Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1909-10-25
AVERAGES FOR
1909 ARE OUT
Rock Island Well Up in All De
partments, Murphy Lead
ing Batters.
HIT EVEN 800 IN 140 GAMES
Data Most Complete Ever Presented
at the Finish of Race in This
Circuit.

In the official batting and fielding
averages of the Three-Eye league for
the season of 1909 made public by
President NJ. H. Sexton today Rock
Island players stand well toward the
top in most of the departments. Rock
Island leads the circuit in club bat
ting with an average of .243, while
Springfield is second and Dubuque
third. Springfield leads in team field
ing with 1862, Rock Island coming
next with $50.
Frank Murphy of Rock Island is
practically the premier batsman of
the league with percentage of 800.
He participated in lao games, Irby
of Davenport. paying in % games
halted .S47. Geyer of Davenport, in
80 games hit .3O7 and Kelly of
Springfield in 10 games hit 1902.
Murphy. III addition to leading
with the stick, teldsd third among
the center fielders. Stark led the
first bas@m, n am Eng the ca1chers.
while Berger was Thu d among the
shcrtstops and Kelley second among
the third basemen.
Averages Most Complete.
The averages are the most con-
plete ever given out by a Three-Eye
executive, covering practically every
feature of the seasons contests. IE
addition to The regular data num-
Der of the most remarkable features
of the year are summed up in the
following foot note:
ON May 81 Decatur and Bloom
ington played a 26-inning game, the
longest contest on record in Three.
Eye league history and probably in
organized baseball. The score was 9
to / in favor of Decatur. Blooming
ton scored one run in the first in
ming, after which the Boomers play
ed % innings without scoring. De-
catur scored in the third, tieing the
score, and ShoTtstOp Purtell drove in
the winning run in the Goth inning
with a triple. Clark and Burns,
pitchers respectively for Blooming
ton and Decatur, lasted the Is in
nings out and Burns made Il remark
able record in holding his opponents
without run for quarter of hun
dred innings. lie gave but 3 hits
duIing the game, Clark giving bot IL.
In point of time the game was also
long one, perhaps the longest on
record, requiring 4 hours and 20
minutes 20 play the first u Innings
being in driZzle and intermittent
rain. PurrS gaze hut enc base on
balls during the &c innings.
ION May % Dubuque defeated
Cedar Rapids in a 19-inning game.
Three NO-Hit Games.
Three nO-hit-no-run games were
pitched during the season, as follows:
May 10-Gilbert (Peoria) vs. Du-
buque; June 6-Steiger (Springfield)
VS.. Davenport; June 29-Daly
(Springfield) VS.. Rock Island. Other
no-hit games were as follows: May
16-Yount Dubuque Tvs. Decatur;
Jaeger Cedar Rapids vs. Davenport.
Total of five no-hit games.
''One-hit games: May 27-Neal
Crock Island VS.. Dubuque: May s.
Neal Crock Island) VS.. Cedar Rapids;
June Hardin Crock Island) VS..
Decatur; June 12-Hoylik (PeOria)
VS.. Cedar Rapids; June 12-Patrick
(Springfeld) VS.. Rock Island G. in
nings); June 23-Ray (Dubuque) VS..
Springfield; July S-Neal Crock Is
land) VS.. Cedar Rapids; July Ii
Davidson (BlOomiRgton) VS.. Cedar
Rapids G. innings); July 27-GiIbert
(Peoria) vs.. Davenport; August 6
Parkins Davenport VS.. Rock Island:
August 21-Ray (Dubuque) VS.. De-
catur; August 22-Steen (Blooming-
toni VS.. Davenport"