED and the even
ing chores were all done when those
who were fortunate enough TO have
been present at the game finally
wendell their way home telling each
other how that the entire game was
a peach and entirely needless of the
fact that their wives had nothing but
Icold soup for them when they reached
home. After that game. though, every
thing tasted alike and cold soup mat
tered little.
One Right or the Reel.
The Islanders started off in the very
first inning to break the hard luck
streak which has pursued them so re-
lentlessly since their last appearance
| here and the result was that a score
came in right out of the box Lauder
milk who started the twirling for the
visitors did the brOtherly act and al
lowed Berger to get to first while he
was trying out his spit ball. Murphy
tI-r tHpr ,r.,I - l., 4,
sary bunt and Joe went to second
/! Then Big Jim pOled out double anG
Joseph registered at the plate will
The first tally of the contest
| Decatur found Howard invincible III
ito the sixth and there was notbins
doing for them until then. In the
third round the champs succeeded il
il getting another run over the PAL
without a single hit. Berger wa!
given his second transportation, wen
to second on miss throw of tn,
} catcher, reached third on a passed
bah and came in when Novacek wa
! trown out at first on the squeeze
play. The decision at the plate wa
close and it gave Manager Reed
chance to kick, which he did s.
viciously that Jumps McGreevy pu
!, him out of the field
Decatur Gets Wise.
!. In the sixth inning Decatur foun
ont the secret of Towards deliver
and the way they made use of thei
knowledge was simply scandalous
Civ hitc in, Of
gone gave the fans paralysi.
|, Prout started the mischief b
beating out bunt. AS tn
! runs which resulted from them wer
; counted up the grand total wa
( found to be ). Howard should hav
: been taken out after three hits wer
: gathered in off him but Manager Coo
, decided it was better TO do it late tina
5 lnever and so Neal replaced him an
the tide of battle changed at once
!; The champs took heart once more an
in their half of the inning lande
enough to tie up the score and max
lie fans breathe again. Laudermil
vase sent to the woods at the start {
the inning when he passed the frs
man up and showed signs of aer,
mania to which he is subject Harr
Swain took his place on the pinnacl
lof fame and remained there the re!
Ios the game. After Swain was give
his walk Cook advanced him to secon
with pretty single and then McBrid
cleaned the bases with three sacke
in centerfield which bounced over CT
lzier's noodle and went to the fenc
bowers followed with another hit tn;
.sent Mac home and tied the score.
Swain settles Down.
Three hits We're enough to NAL
ri Harry Swain mad and he settled dow
Y and for the next eight innings thel
* was nothing doing. At the same tin
Y Neal was working like hero and Il
SCI brilliant support that he received
Y lneedful times held the visitors SAT
y In the 18th though he let down lit
q and before he knew it Barkwell -four
y a double in his stick that surprise
z everyone, including himself, and Els
" e. sacrificed him TO third with a me-
X little bunt. Then Prout connectt
" with a hit for the third time in II
M game and it looked as though Il
~ game was about over with the visito
M one in the lead. But the Islanders he
W on with the tenacity of bull dogs al
W three hits in row by Murphy. Nov
" eek and Swain tied the game |
~ again.
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