Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1909-07-23

the list ali along and few more days
such as he has put in this week. will
put him so far ahead of the CHER
second sackers. that they will have 10
look through a telescope in order TO
catch a glimpse of him. Yesterday he
accepted nine chances without Il sign
of bobble. and several of his, stops
were brilliant affairs such as make a
baseball game worth seeing He chas-
ed two grounders which seemed goa
for a hit over second base, and on
each occasion his clean fielding and
quick. accurate throw to first did the
business
NeIoan's Great Batting.
Yesterday was the first time we
have ever had the pleasure of watching
an Islander rap out four safe bingles
out of as many trials. Mclean turned
the trick in handy manner. Ali his
hits with one exception, were line
drives. the hardest kind TO stop His
first hit was Il bounder over second
base. which although touched by both
the pitcher and the shortstop, had the
safety sign hung on it when it started
Big .'Swats" was missing fror1 the
Lineup yesterday and Will be for sew
eral DAYS TO come. His absence is due
to an operation which he foand it
necessary 10 have performed IN his
right foot An ingrown toe nail had
been botherng him for some time ard
now il is no more. ''Swats' will have
to remain on the sick list 70" the re-
mainder of this week at least With
Stark on first, the fielding ao!lit" @!
the team is not impaired muca al
though the regular. mans batting .
missed
Iakaf in Fine Form.
Frank I.akaff was back in his old
time form yesterday and Peoria was
absolutely helpless before the baw!l-
dering shoots and curves which ne
tossed mp 10 them. The Islanders sap
ported Frank in brilliant style ard the
result of the game was in doubt at 70
time Only four hits were made off
Lakalf ana rot IL man reached second
base. while nine hits were garnered at
the expense of Peoria's twirler, AL
five runs resulted. The final count
was 10 o.
The feature of the game outside OF
I-akaff's pitching. was undoubtedly the
brilliant fielding. only one error being
made by both teams The Islanders
made two double plays. both of which
were almost too fast for the unaided
eye TO follow On one occasion. hit
was made down the third base line and
in nine cases out of 10 it would have
been good for two sacks without ques-
ton. Mcbride handled the ball in
short order. however. and his perfect
peg TO second base from the foul line
near the fence. turned the two sacker
i. 20 single and # out as he caught
the man before he reached second
Islanders score Often.
The five runs which the Islanders
had chalked up TO their credit camc
in four different innings and for the
most part. they were earned runs due
/ to Hitting the ball ON the nose. In the
first inning Murphy was hit in the
head by pitched ball and given his
base Berger sacrificed him to second
end Mclean brought him in with sin
gle over second base In the third in
ming. Murphy. Berger and Mclean hit
in succession and filled the sacks.
Jacobsen went ont on folii ball. but
Mcbride brought in one run with 4
slow srounder to second on which he
was thrown out AT first. The inning
ended when Rowan speared Kelley's
liner which was tagged for three pases.
In the eighth inning two runs were
| added to the score after two mem were
gone Mclean made his fourth hit of
the game and Jacobsen followed with
a three sacker into right field. scoring
| Paul.
| Mcbride Hit in Head.
| Mcbride was hit in the head by 4
pitched ball in much the same manner
las Murphy had been. and he was
| forced to retire from the game. vii.
son took his place and went to first