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Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1909-05-10
LINE O. DOPE

The opening at Peoria and Decatur
was postponed perforce till today.
Miserable weather
Decatur has signed up a twirler
named ole Olson who halls from Chi
cago, and who is touted as being able
to deliver the goods.
Pitcher Walsh of the White SoX and
Second Baseman Evers of the Chicago
Cubs were fined 500 each for failing
TO report. Walsh pitched his first game
yesterday and won.
Springfield has received $2,250 from
the sale of Pitcher Forrest More to
the Cubs. The Cubs drew lemon "
the deal as they have sold him to St
Louis for about half that amount.
| Two days at Bloomington, three
days at Peoria, three days at Spring
| field, and two at Decatur, and ther
the Islanders come home again for Il
games, counting two at Davenport.
Bobby Vaughn, second baseman FOL
the Princeton university team, ha:
been signed by the New York Ameri
cans at $50 month, said to be the
highest price ever paid a college
lplayer.
Dick Egan, last year with Peoria
had scrap at Chicago Saturday afte
the game with Joe Tinker. Account
differ as to the cause and results, bu
it is agreed that no penalties are like
ly to be imposed.
The Decatur team has served motto,
on the official scorer at that city tina
lit will protest games in the futuc
when President Kinsella of the SPRING
| field club appears on the diamond
President Childs of Decatur believe
that Kinsella exerts undue influenc
on the nmpires.
i The hitting of Cuthbert, tho Peori
- Continued on Page seven.)
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1909-05-10
:ame when needed. In the error

came when needed. In the error
column, Rock Island showed up a
little to the good, having five errors
charged in the series. 1t was in the
run column that the greatest dispar-
ity existed. The Islanders made
their 26 hits count for Ia runs while
the 81 hits of the Rabbits counted
for but five runs. Inside baseball
and taking advantage of opportun-
tiles offered, is responsible for the
four straight victories of Manager
Tighe's men.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1909-05-10
NEARLY EVEN AS FAR
AS THE SCORES SHOW
Islanders Had Little on Rabbits in
Four Games Save in the Run
Column.

Despite the fact that Rock Island
won all four games from the Cedar
Rapids team, the total figures for
the series show that the teams were
apparently very evenly matched. The
hit column showed up little in fav-
or of the Rabbits who were accred-
tied with 27 hits to 26 for the Is
landers. The latter. however, more
than made up for this by getting a
majority of the extra basehits and
at the same time the hits were nearly
always productive of runs, as they
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1909-05-10
OPENER IS PRETTY
Billy heal Holds Rabbits to One
Questionable Hit and Score
Is to O.
BUT ONE VISITOR ON BASE
Contest Played in Hour and Five
Minutes and There Were No
Errors Made.

The opening game Saturday Was
about as pretty an exhibition as one
could want to see and it resulted in a
to 0 score in favor of Rock Island.
Billy Neal was on the slab for the Is
landers and he was all the goods, let
ting the Bunnies down with one
measly hit, and pitching what was prac-
tically hitless, runless game. His
support was of the sensational order,
also. Mcbride being the especial star
| of the game aside from Neal. Mac
made two phenomenal catches in left
| field which cut off as many hits and
Neal cut off one himself in the sixth
by quick fielding of ball that struck
his leg. II it hadn't struck Billy it
would have gone over second safely
but Neal fielded it in fine style and
caught the runner at first.
| The game was air tight all the way
through, both pitchers receiving error
less support Malicoat, who was in the
box for the visitors, was literally
pounded all over the lot but brilliant
fielding cut off many hits. The three
Ioutfielders of the Cedar Rapids club
divided II putouts among them AMI
fully half of them were sensational
catches of long hard hit drives which
Ought to have been good for two OF
more bases.
That One Hit.
The one hit which was charged to
Neal and which prevented him from
having a no hit, no run, no pass game
to his credit right off the reel, came il
the fourth inning and it was ques
tionable play which has caused man,
to think he should have been favored
, with the benefit of the doubt, if an!
existed, in the minds of the scorers
lCaveney drove liner at second bias,
, which in nine cases out of 10 would
not have been touched, but Joe Berge
was the 10th case. Joe made sen
sational stop of the drive, and fielde,
! it quickly enough to cause a ver,
close decision at first. Caveney got f
{ the bag by. the aid of long slide a
p about the same time the ball arrive
+ there and he was declared safe.
: The run which gave the Islander
t the game was brought over the pan i
t the eighth inning, by means of tw
4 hits. Vogel led off with a two sacke
and came home a minute later whe
e Eng drove one through the opposin
e shortstop which was too hot to handl,
a That ended the scoring, although En-
t got as far as third by being sacrifice
/. to second by Neal and then pilferin
J. the far corner, after Murphy drove OIL
o long one to center field The scol
&C WAS as fnllOWS
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1909-05-10

