Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1911-07-20

Aided considerably by the rank de-
cisions of Umpire Guthrie, Decatur
took the deciding game of the ser
les yesterday afternoon at Island
City park by 8 to 3 score. True
IL is that the visitors lam basted the
ball and earned their runs but the
Islanders lambasted the pill about
as hard and but for those decisions
would have come mighty close to
winning from the visiting aggrega-
ton AS II was they secured only
half as many runs but others were
nipped in the bud by Guthrle's de-
cisions-
HUGHES KNOCKED OUT.
Three slabmen worked for Rock
Island. Hughes began for the locals
but lasted only five innings. In two
of those five innings hits were bunch
ed of his slants and the game was
practically lost before Woods was
sent in to try to pull the game out
of the fire. Then in the last OF the
eighth. though Woods was pitching
good ball. he was taken out and Bill
Jacobsen was sent in to bat for him,
Couchman finished the game and the
visitors finished by chasing a run
across in the ninth. on pair OF
doubles by Smith and Johnson, the
hitting kids of the Connie team.
Schroeder was on the mound for
the Commies and he went the limit
though he was no puzzle for the To-
Gals. Time after time he was in bad
holes and Clynes and Slattery. who
ought 10 be depended upon to deliver
hits at almost any period, persisted
on sickly efforts TO put the ball past
the infeld Then. too. decisions time
after time on bases were costly to
The locals and that sort Of took what
little ginger there was in the team
out Of il.
EARLN LEAD FOR COMMIEs.
Three hits in their half OF the first
gave Decatur an early lead with two
ruus but the Islanders tied II up in
their half Of the second Nogel
walked in that stanza and Kelly hit
so center for a base. Snyder sacri-
feed them along and Gonding hit to
Callahan at short who threw TO the
plate in time TO retire Nogel. Hughes
popped q high one out to left and
Collins dropped the ball. Two runs
scored Lige Wooley raped out his
second hit Of the game and then
Davidson WAS retired after phe-
nomenaI stop by Bell.
In the fifth the last of the Islander
runs was brought in. Davidson hit
20 left and went 10 third on Clynes
hit TO right Slattery hit an easy
one to Bell and was out at first. Vo-
4 no ND
son. on the throw in 10 the plate.
CIynes was blocked by Hickory
Johnson. who adopted his old tactics
in the game to stop the runners
from touching the plate Kelly
skied out 10 right. In the seventh
end eighth innings, men were left on
bases while three men were being
retired.
HON THEY WE'RE MADE.
In the first for Decatur, Lotion Sc
cured his first hit Of the series when
he hit 10 left for two sacks Kom-
mers hit in the same direction for
base and Bell scored Lotion with
sacrifice fly to right, Kommers going
TO second. Big Dick Smith famed.
Johnson was hit by a pitched ball
and Collins scored Kommers with a
hit TO center. Callahan was out.
short to first In the fifth. three
more were added on as many hits.
Lotion was out and then Guthrie's
poor eyesight allowed Kommers a
base on balls. the only gift of the
game by the Islanders Bell skied
out 10 Vogel and Smith hit to deep
left for a couple OF bases. scoring