Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1911-07-19

Hitting the ball hard and when
hits meant runs and fielding con-
sistently back Of Bull Lakaf yester-
day afternoon won the game from
Decatur for the Islanders and II was
4 blsnketing for the visitors at that
The final score was 2 TO 0 and the
game in It's entirety as far as the Is
Ianders were concerned was a re-
versal Of the form that has styled
the playing on the home lot in the
last few days. IN the first place.
Lakaf was an enigma throughout
the game and very stingy with hits
IN punches. The four bingles that
the Commies made were in four diff
ferent innings and only once or
twice did tho visitors look for
midable. Then the Bull settled
down and a groundcr 20 the infield
or hy into the mitts Of the out
felders was all that was forthcom-
ing from the correctly breaking
shoots and slants Of the Islander
twirler.
ISLANDERS HIT BAIL.
on the other md. the Islanders
sort Of eveued up matters or the hits
for the series and pounded out D."
safe ones. In that number Of bin
gies was 4 home run by Bill Jacob
sen which put the home runs of Dick
Smith Of the day before TO shame rs
far as distance was concerned Hil
raped the FIRST ball pitched in the
seventh inning on the nose and "a
usual when Bill gets against fas.
slant the ball went some II was
very high IN the air and then il Went
some too. for it cleared the back
field fence closer the northwest cor
nar OF the lot than any ball hat has
ever been hit. 1t was a terrific swat
and It is a shame that no one was
on base at the time. But AZ that the
Islanders had enough with the trio Of
runs to tuck the game away and
there is no use rubbing il in.
TOPPER BlTTED OFT OF BON.
Nr. Hopper started on the mound
for Decatur and he lasted through
seven innings. just long enough for
the Islanders to hit nine times for
third as many runs. After Jake
hi the long homer in the seventh.
Dick Smith decided TO send Middle
ton 10 the front That twirler held
the islanders TO one bingle in the
eighth and q lucky double ended the
inning. He only had to pitch one
inning for the Islanders did not bat
in the ninth. but at that he is cred.
tied with having lost the game
n was not till the fifth inning
that the islanders scored though
they were hitting the ball previous
10 that. In that stanza. Jacobsen
started things agoiug after one man
was down. He hit to left for a base
and stole second. Lakaf fouled out
and Lige WoOley scored Jake with
q double to left. Davidson was out
on Erounder TO short In the next,
another was added. Clynes hit for
two sacks and scored on Slatterys
hit TO right. Stats was sacrificed
along by VoEeI and went to third or
Eolly's out al first. Snyder ended
f. with an infeld out. Jacobsen.
first man up in the seventh, hit the
long homer and ended the run get
ting eff the game.
RALLY N EIGHTH
In the eighth. the Commies fgur-
I'd in a near rally which came near
- giving some Of the fans heart
failure and r. was another b0bble by
snyder that started the fireworks.
when with clean fielding he might
easily have aided in retiring the
side Molly Mcguire hit TO center
for a base and then Middleton hit 10
short Snyder mufed the ball and
both men were safe. Lotion famed
and 1Ioumers sk'ed out TO right.