Two base hits-Backoff, Russell,
Jacobsen. Home run-Nye. Stolen
bases-Reitz, McGrew Double play
Yount to Lerchen. Bases on balls
Off Yount, A; off Barber, 1 off Fleet,
3. Struck out-By Fleet, 8; by Barber,
2; by Yount, 3. Hits-Off Yount, TO-;
off Barber, 81 off Whalen, I. Umpire
Clarke.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1909-05-10
MAURITANIA BEATS
EASTBOUND RECORD

Queenstown, May 10.-The Cunard
line steamer, Mauretania, arrived off
Daunt's rock this morning having
beaten all eastward records by "a
minutes. The liners time was foar
days, IS hours and II minutes. an
leverage speed of $50 knots per hour.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1909-05-10

caught, he lit out at full speed.
Murphy's throw to the bag was such
a beauty however, that the man was
caught by 10 feet. That retired the
side and ended the game.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1909-05-10
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Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1909-05-10
AMERICAN ASSOCIATION
RESULTS YESTERDAY.
THREE-EYE LEAGUE.

Rock Island, A Cedar Rapids, l.
Dubuque. s; Davenport, 10.
Other games postponed; rain.
NATIONAL LEAGUE.
Chicago, 2; st. Louis, 5.
Cincinnati-Pittsburg, postponed, rain
AMERICAN LEAGUE.
Chicago, Al; Cleveland. "a
ST. Louis-Detroit, postponed, wet
grounds.
AMERICAN ASSOCIATION.
Milwaukee, 6: Louisville, 0.
Minneapolis. s; Columbus. ;.
St. Paul-Toledo, postponed account
of injunction.
Kansas City, Is; Indianapolis, A.
WESTERN LEAGUE.
Topeka, 6; Omaha. 1.
Pueblo, 3: Sioux City, 4.
Denver. IS; Lincoln, 3.
Wichita, 5; Des Moines. 2.
CENTRAL ASSOCIATION.
Quincy, 80; Waterloo, 81 (firs
game II innings).
Keokuk, z; Ottumwa, 6.
lleBurlington, wet grounds
CENTRAL LEAGUE.
All games postponed, rain.
RESULTS SATURDAY.
THREE-EYE LEAGUE.
Rock Island, 1; Cedar Rapids, 0.
Dubuque, s; Davenport, 1.
Other games postponed on accoun
of rain.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1909-05-10

Although outhit and apparently out
played in the field, the Islanders took
the Rabbits into camp for the fourth
straight game yesterday afternoon be
fore a crowd of some 1000 SD degree
fans who sat in the stands and shiv-
cred in the 80 degree wind which was
blowing. Rock Island won the game
because the players took advantage Of
every opportunity and practically ev-
cry one of their hits was made to count
| for a rum Webster, who did the twirl-
| ing, found himself in pretty tight holes
several times in the game but heady
| work all around prevented scores from
accommodating. The one lone run CT
the Bunnies came in the very first iu-
ming. Caveney led off with a hit and
| Spencer sacrificed him TO second.
| Webster fielded Spencer's hunted ball
and threw wild TO first, which allowed
Spencer to continue on to second and
Caveney to third. Williams slammed
one down the third base line which
Kelley DETECTED clear over to Vogel
The latter lined the ball home i'll time
to catch Caveney as he slid for tbs
plate. Collins rolled one down C
Stark who threw Spencer out at the
plate while Collins was safe at frs
and Williams went to third Their
Chase followed with hit which drove
Williams over the pan and caused Col
Inns, who had stolen second in the
meantime to think he could go home
also. The latter, however, was caugh
by a good city block by Murphy,
throw in from center. In this inning
all three Cedar Rapids outs were made
[ at the Mate
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1909-05-10

