Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1909-05-17

times over the umpires decisions.
Score:
Y. & M. .....20O COOS o 2-7
White Sox 100 / 90 0 0 0-3
Batteries: Y. & NJ, Engstrom and
C. Anderson; White Sox, Long and
Sage.
Greenbush IL Bested.
The Greenbush team met defeat
Waterfowl, but the score was close
and the game was exciting all the
way through. The final count was
to 3. Although. the local boys out
hit and outplayed the home aggrega
ton, the latter was fortunate in get
| ting their bingles when they meant
| runs. A preliminary game was play
ed by the Junior aggregation of the
two teams and the Greenbush boys
won by score of 4 to 3. The score
| by innings:
Greenbush % 10000 1-3 2
| Watertown 020 90 0 2 Of 3
atteries--Humes and Stader; APP
pelquist and Johnson.
Beat Davenport Eiks.
The Rock Island and Davenport
| ElkS clashed yesterday afternoon on
the baseball diamond in Davenport
and the local team returned with the
scalp of the enemy after a close, ex-
citing game. The score was to l .
The hitting of Bob Adams, the Rock
Island left fielder, was easily the feat
ure of the day as he figured in all
the runs. In the first inning he scor-
ed on single after swatting out a
three Dagger and in the fifth his two
| sacker chased in the other two runs.
The score by innings was follows:
/ Rock Island 0 O020 0 0 O-3 8 2
Davenport =. 5000 0 % O-1 4 2
Batteries and Gregg
Wielan and Graham
The same two teams will met again
' on this side of the river, June 20.
! The local Elks have a game schedul-
ed with the w. & II. White Sox OF
Davenport for next Sunday. The
game will be played at Grand Isle.
! Centrais Win From West Ends.
! The Centrals of this city defeated
the Moline West Ends yesterday after
moon on the reservoir diamond. The
game was a smuggling match, in which
the CentralS Jared the better with the
score of II to 8. Although Baumbacf
was hit hard at times, he struck out
10 men. Seid, for Moline, was knock
ed out of the box in the seventh and
was replaced by Olson. Next Sunday
the Centrals play the fast Thornbloon
Tigers of Moline in that city and E
hard game is expected The CentralI
are willing to play any amateur team:
in the tri-cities, and all requests fol
games should be addressed to j. John
I son, $40 Fifteenth street, Rock Island
II One for st. JOseph's.
; The st. Joseph baseball team de
. feated the Sherman Stars Saturda,
on the Twelfth street diamond by
score of IL to 2. The batteries 70
, for the losers Mckee and Lundberg.
NJ One for the "Mutts.-
D. In hotly confessed game the Nuts
| yesterday defeated the "Jeffs' by til
0 score of Is to IL. The battery for tn
| Nuts were Mutt and Tige, and 70
0 the "Jeffs' were Jeff and Moore
0 Pipes brilliant fielding was the fea
= ure of the game. The game was playe
8 on the new grounds at Twenty-fourt
street and Third avenue.
/ Bennets Win in Moline.
o The BENEFITS of this city cleaned Il
O the Moline Centrals yesterday afte
0 noon by the score of 5 to 2. The gam
0 was fast and well played, but few e
3 rors being made. Myers for the Be-
0 netts as usual pitched a marvelou
game, striking out 20 men. Myers, b
0 the way he is going now, will be read
- for fast company next year. In the la.
5 three games he has struck out 56 me
record any Lacquer can well env
g The Bennetss play in Geneseo Thur
day, and next Sunday they go to Du
ant, Iowa. There are strong teams
s. both places and hard. games are e
y pected.
Play IL Innings.
The Londales defeated the We
10 Ends yesterday afternoon in
q inning game played on the Mini
IL street diamond. The final score w;
IL. II to The battery for the wi
e. ners was Jonsen and Topsy and f
the losers Shean and Alters.
Us Too Bad.
re Some men have a good start
a. life"
Every true"
&c 1T is different with me, however"
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