Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1909-09-17
First Glass Demonstration OF
the Same Given by the
Islanders.
ALL KINDS OF BUM BALL
Prospective Champs DO Not Wake III
Till the Ninth and Then Ii is
Too Late.
GAMES TOMORROW.
bloomington at Rock Island.
Peoria at Springfield.
Dubuque at Davenport.

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Dubuque at Davenport.
Inc Islanders played regular town
lot baseball in yesterdays game Will
Peoria, and when it comes right dow
to fact the Distillers did,not have it OF
| them much at that. One of the Island
ers exhibited fair sample of the befud
died state of mind of some of the plav
eIS When IN the sixth inning aftei
! three men were ont he march
| ed out with his bat in his HAND
all ready TO bat. Misplays occurred
all through the game, and while not
all OF them were marked down "a
errors they detracted practically every
lota of interest from the contest. Tn,
game ended after hours and Is min
lites OF play, with the score to in
favor of the visitors.
| The last half of the last inning o;
the game was the only part of tn
entire contest which held any interest
Tor the fans. III that inning the Island
ers came out of their drowsv spell
long enough to make the Distillers 81.
up and take notice, and about on,
more hit would have come pretty
close to tying up the game.
shutout in Prospect.
| When they came To bat for the laSl
time the Islanders faced defeat by 4
score of to o, and they woke up and
chased three men over the pan before
they had to give it up. McBride
opened the last round with scorcha,
which Smith could not stop. and Kel
/; ley followed with drive over second
base. Wise famed the atmosphere
| but Stark waited for four wide ones
and filled the sacks. Eng followed
suit and Mcbride was forced over the
pan with the first score. Jacobsen was
=, substituted TO bat for Hardin at this
point, but jacobsen followed the eX
ample Of Wise and struck out. Muir
ply set the fans to going again by
| driving out a fly back of third base
which landed safely and allowed twr
men to score, but Berger ended it al
with grounder TO Rowan, whic
forced the batter out at first on a close
decision by Umpire Herbert after twG
. Islanders had crossed the plate. which
would otherwise have tied the score
1 Gifts for DistiIIers.
i The visitors scored three of theil
+, runs i'll the very first round. Moor;
received base on balls after Cuth
bert had made the first out and
Rowan's out at first moved The Peors
second sacker TO second base. h
scored from there when BiItz drove
one into right field which bounded Of
Meloan's shins. Johnson gained :
base by taking a slam i'll the ribs ant
when Donnelly was passed ii flied Tho
bases. Smith drove out a Texa:
!; Lacquer over Berger's head and Bit;
Il came home. Mcbride threw to the
plate but Johnson turned back ant
Eng accordingly winged the ball dow
towards second to get Smith. Starl
i took the throw and when johnson
started Tor the plate he threw so BADLY
that the Peoria scored. The Distillers
other two runs came in the sixth in
] ming from a pair of hits. a pair of er
rOrs and man hit with a pitched bail
, Johnson led off with hit and Don
nelly drove one TO Berger, who threw
! him out at first. Johnson started u
go clear from first to third on the pla,
and Stark lined the ball over TO kelle,
to head him off. but Stark's peg wd
made against the sun and he threw
high, and when the ball was recovered
after going over Kelley's head the run
ner was sitting on the bench while hi
score hung up on the score board
Smith was next up and he got to frs
by taking poke in the side. H
stole second and went to third. as tn
throw to second was bad. Reynold
struck out but HOvlik took a hand il
winning his own game. and his hit in.
right field brought in the fifth an
last run for the DiStillers. The score
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