Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1908-05-30


And once more the rain fell and the
game was off. 1t happened at the end
of the second inning, and the diamond
soon resembled swamp. The visi-
tors were in the lead by two runs when
the game was called, but with Wilson
in the box opposed to Rusty Owens,
chances seemed good TO more than
even things up before the end The
swo runs came in the second inning,
when a base on balls, a twosacker, an
error, single and passed bail caus-
led the Senators TO grin with delight.
Smith was given the pass, and Hughes
advanced him to third with a two
dagger to right field. He wasn't satisI
fed with being ON third, though. and
tried TO make home; but seeing he
couldn't, he turned back, and Eng's
pretty peg to the far corner caught
MIN. The trouble had just commenced,
though, for Cocash found a single in
this stick which allowed Hughes TO am
bic home, in spite of the throw to the
lplate by bowers Cocash dashed for
second on the peg to- the pan, and Eng
tried to cut him off, but Cook let the
throw get away from him, and Cocash
went to third, from where he scored
minute later on a passed ball. That
ended the scoring, and after the Is
'anders had failed to tally on the two
hits that they gathered in in their
half of the inning, the rain ended the
game.
Setiey Gets to Going.
While Umpire Setley was waiting for
; the rain to let up enough to get to the
car. he met an old friend who had
known him when he was pitcher in
an amateur club back in Pennsylva-
: mia, and some interesting anecdotes
were recalled. On one occasion Setley
remembered how he broke up a game
by the use of good sized Irish potato.
The team against whom he was play
ing had a couple of men on the bases,
with good chances of overcoming the
u lead of one run which Setley's team
had. Setley had picked up potato in
a field that he had crossed on the way
!, Ito the park, remarling that it would
y come in handy, and in the eighth in
lining, when the men were on the bases
he found the time to use it. Calling
the attention of the umpire to the fact
that he did not have his foot in the
S box, he turned and threw the potato
, AWAY over the first baseman's head
z and the runners who were on the
+ bases Immediately made for home. but
k Setley stood on the third base line and
e tagged them with the ball as they
l. passed, and when the umpire saw that
it was not ball that Setley had thrown
Iaway, he called the two men out. The
b opposing club protested the decision
and when they could not get the jumps
e TO change it., they refused to play the
game, and Setley's team had to pay its
e Town expenses that day.
IT Another time, when Setley was il
y, the outfield. an opposing player knock
IL ed out one that would have been goot
IA for home run, as it landed in potato
~ field which was at the edge of the bal
u park, and was lost Setley was equa
to the occasion, though, and he threw
in potato. and the second basemaI
\, held on to it as though it was ball
g and kept the runner hugging seeont
" until Setley had hurriedly hunted VI
is the ball and thrown it in. Jumps wa
lsome pitcher in his day, and he ha
had many interesting experiences.
Only Game of Day at Clinton
II Clinton, Iowa, May 50-A riot nal
;" rowly was averted when Umpir
: Stickney permitted the Decatur play
= ers to loaf after they secured lea,
in the game, called by agreement a
4:3O. President Crafts declared tn
- game would be protested, this. savin
NJ the umpire from threatened violence
- Score:
ct CLINTON. r. II. p. A. T
hit Ohland, If ..-..1 l 3
e. Nye, ssi ...........1 1 8
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