Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1911-05-13
DON Their Batting Clothes in
the Sixth Inning and For
get to Remove Them.
FINAL COUNT is 7 TO 6
OIeary's Crew Is Even, Ahead and
Behind Twice Before Finally
Losing Out.
GAMES TOMORROW.
Waterloo at Rock Island.
Davenport at Dubuque.
Quincy at Springfield
0anYille at Peoria.


regular oId-time garrison finish
covering three innings gave the Island
ers yesterdays game after the Pret-
zels apparently had it nicely sewed up.
The final count was 10 and the
game was just about as close as the
score indicates. The runs made by
both sides were the result Of hard and
consistent swatting, but in this depart
ment the Islanders had a slight advan-
tage because over half of their nine
safeties were two-sackers. The Pret-
zels got one extra base swat, a dandy
homer over the left field fence, but
their other eight hits were singles and
they did not count for as much as did
the Islanders. Both Pitchers Bill
Humes for the Islanders and Frank
Dick for the PretzeIs stuck the contest
out. but Humes was the stronger at
the close and deserved to win his first
game for Rock Island.
DOES SOME TIMELY HITTING.
In addition TO pitching steady ball
while being hit hard, Humes won his
way into the hearts of the fans by
driving in four runs with two well
placed safeties. His first swat was
double into left field and the next was
a single into right and two men scored
on each In the hitting end Of the
game he set the pace for his new team
mates and they followed him nObly.
BRoMWICH MAKES HOMER.
The game started off at q fast pace
and for five innings neither side could
get a man over the pan. Dick held the
Islanders to one scratch hit in that
time and Humes was never in any
great trouble. The sixth saw the do
ings started. however. Fiuney led
with a three-sack drive over Stevens .
head and Koepping drove one to Sny-
der which Heinie fumbled long enough
TO let Finney score. Erwin hit safely
and Bromwich followed with a drive .
over left field fence. That gave the /
Pretzels four runs and apparently the
game was cinched with Dick going at .
the clip he was up TO that time.
ISLANDERS IN BATTING RALLY.
Carney's men. not TO be outdone by
the visitors in hitting. came right up
TO scratch and before their half of the
round closed the score was again
tie, this time 4 TO instead of to o. .
Snyder led with a double and Jacob .
sen, who had replaced Custer behind .
the bat, secured four wide ones and
ambled Then came Finney's two
sacker, which scored Heinie and put
Jake on third. Vogel skied TO center,
but Hunter banged one against the .
back fence for two bags and two more .
men counted Clyues tied the score +
with a single to center on which Hun
ter came home
MORE -.r &C.
The score did ven long.
however for DaF -. mt ahead
again in the very mex. rCuud-just for
a minute, however. With one down.
Dick was allowed TO reach second when
Vogel threw wild to first Finney
walked and Koepping hit TO left. The
biugle rolled in he grass and made
Clyues come in 50 far that Dick got
home ahead of the throw. Erwin end
ed the inning with his second strike
OUT. Carney's crew had not taken their
batting clothes OF when Jhey returned i
10 the bat and the result was soon
manifest Kelly doubled and Snyder
hunted safely. The latter reached sec
ond on Slattery's grounder TO first
Then came Mr. Humes, and once more
he delivered the goods in the shape of /.
q liner over Koepping's head. Both
runners ahead Of him scored, but he
himself was nipped while on his way
to second.
CLOSE At THE FINISH.
\ tally was added to the Islander
frame in the next inning, thanks 10
some more clever work. and rs it turn
ed out it was a fortunate thing thai
the locals were not content at that
time with a one-ruu lead. Clynes led
with d walk and stole second, his slide
INFO that base being one of the feat
ures of the game. Stevens followed
with a double into right field and
Clynes crossed the plate. The Daven-
poTters threw q scare into Rock Island
in the first half of the ninth when il
looked for a minute as though the Wis
'i:or5 were again going into the lead.
After two were down, FinUey and
Kospping walked in succession and
then Erwin popped up a high fly. II
was anybody's ball and some one yell {
ed for Slattery TO take it. Stats got
under IL, but seemed 10 think that some