Stolen bascs-Meloan (2), Kelley,
Berger, Williams, (2), Collins. Two
base hit-Webster Double plays
Murphy-Eng Sacrifice hits = Stark,
Murphy, Spencer. Struck out BY
Webster, 6: by Waldren, 3. Bases on
Ball-Of Waldren, 4. Passed balls
Rohrer. Umpire-McKenzie.
Diamond Dust.
The weather might have done better
by us-but it might have done whole
lot worse.
The Islanders have gone south,
where, let US hope, it will be warmer.
| Our heroes left us with a percentage
of 1000. OF course they will not be
censured if they come back with some
thing less.
1t was too bad to treat the gentlemen
from Cedar Rapids thusly, but we may
need all these games later in the sea
son.
| When Manager Brown gets the bal
ance of his team to working as well
as his pitchers are he will begin tC
figure in the race. The Rabbits are
due to win a game now and then al
that.
: In each of the first, third anG
!, fifth innings, the Bunnies were re
tired in the same way. In the frs
all the putouts occurred at the plate
in the second, Webster struck out al
three men, while in the fifth, Der
, ger threw all three Rabbits out a
first base as fast as they could com,
up and hit the ball to him. The frs
of these last three was on the sen
, sational order. Joe picked up no
grounder that was within a few fee
of second base, with one hand an,
lined it to first in a jiffy.
Murphy's two throws in from TIL
field were among the features of tn
day. Both of them sailed in on
line and directly to the spot so tina
Gus didn't have to move to get them
1t was a little too cold for Web
ster to really show what he can d
when occasion demands. Ray like
warm weather and lots of it.
If crowds like yesterdays and Sal
urday's continue for time the d
|
S another man at the ticket windo'
e in order to sell every one ticket
It within half an hour after their al
e rival at the park. Yesterday man
e people came out to the game in
=, space of about 15 minutes before tn
o gong sounded for the start and man
Z of them failed to get inside in tim
r to see the first inning.
Smuggling Match at Dubuque.
II Dubuque. Iowa, May 10.-Davenpo
land Dubuque mixed yesterday in
Il smuggling match, honors going to tn
u visitors in a hot rally by 10 to s. Fac
u team counted IA hits. Fleet and Your
e were wild the latter weakening t
+ ward the close of the game. Score:
DAVENPORT. r. II. p. a.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1909-05-10
A UGUSTANA COLLEGE
TUESDAY EVENING, MAY If.
Wennerberg Male Chorus
Concert.

The Wennerberg Male Chorus of
Augustana college has just finished
a most successful concert tour
through Iowa and Nebraska. The
chorus is in the best possible trim
which accounts for the enthusiasm
aroused all along the line. Next
Tuesday evening, May IL, the Choir
us will give its annual concert at
sisted by Miss Housed, teacher of
violin.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1909-05-10
ISLANDERS AT
TOP OF BUNCH
Keep Lead in Percentage by
Defeating Cedar Rapids
Fourth Time.
BY SPEED AND HEAD WORK
Rabbits Again Outpole Them But Ar
Unable to Make 1t Count, Four
Dying at Plate.

GAMES TOMORROW.
Rock Island at Bloomington.
Davenport at Springfield.
Dubuque at Peoria.
Cedar Rapids at Decatur.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1909-05-10

Rock Island 100000 81
Cedar Rapids .......0000 90
Summary: Two-base hits-McBride,
Vogel. Sacrifice hits-Neal, Williams.
Stolen bases-Eng. Bases on balls
Off Malicoat, 1. Struck out-By Neal.
Z; by. Malicoat, 2. Time of game
LOS. Umpire-McKenzie.
Notes of saturdays Game.
1t was about the best game that Billy
Neal ever pitched. He was never IN
a tight position and his control was
wonderful. Seven of the Bunnies fan.
ned aimlessly at his sharp curves
which were breaking well all through
the game.
McBride's two putouts in left field
were most sensational. The first one
was a clever piece of Judgment and
fast running. Chase poled one fan
out into the field which looked rs
though it would go over Macs head
The latter turned and ran with the
ball without wasting time watching II
until he had run hundred feet. He
then turned and caught the ball as II
came down. He had judged the bal
very accurately and was right under
it when he turned to see where it was
For the other putout, he chased Il
the foul line and picked one off tht
fence in handy manner.
Mclean, Stark and Murphy all nj
the ball on the nose, but fast fielding
rendered them useless.
In the sixth inning, Malicoat hit on,
down the first base line which SLOWED
up enough for him to kick it with hi
feet as he passed it. He was declared
out for being hit by q batted ball.
Dubuque Takes Opener.
Dubuque turned the tables on Day
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1909-05-10
Smuggling Match Mt Dubuque.

