Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1909-08-30
TWO HITSOFF NEAL
Rabbits Held at Mercy of Is
lander Pitcher in Satur-
days Game Here.
ONLY ONE. CLEAN SINGLE
Well Timed Bingles Aid Home Team
in Rolling Up Five Runs While
Visitors Are Calcimined.

long enough 10 administar ihe usual
drubbing to the Cedar Rapids H2sre-
cation in the playing OFF q post
roned game. and then depar.td again
10 play a series in Dubuque lri an
ether in Davenport before returning
TO this city for a good long sire. en- of
u games. The patched 20 &c dar
Rapids team was hardly able il prt
up any resistance against the Island
ers in Saturdays game and had The
leaders felt it necessary they could
doubtless have run as many mo :
scores over the pan as they did. The
final count was , to o. Billy Neal al
the twirling and he performed in gr t
style, allowing the visitors bat two
hits. one of which was an infield
scratch affair and the other of which
was slow grounder just out of Wise's
reach. The two Bunnies who We're
credited with hits were the only ones
of the visitors who managed 10 reaci,
first base. as Billy was steady and is
sued no passes and hit no one.
Neither of the two men who reached
first got any farther than there and
there was never chancellor them to
score.
Nortensen Had Something.
Pitcher Mortensen, who was on the
slab for the tail enders. put up Il good
battle and his speed and curves both.
cred the coming champs for the first
few innings. The Islanders had their
batting clothes on. however. and were
NOT to be denied The result was that
they hit when hits meant runs and
thev handled themselves on the bases
in most approved style. On one occa-
sion Stark came all the way in from
second base on a grounder which MG-'-
ply knocked down in front OF the pan
and which allowed the catcher III
throw him out at first Mcbride alsl
did some base running in the SIKH
inning when he scored from second on
kelley's short grounder through short
How the scores Were Made.
After threatening TO score in the
third inning. the Islanders came bac,,
i'm the next and accomplished wha;
they had failed to do in the preceding
ole. Berger led off with a two sackaI
and Jacobsen laid down pretty buns
which moved him to third. Swats
poled one down Morgan's way and i;
had so many whiskers OH it that Nor
gan was content to merely stop it from
going to the outfield for two sacks
Berger came home aud Swats reached
| first SAFELY, but way thrown out Al
second when he tried TO steal Me
| Bride ended the round by striking out
| In the next inning Kelley went TO first
on a base on balls and stole second
Wise was out on pop up and Start
drove TO Chase. who erred, allowing
the comedian TO reach first ana Kelle,
third Billy Neal helped out with
hit between second and third and Kel
ley came home Stark came home
minute later on Murphy's grounder a:
described above. The fourth run wa
made in the sixth inning after two mel
were gone Mcbride profited by j
cobsen's out at second and was SAT,
at first He stole second and came i,
on Kelley's hit through shortstop.
| Neal Makes Second Hit.
The final run was made in the mex
round. Wise reached the initial sael
on Morgan's error and Stark sent hin
TO second. Nea made his second hi
lof the game and Eddie went to third
Murphy's offering was q grounder =
Morgan at short and although Franz
was caught at first. Wise scored o.
the play Berger followed with hi
10 right field and Neal tried to com
home. from second. hut he was beate
in by matter of inches by the throw
The score:
DnCLy ISI AMI AID ID II ID +