Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1912-05-06
HAPPY CORNERS
DEFEAT BELLIES
Ninth Inning Rally Of Rip
Snortin' Cahber, Fails to
Win for Girls.
MISS WOODS SOME PITCHER
Goes From the Tap OF Gong to the
Finish, Striking Out Ten
Batsmen-

Despite a strategical ninth inning
rally OF the regular rip-snortin' va
riety, the perambulating Boston
BlOomer Bellies, opposed by the Rock
Island amateur Happy Corners team,
went down TO defeat by score OF
70 in a game staged at the Island
City park yesterday afternoon before
d crowd Of 1900 fans and fannettes
who were attracted by the novel en-
tertainment. Till the ninth inning,
the local ball tossers had the better
OF the argument with a lead of three
runs. In that stanza, the Bellies used
just four Of the team 70 bat in just
four runs. All semblanCe of batting
order and all baseball rules and reg.
uiations were thrown aside 20 make
way for the sluggers among the fair
sex. Five hits, coupled with few
bad plays by the Happy Corners, net
ted four runs. That gave the visitors
a lead Of one run. The locals show
ed that they know what a ninth in
ming finish is and supplied the goods
IN their half for two runs and vic
tory.
PITCHER FFsTUVES.
Possibly the biggest feature in the
game was the work Of Miss Florence
Woods. the feminine, midget pitcher
for the Bellies. Standing less than
flve feet, that little bunch Of nerves
and energy pitched the entire game
and famed out ten batsmen and al
lowed ] hits. But for the poor sup
port behind her, the runs for the
locals would not have been so many,
for she sure had the kibosh on most
OF the opposing players from the
start. Her fielding was sensational,
ell things considered, and she was
in the game from start to finish,
fighting for supremacy. She was one
OF the four who batted those last
runs in IN the last period Of the bat
tie. Second 70 the pitcher, is Miss
Barth at shyrtstop. She was there
with the stick and Furthermore, pull
ed on a sensational catch back Of
third base. Two male players, Har-
r!s and Bush, were in the lineup, but
they had nothing on the Misses
Woods and Barth.
Use Two HEANEHS.
Grant and Spiller, the latter a side
wheeler. pitched for the Happy Cor
ner team and though they showed
some signs Of stage fright before the
large crowd, they got away well. Eric
was there with the stick. cracking
out home run while the Bloomer
left fielder was star gazing. That
sent up the Bloomer balloon and
Kept It in the air long enough to en-
oble the local sphere tossers to
clinch the victory II offset. too.
Eric's trio OF hobbies on the first
sack. The other members of the
team showed class and il will take
hard tight TO wrest any honors away
from them.
CROWD SATISFIED.
The finish Of the game satisfied
the crowd in every way. though they
had their moneys worth before the
game had reached the last inning.
Because OF the deviation from the
rules OF baseball. so far as batting
order is concerned. the best that can
be doped out for a summary is
score by innings, with total of runs,
hits and errors. Here it is:
RH. +.
Happy Corners ..0O23OOOO2-7 II 8
Boston Boomers 2 OOOOOOO4-6 %
atteries-Grant, Spiller and Will
son; Woods and Harris.
NOTES OF THE GAME.
Billy Earl umpired the game and
ell that Was necessary was for one
OF the fair sex 70 scowl and Billy
would dispel the gloom with a nice
decision.
About 900 boys were waiting at
the gate TO take advantage of the
generosity OF Sheriff O. L. Bruner.
who had announced that he would
zee the youngsters OF less than "A