Dubuque. Iowa, May 10.-Davenport
and Dubuque mixed yesterday in a
smuggling match, honors going to the
visitors in hot rally by 10 to s. Each
team counted IA hits Fleet and Yount
were wild, the latter weakening to-
ward the close of the game. Score:
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1909-05-10

export and won by hard consecutive
hitting. Score:
Davenport -. ..OOOOOOO10-1 4 4
Dubuque -. ....5 0000030 IS 8 2
Batteries Parkins and Edwards;
Ray and Nunnemacher.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1909-05-10
PASSES Are Costly.

PASSES Are Costly.
The Islanders came right back 1T
the visitors and tied the score before
the inning was oga'. Mclean was
passed tc first and W mt II seer III
Murphy's out at FIST allJWnC hirh to
move up another notcn AMI he came
home on Kelley's ,i.Ge,y bilgie which
Williams was unable ID stop, although
he leaped in the air ana Sot Il hand On
it as it sailed by.
Giving free transportation TO the
Islanders proved bad thing as Wal
dren found on his second offanse With
one gone in the second Vogel was
passed to first and came home on Web
ster's long two Dagger. Web was
| thrown out at third base where he
slowed up little thinking that the
throw in from the field would be to the
plate instead of third The outfielder
however, saw that there was nc
chance of getting Vogel so ne did the
next best thing and tried for Webster
and was rewarded.
In the third inning Mclean brought
in the third score for the home aggre
CATION. He poled a scratch hit ovel
second, and went to sack No. 9 o.
Stark's out at first When Rohrer le
one slip past him few feet a minute
later, Mclean hiked to third and Muir
phys long sacrifice fly to left field
brought him home.
| Clever steal Worked.
i The last of the scoring came in Tho
eighth round. Mclean was the hi.
factor again. He laid out a beautiful
MT over third base and stole the sec
Ond sack. The catcher made a yail
attempt to catch him and the bali hi
him in the back as he slid into the bag
Mclean was up and going again in al
instant and before the ball was recov
cred he was at third. Stark poppe,
to Chase and then Murphy was puT
Iposely passed to first. Sly old MurpI
then pulled off one of his fancy PLAY,
with Mclean which brought in the las
score of the game. He suddenly ii
80 wi oNNOllu DdSC Willie NdiUTen nat
the ball in his hands. The latter tire;
to Collins who was asleep at tn
switch and dropped the ball. Melosl
was already nearly to the plate and IL
lcrossed it easily while Murphy turne,
and went back to first after getting tn
ball thrown to second.
Beauty of a Double PLAY.
The Rabbits last chance for scol
ing came in the ninth when, with
man on second and third and onl
one gone, it looked as though the
would be able to crowd one or NOR
runs over the pan. Murphy kiIle
their hopes, however, with a brillian
double play. Clemens drove a fly t
Frank and the base runner on thir
} hung to the sack until the ball ha
, almost got to Murph and then stol
about 10 feet of the distance to tn
plate, and as soon as the ball wa
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1909-05-10
Tickets on sale at the college
FAMILY THEATER

TONIGHT.
Complete change of program. All new
acts. All new faces.
Presenting
Miss Mae Rendelle and
Her Two ScarecrOws
Baseball fans, you should not miss
hearing her famous baseball song.
Five Other Big Feature Acts
Three shows daily, 3, s, 9:15.
Prices always the same Toe and zoe.
Order seats by phone; new 5153, old 81.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1909-05-10

The hitting of cuthbert, slv Peori
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1909-05-10

*Malicoat hit by batted ball.
*%Batted for Malicoat in ninth.
Score by innings:
Rock Island .... @ 90 00001 -
Cedar Rapids ........0 90 1000 O.
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Continued on Page Seven
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1909-04-16

