Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1910-08-13

davenport at ROCK Island
Waterloo at Dubuque.
In game replete with sensational
plays and free from any errors which
would tend to mar It, the islanders de-
feated the Boomers boys for the third
straight time yesterday, and by doing
30 took the entire series from the Wis
itors. The score of the contest was
3 toll. Both sides hit the ball rather
freely. but the champions hits were
the more timely and the result was vic
tory for them. Dick did the mound
work for the winners and Walsh per-
formed for the losers. It was clear
from the very start that unless some
thing happened Walsh was due for
drubbtng and Tighe's men showed
early in the game that they had taken
a liking to his offerings.
The real feature of the game, how
ever, was not In the hitting nor in the
pitching, but rather in the fielding
Both teams pulled of some sensational
stunts that kept interest in the pro-
ceedings alive.
Playing Great Ball.
While II isn't a good scheme to talk
about it and possibly break in on the
spell, It is nevertheless due the champs
that something be said about the field
Ing they have been doing in the last
two series and especially about the
work they did in that department yes
terday. They have been doing all sorts
OF difficult feats and at the same time
their fielding averages have been climb
ing steadily. In the very first inning
Dick partly stopped a grounder, allow
ed Vogel to scoop 1t in sensational
manner and get it in time to throw
the runner out at first. In the fourth
Slattery jumped high into the air and
speared a liner off Longs bat. A min
ute later Snyder went back to the grass
for slow bounder that Roudebush
rolled between Kelly and Heinie, and
the man was thrown out at first by a
narrow margin. Then Melchior lifted
one out into right field just out Of reach
of Vogel, but Manusch made daisy
run and caught the sphere before it
touched the ground. Snyder was the
next one to attract attention, and he re-
peated the stunt he had pulled off the
other time when Walsh drove one be-
tween short and third that looked good
for hit. In the last inning, with a
man on and no one down, double play
by Vogel, Snyder and Slattery was
pulled off almost before one could wink,
and the game was as good as over.
How Islanders Scored.
The Islanders made the first two of
their runs by bun ching hits in the
third inning. Snyder led with hit,
Vogel followed with double, and after
Dick was out via the shortstop route,
Callahan drove one over second that.
sent two men over the plate. In the
next inning Vogel doubled after two
were down, but died on second, and in
the fifth two nice drives failed to count
any runs. Callahan doubled and Da-
wilson followed with a short single into
left
With two down in the sixth Kelly
poled out a three-sacker into the
grove, but again he persisted on the
circuit. Davidson opened the eighth
with hit into left field, and Manusch
laid down a dandy bunt and came close
TO beating it out. AS 1t was. though,
it moved Davy to second. A wild
pitch by Walsh let him go to third.
and then O'Leary finally landed one of
his hard drives safe and Paul scored
with the third and last of the Island
ers' runs.
Three Hits Count One.
Bloomington punched three hits off
Dick in the sixth inning and counted
one tally. Madigan singled, as did old
Dad Keenan,, and Goodwin moved them
along a notch with bunt. Long shot
one into left, and one man scored, but
a quick return of the ball held the sec
ond man on third. Long stole second,
and only one was down, but Dick brac-
ed at this juncture and two batters
popped up flies which were gathered
in The score:
ROCK ISLAND. ABB R. H. P. A. E.
Callahan, CT ...4 0 2 1 0 o.
Davidson, II ........ 4 1 2 2 o.
Manusch, IF ......3 0 0 L 0 o