Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1908-07-13
After Steady Meek of Tryino
Islanders Succeed in Putting
One on Right Side.
RABBITS ARE DRESSED 5 TO z
Ten Well Timed Hits Including /;
Freak Home Run by Cook End
Solid Week of Reverses.
GAMES TOMORROW.
Rock Island at Springfield.
Dubuque at Peoria.
Cedar Rapids. at Bloomington.
Clinton at Decatur.

Are We happy? Measurably $50.
Are we likely to do it again? You bet
After celebrating the Fourth by
winning one slice of the sandwich
from Clinton Rock Island had labored
n vain TO overcome another Three
Eye league team, meeting with seven
successive reverses. But yesterday
they came to their own. With Joe
Scott in the box Cedar Rapids was
administered severe slap on the
forearm and the champs sailed forth
to do battle with the southern hosts
with their old time martial ardor re
stored and CLEAN in their eyes that
BODIED i'll for the bushwhackers down
below.
1t was a clean cut victory. Scott
held the visitors harmless, except in
one session, while his teammates took
Mr.. Allen in hand sternly on three
occasions, and the net result was 5
to 9
Manager Cook Won the plume by
driving in four of the runs. including
one that he brought in himself. He
achieved the further, distinction of &C
comprising the only home run made
mt the Island City park this year the
only one of the kind that ever hap
pened here and one that might not
| occur again in 100 years. With two
gone and Stark on base in the eighth
he hit high one over first base that
| aliehted just inside the foul line and
bounded over the fence back of the
bleachers. Teddy Price, who went to
lretrieve it, failed to locate the sphere
| till Louie had circled the bases.
Howard Put Out.
The other notable feature of the
game was a bump on the noodle that
put Howard of the visitors out for a
| few minutes and might have been
serious. 1t was in the first Howard
took. "a walk, and stole second, and
while he was fiddling around the
base, Scott -whirled and threw to
catch him. asleep. The runner dove
INTO the ball and received it just back
of the right ear. He rolled over and
Berger, who ran to catch the ball
caught him instead and carefully laid
him down. The water bucket was
1requisitioned and after a few dashes
! Howard came out of it and seemed
none the worse for the experience
thereafter.
Rock Islands first run came in the
fourth, when Murphy pegged out ;
hit and took second on Novacek'
sacrifice Cook flew out, but Wise hi
the pellet in the nostril and Murph!
came home. Wise perishing at secon(
trying to take the base on the throw
home. In the sixth Berger whiffet
and Allen then raped Stark and Nun
lphy successfully with his big inshoot
| Noyacek floated but Cook accom-
lplished a two sacker which nettet
two runs. In the eighth Stark hat
hit and was on second through Mul
Iphy's out, and Novacek was gon
when Cook got his homer. Wis
walked but Mcbride struck at three
ii Earn One; One Gift.
II Cedar Rapids earned tally in tn
fourth on a two Dagger by Howar
and single by Mullin. In the mint
two were out when Simon hit to lef
Berger hoisted Laughlins easy grour
der over his head and Simon reste
on third and Laughlin on SECOND
\ Scott then threw one so wide tina
\ Eng could not have reached it with
\ fisf pole and Simon counted. Holmes
81 fly to Murphy ended the game. Score
II A