Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1909-05-20

ItOtld DIT dubuque.
Bloomington at Cedar Rapids.
A combination of hard luck on the
part of the Islanders and timely hit
ting Oh the part of the Senators prov
ed the undoing of the former yester-
day afternoon, and the first game of
the home series was lost in the 10Th
inning after it had apparently been
slowed away in the Satchel which con-
tains the victories of the Rock Island
team The loss of the game was due to
the fact that when Springfield succeeded
III getting a man on base, some other
man would land on one of Wilson's
curves for a long drive, and in would
come the run. Christy had it on the
Senator's up until the ninth inning,
which brought in the score which tied
up the game and changed victory to
defeat. Only two hits had been Sc
cured by Springfield up until the ninth,
and when the inning opened there was
joy in the hearts of the fans.
Springfield Ties score.
The Islanders had chased over the
run which ought to have won the game
in the seventh inning on a two Dagger
by Mcbride, a sacrifice hit by Berger,
and single by Eng. 1t looked like
to 0 game when Springfield came to
bat in the last scheduled session, but
the Senators slipped one over on the
locals. Wilson eased up enough to
walk Johnson, who appeared in the
batting box i'll place of Pitcher Pat
rick. and Andrews advanced him to
second with sacrifice Then Bell
|poled long drive into left center that
|allowed him TO reach second base and
chased Johnson in with the tying
score. Christy settled down and then
the next two men were easy outs.
Each Score in Tenth.
Each aggregation pushed a run over
the pan in the 10th inning, and the
game kept on going. The first two
Springfield batters skied out to Muir
ply, and the third one, Blausser, at
tempted to do the same thing, butt
Murph juggled the ball while on the
run and dropped it. Then came the
timely hit for the visitors. Donovan's
two-bagger allowing another run to
come in
The game was not over yet, how
ever, as Springfield Immediately hand
cd run to the locals. Eng was safe
at second base on Andrews overthrow
TO first. Wilson attempted TO sacrifice
Gus along on his journey towards the
plate, and his attempt proved good for
hit, as he beat the throw to first. Gus
reaching third without trouble. Christy
and Eng then attempted the double
steal, and Gus scored, the steal being
pulled off nicely.
The next inning started off well for
the Islanders, but was productive of
no results, as a double play by the
visitors spoiled things.
Clever stunt Worked.
The 18th inning was the final one
but no one would have guessed it. as
the first TWO Springfield men flied OUT
10 Murphy. Milsap then pulled off a
which resulted in the closing of the
game. Although Stark had warned
Umpire Clark that Milsap meant to
get hit, his jumps waved Milsap to first
wien he allowed a twister to glance
OFF his leg. Stark protested
That the man had allowed himself to
DC MT, but 1T was of no avail Then
came the usual timely hits on the part
oil the Senators. Three batters in sue
cesslon faced Wilson and poled safe
drives, the last one being two-sacker
by Stieger. Three runs crossed the
pan and cinched the game, although
the Islanders came back with a single
run i'll their half of the 18th inning
winch made the final score 5 to 2
when 1t ought TO have been by all the
signs of the zodiac l 10 0 against the
The score:
ROCK ISLAND. A. H.PO. A. E