Rock Island Argus., 1909-04-26
WIN BOTH GAMES
Greenbush Boys Take Moline
Woodyatts and Centrals
Into Camp.
OTHER AMATEURS PLAY
Baumbach, of Rock Island Centrals,
TwirIs No-Hit Contest Against
Moline Crescents.

ed up its season yesterday by winning
another in the afternoon. Moline
teams were the victims both times.
The newly organized Woodyatt's
team was defeated in the morning at
Athletic field in close, exciting, extra
inning contest. The final score was s
to z. Humes and Stader formed the
winning battery. In the afternoon the
locals met and defeated the Moline
Centrals at Daebelliehn's diamond in
South Moline The score was to 4,
Moline proving easy picking for the
Greenbush aggregation. The battery
for the locals was Lane and McGinnis,
and for the Centrals, Grim and Lease.
College starts with Victory.
Augustana baseball team celebrated
| the opening of the sason Saturday af-
ternoon by neatly trimming the fast
nine of the Davenport high school by
score of 8 to 1. The game was an
exceptionally fast and snappy one for
the opening of the season, only one
hour and five minutes being consumed
in play. The afternoon was ideal for
a baseball contest and large number
of rooters covered the college campus
to witness the game.
.'though both outhit and out-fielded,
the sllege players played heady
game nd made their hits count. But
for two costly errors in the sixth in.
lining, the college would have scored a
shutout, as the high school never came
close to scoring in any other inning
Ekblad pitched an excellent game fol
the colleS keeping the hits well scat
TERED and not allowing a single high
school lad to walk to first Johnson
|also played a good game behind the
bat, he and Ekblad forming battery
that promises to be a terror for the
Iamateur teams of the tri-cities this
lseason.
The college infield showed up ex
lceptionally strong, Bloom at second
lplaying an exceptionally good game by
accepting nine chances without a bob
BILE. He was also strong with the bat
driving in all three of Augustana'
runs. two of them with a slashing two
dagger The college Outfield is not 81
Istrong, being made up entirely of new
material.
Adelquist pitched good ball for The
high school, allowing but four hits
He was bit unsteady however. alt
gave four free passes. Kerrigan wa
the star hitter for the Davenports, sc
Touring two pretty two-base hits. Tn
summary of the game follows:
. Score by innings:
Augustana :. 80 020 0 *-3 4
Davenport -. ..OOO01OO 00-1 Z
Batteries-Ekblad and Johnson; Ade
quist and Wellendorf.
Baumbnch Pitches NO-Hit Game.
The Centrals DICTATED the Molin
Crescents on the latter's diamond yes
terday afternoon by the one-side
score of and 2. The Crescents wer
outclassed and the Centrals had TIL
game in hand after the first ,inning
Fifteen hits were made off Stapleto
of this city, who assayed to pitch fo
the Moline aggregation Baumbach c
the Centrals pitched a no-hit game, an
with an even break of I'-"l1 would hav
tscored a shutout. But few errors wer
made, and the game was featured b
the fast fielding of. the Centrals. IN
, Centrals have many open dates ahea
of them, and any team can get a gam
= by writing TO J. Johnson, 519 Fifteent
= lstreet
EIks Win Their First.
:, The Elks' team played its first rs,
ball game yesterday afternoon wit
. the Bennetts. and the final score wa
n s to 4 in favor of the lodge aggreg;
n ton. Anderson and Gregg formed tn
battery for the Elks and Black an
-, kuschman did the heavy work for tn
Bennetts. The fraernity team pounde
. out IL hits off Black while the be>
= the Bennetts could do with Anderso
Z was to secure five scattered hits. Th
U lineup of the Elks was as follows
Gregg, c; Anderson, p; Lemberg,, III
Y Astor. 2b; Souders, SIS; Salzmann, 3h
Smith, If; Adams, rf; Huesing, CT, an
Duffin, substitute.
Lose Again to MacOmb.
al Macomb appears to have somethin
on the Cross Countrys from this cit.
/, 1.-THE I'm. leaguers taking the secon
contest Friday, to 0. While Groga
Twas touched for but six hits his team
. Imates were making but three.
81 Bcnnctts Lose to st. Ambrose.
9 The Bennetts lost their game in Da
Ienrort Saturday with st. Ambrose CT
. llege, ) to l.