Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1911-07-12
FINAL Count 4 to 3-Twirler
Allows Six Hits and Keeps
Them Scattered.
PEORIA'S RUNS ON ERRORS
Davidson Features With Star Catch
and Fine Throwing-Also
Scores Winning Run.
GAMES TOMORROW
Peoria at Rock Island
Davenport at Quincy
Waterloo at Decatur.
Danville at Dubuque.

The Islanders celebrated their re-
turn to the home lot after a brief
absence by punching hits OF Walsh
and Schmirler and defeating Peoria
4 to in a fast, sharp contest at
Island City park yesterday after
noon The locals won by pounding
out real hits for each Of the runs
but came close 10 giving away the
game on errors and misplays, for
all Of the visitors runs were of the
unearned variety. Lakaff pitched
good ball for the islanders and kept
the six hits well scattered. Two OF
them came in one inning when run
was made. but at that. the run was
unearned as it was scored on a pass
ed ball.
Davidson and Vogel each had
magnificent catch to his credit the
latter being one-handed spec
tacular stab of a line drive. III
addition. Davidson did some good
heaving and kept the runners hug
ging the bases. One of his catches
was of the back field fence and was
followed by a good throw He had
two sacrifices and a hit Wooley
casions. The plays and tabulated
score Of the game follow:
SCORE BY INNINGS.
First inning-Peoria: Fountain
out 10 Clynes. Smith out 70 right.
Biltz out to Wooley No runs Rock
Island: Wooley hit for base TO right
and went to second on Davidson's
sacrifice out, Jacobs 10 Smith. Clynes
fouled out to Jacobs. Nogel scored
Wooley on single 70 center and took
second on throw to plate TO catch
Wooley. Vogel came in on Stat
terys single TO center. Kelly was
out. third TO first Two runs.
Second inning-Peoria: Myers hit
70 center for two sacks. Veach out
AT first. unassisted Myers scored on
Gonding's passed ball Sits out to
NogeI Sullivan doubled TO left. ia
cobs struck out One run. Rock
Island: Snyder out at first. unassist-
ed Gonding out. Walsh to Smith.
I-akaf fouled out to Smith. No
runs.
Third inning Walsh safe
~ first Oh Slatte-y's error. Foun-
tain beat out a hunt which no one
fielded. Smith advanced both with
sacrifice out to Slattery Biltz scor-
cd Walsh with sacrifice fly 70 Dav-
idson Myers was out TO Clynes
one run. Rock Island: Wooley hit
TO center for base and went 10
second on Davy's sacrifice out, third
TO first Clynes scored him with a
single TO left. Vogel struck out and
Clynes went TO second on play. Stat
terry was out TO Smith. One run
Fourth inning Peoria. Vogei
made magnificent catch Of Veach's
line drive Sits walked as did Sui
Ivan. Sits was out at third, short
20 Kelly. Magahagen. batting for
Walsh was out. Kelly to first No
runs. Rock Island: Schmirler re-
placed Walsh for Peoria. Kelly beat
out an infield hit 70 Schmirler shy
der forced Kelly at second. Snyder
stole second. Gonding walked La
kafr struck out. Wooley was out
10 Smith. No runs.
Fifth iuuing-Pecria. Fountain
safe Al first on Sryder's error and
went TO second ON Smiths sacrifice
out At first. Fountain scored on La
kah's Wild heave Biltz was out at
first. Snyder toySlattery. Myers was
OFT TO DaviSson. One run. Rock
Island: DAVE bon struck out Clynes
was out. Fountain 10 Smith VogeI
walked and stole second. SIsttery
vas ont. SITS 20 Smith No runs
Sixth inniuE-Pcor a NeaCh was
CUT 70 Wooley. Sits was ont. La
kan and Snyder TO Slattery Sulli-