that the Indians had decided to give up the fight Ac
cordingly penciled the following dispatch:
"'Col. Bankhead, Commanding Officer Fort Wal
7h inst, informing you of my critical condition tried
to send two last night but they did not succeed
in passing Indian pickets and returned If the others
have not arrived then hasten at once to my assistance
The Cheyennes alone number $50 or more. They
are spendidy armed with Spencer and Henry rifles
VS. living mule and horse meat and are entirely
GU. Of rations. If it not for so many wounded
would in and take the chances of whipping the
reds if attacked. can hold out here for six days
logger but please lose time Very respectfully your
oLedient servant, George A. Forsyth.
"P S.-My surgeon having been MORALLY wounded, my
wounded have not had their injuries dressed please
bring a surgeon with YOU
Il conded this two excellent men, Donovan and Pill
10y. They left our intrenchments at midnight and as
they did return hopeful that they had escaped
the vigilance of Indian sentries and their
way to Fort Wallace 1t these two who fell in
with Col B. H. Carpenters command two days later and
gave the first intimation of our plight.
"The wound in my thigh having become exceedingly
PAINFUL asked of the to cut the bullet out but
as it lay very the femoral artery they all declined
t. attempt it. Taking my razor which happened to be
IN my saddle bag managed to cut it out myself greatly
to my almost immediate relief On the fourth day
horse mule became putrd, but of the men
shot little gray wolf that helped out somewhat.
81 had the men raise me blanket to get better
view affairs and suddenly the Indians sent in fusl
Jade of about 20 shots The who held the of
the blanket upon which rested my broken leg dropped it,
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1909-04-16
KNEW ALL TO BE KNOWN.

He was mddle-aged man who had graduated from
the school of experience who believed he was master VI
arts diploma acquired by profound study Oh tue
world and so out to make call on leading clt
zen at his superior country place The leading citizen
was at home any member of the family except
the youngest daughter child of IA tereabouts She
tumbled out Of hammock and surveyed the strange
visitor with COOL calculating eye Sizing him up, and
recognizing sign of the book agent burglar about
his Clothes his manners, she calmly bid him welcome
should return" The visitor with mental
shudder prepared to entertain mademosele but to his
anazement took that duty ont of his grasp and
marking that she presumed he would like to see the
place. somewhat haughtiy indicated that she would take
him tour So they walked to and fro the mddeaged
vanly trying to label to approve with the right
word many beautiful objects the mionaires estate,
but nothing futered amused the youngest daughter
She called everything by its right title knew the different
Breeds the pedgrees of all the prize livestock the botan
cal of every tree and precious shrub and reeled
off information with all the icy manner of an expert and
specialist Nothing jolted her. Finally they arrived at
section of the garden where aborers busy and there
against the wall of greenhouse stood box filled with
bottles. The youngest daughter glanced at them
With tilt of the head and CT the hand she said:
this is the Anheuser Busch So they passed to
the next.
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causing the bone to part and protrude
through the flesh, much to my savagely
expressed wrath.
"On the sixth day I called the well
men together and told them that as
there was no certainty that our messen-
gers could get through they were en-
titled to a chance for their lives. /
believed that most of our enemies had
withdrawn, and as the men were we'll
armed l doubted if any ordinary body
of Indians would dare attack them on
their way to Fort Wallace. AS for
the wounded, we must take our chances
if attacked.
For few moments there was a dead
silence. then rose hoarse shout:
Never! Never! Well stand by you,
general, until the end;' Mccall saying:
We've fought together, and, by heavens,
if need be, Wen die together!
1.-THE next two days-the Indians only
keeping a vidette in sight, and most
of them having sappeared-seemed to
me to be almost interminable. we
all became weaker for want of food.
On the morning of the ninth
suddenly sprang up, and shading his
eyes with his hands, shouted: There
are some moving objects on the far
hills
Every man was On his feet in an in
slant, and then some keen-eyed scout
shouted: BY the God above us, it's an
ambulance!
"The strain was over 1t was Col
Carpenter with a troop of the Tenth
cavalry"
Not long afterward the sub-chiefs OF
the warriors who had surrounded and
fought Col. Forsyth's band admitted
that the Indians in the fight lost Is
killed and many wounded. There were
1000 warriors in the band that at
tackled Forsyth's force of 81 men-and
in the end the white men won.
1t was a great fight and the fact
that the white men won proved sure
indication of final victory on the from.
tier, which came about short time
later. The records of the war Office in
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fame as greater producer of the pre-
cious metals attracted the attention Of
the world.
"The feast was given in commemo-
ration of the birth of the mining camp,
and those who made merry were the
adventurous souls who figured then.
"On the day of the function we rode
to the mouth of the tunnel, where we
the earth through a fierce blizzard.
one of the worst l ever saw in the
west. Getting in the big cage that
took us down the shaft to this queer