Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1909-04-05
YANNICANS PUT
FIRST ONE over
Chase in Four Runs While the
Islanders Aren't Looking
: in Eighth.
AND THE SCORE is 8 TO 6
NV Men Show Up i'm Good Shape,
Though Some of Them Are
Triiie Nervous.

Triiie Nervous.
Almost perfect baseball weather
made it pleasant for the fans who
wendell their way over the familiar
route to the Island City ball park yes
terday afternoon to see Jack Tghe's'
recruits line up against each other in
the first game of the season on the
home grounds 4 fairly large crowd
needed the call of the diamond and
the bleachers were comfortably filled.
The sun shohe brightly large part of
the afternoon, and the wind gradually
died down until many were heard to
remark that it was Just like the good
old summer time again"
The game which the regulars and
the yannisans put up, while not rec
ord breaker for speed, was good con-
test. and the fans were pretty well
pleased with the showing made by
some of the new men. The teams ap-
pearcd to be evenly balanced and it
was Il case of Greek meet Greek. The
final outcome was S to in favor of
the yannigans. Although the regulars
lost the game, they played circles
around the recruits, making 10 hits to
the yannigans' 8, and getting but three
errors charged against them TO five
for the recruits. Had it not been for
the fact that the new men took a most
10 IAI IN hn nf
rick, who went into the box for the
regulars in the seventh inning. the
score would have been to against
them. AS it was, they pounded out
four runs in the eighth round and won
the game.
Nearly All Given Chance.
Practically all the new men were
given a chance to show what sort of
| baseball they had in them, and most of
them stood the test very well. Jack
! ing out the men whom he will keep on
| the Islanders list, but there are sew
eral whose chances appear to be I'M
usually bright Outside of the pitch
, ing staff, Kelley, who played on first
for the regulars, appears to be real
find. He covers ground nicely, throws
with great speed and accuracy, and
bats well. He accepted nine chances
without an error, and batted at the
500 mark, one of his two hits being a
lthree-bagger Vogel looks as good as
he used to. He had five chances, all
| of which he accepted without an error,
and besides he made two hits out of
six times up. Edwards, who held down
the shortstop position on the yanni-
gans, is another who attracted consid
cradle attention, as did also Diebolt
1.-THE catcher, who on this occasion was
playing in right field. While Edwards
is credited with three errors, he made
lseveral good plays and slammed out a
three-bagger and drew two passes out
of four times at bat. His errors may
have been due to the fact that he was
lplaying in strange territory, as he be
longs on third base.
DiebOIt il Sensational.
! Diebolt made one beautiful running
catch and accepted four other chances
without a tumble, and made one hit
His playing was the most sensational
likely that he will be considered fol
a garden position in view of the mer
already lined up for that section of the
Il field. He has not been given a chance
as yet to show what he can do behin(
the bat
i Nearly all the twirlers were sem
! into the box for few innings, ant
the fans were given chance to sec
what they looked like. Hardin 'proba
1 bly, made the best impression, pitching
1.-TWO innings against the yannigans an(
, shutting them out without a hit. He
has speed and curves and is withou
J doubt all that has been said of him
webster allowed but three hits il
four innings, during which time he die
not seem to exert himself in the least
His control was little off, however
and it resulted in four men being is
sued free transportation at his hands
He, too looks mighty good, and when
he took notion to toss up a speedy
lone, the fans said: "He will do
Herrick, who pitched the last three
Innings for the yannigans, doesn't look
at first sight as though he is quite
fast enough to compete with such mer
as Hardin and Webster and the ole
Islanders, but it may be that he was
off color yesterday. Two three-bag
/ gers. single and two passes were
gathered in at his expense in the
eighth inning and four runs resulted
which gave the yannfgans the game.
| Lakafr Does Well.
| Lakaff opened up in the box for the
yannigans, and it was principally due
to his work that his team was ahead