Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1909-08-23
GLORY TO LEANS
Skinny Men Prove Superiority
Over Obese Ones by Is
to IA Score.
CONTEST A SIZZLING ONE
Each Side Uses Up Three Pitchers il
Desperate Effort to Put Sand
OH the Track.

In the biennial ball game between
the Fats and the Leans Saturday afte
noon at the Island City ball park the
the mighty swats OF the skinny men
who men by a score of rs to IA. The
game was a scream from start 70
finish, and the fans were kept in Il
continual uproar at the luiicrous,
comical, side-splitting plays which
were pulled off on both sides. Three
tWirlers were used by each team AMI
hey all Jared about the same. although
it must be said 10 the credit of the
lean, skinny pitchers that only seven
of the fat men secured hits. On the
other hand. the Leans swatted the ball
hard and piled up total of 20 bingles
The game opened with Brough on
the mound for the Fats and with Dart
doing the honors for the Leans
Brough was wild, but effective for
three innings and the Leans gathered
in but one score in the first third OF
the game. In the meantime Dart al
lowed no hits but he issued so many
passes aud so many errors were made
that the fat men piled up four runs.
and Os Bruner was as happy as Il
humble bee. In the fourth inning
Brough retired from the game and
Strate took his place and the tide Of
battle began to change.
Excitement at High Pitch.
At the end of the sixth, when Strate
was relieved by Salzmann, the score
was to s in favor of the heavy
weights and the excitement was al
white heat The fifth had been a
disastrous inning for Dart of the Leans
and he was replaced by Golf. who
lasted two innings longer and then a
young fellow named Manuel was Sc
lected from the crowd of boys who
were watching the game and was sent
| into the box for the Leans The lad
proved puzzle to the Fats and in the
last two rounds they were unable 10
score. The Leans. however made the
| last two rounds count. and the seve.
scores which they ran over the pan
| made the final count Is TO II in theiI
favor
The game was such that it had to
be seen i'll order to be appreciated
One cannot sit down and write full
account of now Os Bruner went 10
sleep in center field every time the
ball was Knocked out there. and how
he stood and gazed into vacancy until
awakened by his fellow fatmen. Oc
al if,,l
and were the things which made the
game funny TO look upon. Freddie
Mueller. the second sack man for the
Leans. was undoubtedly the star per
former of the day, but this fact ).
leasily accounted for. He wore Ottt
Vogel's shoes. which made hin
speedy; he wore Otto Vogels glove
(which made him sure fielder. and h
wore Otto Vogel's cap. which mad
him a quick thinker. 1t is limited. toe
THAT he used Otto VoSels bat, els
lhow could he have poled three SAT
hits out of five times up. Players o
lboth sides agree that George Bennett
Twas the ro,tenest umpire in the bus
lEess.
| Nets Nice sum.
| A snug sum was realized from tn
game for the benefit of Bethany HON,
FOR although there was a small crow
i'll attendance at the park. larg
humber of tickets were sold To poop;
who made no use of them. The DO
Iscore follows:
| LEANS. ALB. r. II. p A. [
Mason. ..........i 4 4s10
Kelley. Id ...5 8
Golf. Sd, ..5 / 5 ,
| Ebcrhart of e