Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1910-05-31


Bloomington at Dubuque.
With a regular old time garrison
1nish in which nice clean hits came
fast and furious, the Islanders pounded
out victory in the eighth, ninth and
tenth innings of the first game of yes
terdays double header bill with the
Pretzels at the local park. The final
counting was to and when the bonn
sardment Of Pitcher Delave com
menced in the eighth inning the home
team was just five scores to the bad;
In other words, Davenport had been
presented with five runs while the Isl
anders' total still consisted of a goose
egg. With things in this shape, three
of the needful were made in the eighth.
two in the ninth and the winning one
in the tenth, and the speed and dis
patch with which it was ali done after
the Islanders had once set out to do it
made the record breaking crowd which
was at the park stand up and howl
their approval in no Uncertain Way.
Errors Count for Scores.
Cavet did the heaving for the locals
asS9his work liz that department of the
3 Ie was gilt edged, but his own field
ing and the fielding of his teammates
was of the kind that would make a
saint swear had it not been for the
stick work at the end of the game
which redeemed the errors. Pug al
lowed but four hits in the nine innings
he faced the visitors and yet five runs
came over the pan. He offended him
self the worst of all, as he piled up
three bungles, two OF which aided ma
terially in the visitors scoring. Kohl
was the second prize offender, his Of
fering being two exceedingly unnamed
throws in the direction of first base.
both of which went clear into the
bleachers. Jacobsen and Vogel each
made bungle. making the grand total
seven. Practically every one of them
counted materially in the run getting
also. and it is safe TO say that with
arrorless play the Prodigals would not
have reached third once in the game.
How Davenport Scored.
In the second inning Kohl's first
Wild heave let HolyCross reach second
and sacrifices by Irby and Nye brought
him over the plate. In the sixth
Ohland scratched a hit and both he
and Hilley We're safe when Cavet FUN.
bled Hilley's bunt a sacrifice hit and
long fly to Manusch counted the sec
ond of the visitors runs In the next
round Nye reached first when Jacob
sen missed his third strike and Vogel
erred in catching a throw to first on
Coveney hunted and the ball rolled
along the line undecided whether to
20 safe or foul Cavet reached il when
it was foul and let it roll, but the
sphere laughed at this indiscretion and
rolled back into the diamond and the
bags were full with no one out. Then
Cavet made the worst play of the day
in throwing to Kelly. The ball went
into the overflow crowd which was on
the field and as the ground rules Pc
mitted two runners trCtted home. IN
the eighth Kohl's second two base
error and hit by Hickman made the
fifth run and the rabid Davenport
rooters had vision of the bonfire that
they were going to build on the levee
to celebrate such a hard earned vic
tory Then came the catastrophe
which brought grief and sorrow to
them so that they never quite recOv-
cred. although they won the second
game.
Pound Delave from Box.
Commencing in the eighth, the ISL
anders donned their batting clothes
and it took them just three innings to
overcome the lead of FIVE scores which
Davenport had and get the extra one
needed to win the game. In the
eighth Hunter opened with a pass and
after Manusch had poled one to Oil
and, Callahan drove one through Holy
cross and the good work started.
Stark teased Delave into issuing an
other pass and excitement was intense
as the bases were filled with Islanders
and only one down. Pa Shaffer came
out of his cage and behaved in a fran
tic manner as he motiOned this player
and that just where to stand 20 get the
ball which he felt in his heart was
going to be dropped into safe territory.
Kelly relieved the suspense for the
Davenporters to some extent by pop
ping out on foul fig, but Eddie Koh,
with a record of two misplays staring
him III the face, made good for them
both by driving one out to the back
fence that brought two men over the
pan. That put the Pretzels in the air
higher than a kite and Nye bobbled
on VogeTs grounder and the third run
was in. Kohl was sent in on the play
also. but Nye recovered in time to get
him at the plate and end the inning.
The next round saw Davenport a
beaten team when they came on the
field Jacobsen opened with hit into
right and Slattery, batting for Cavet,