Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1912-04-26
SENIORS LOSE A
GAME TO JUNIORS
Lack of Practice Cause of Near.
Graduates Downfall in
Baseball Tourney.
WIND BATTLES FlELDERS
Winners Get an Early Lead Which
Proves Too Much for Oppo-
nents to Overcome.

Getting a safe lead in the first few
innings, the high school junior
class team won the second
game of the boys inter-class
baseball tournament yesterday af
ternoon at Exposition park from
the seniors by score of to 4. Upon
mutual agreement but seven innings
we're played, though they had plenty
of time to finish out the game before
darkness. The seniors had not beer
together before yesterday and this
probably accounts for the trimming
administered them, though the jun
iors have had but little practice. The
juniors had last years battery work
ing for them, Brough and Clemann.
which was great aid, though Empke
and Kittilsen did effective work on
the mound for the seniors. AS re-
suit of the game the seniors will bat
tie with the sophomores tomorrow
afternoon while the freshmen and
juniors will play Monday for the
school championship.
FIRST CLASS PROMINENT.
The freshmen have faired we'll in
athletics this year, having captured
and cross country run and should
they triumph over the juniors Monday
they will have had more than their
share of honors. They also feel con-
| fident that they can make a good
showing tomorrow morning in the in
ter-class track meet and though it
is hardly probably that they will get
first position, it is evident that they
will make the ether competitors hus-
tie to beat them out.
GAME STARTS SLOW.
| A stiff wind was blowing from the
west during yesterdays ball game and
it greatly puzzled the outfielders in
judging flies. The juniors were first
to bat and went out in easy fashion
but found their gait in the next ses.
sion and sent two men across the
plate. Three hits were registered
two of which were on the scratch or
der, and one base on balls, coupled
with three stolen bases, netted the
runs. In the third they went out one
two, three, after Klove had reached
first on an error. The seniors made
their first tally in their half of thi.
inning. Calvin and Empke drew
passes, but the next two up STRUCK
out and it looked as though they
would not score, when Kittilsen de
livered a timely single to right ant
Calvin raced home. Empke wal
caught out a moment later at the
plate, thus ending the inning The
juniors added three more in the fol
lowing inning on but one hit. while
they scored three in the fifth. II
this inning they pounded the bal
hard. Brough beat out an infield hi
and scored on Wright's two-sacke
after Smith had famed. Eckhard
popped one over the plate which
Townsan caught, then Reid hit on,
on the nose and lifted it far into RICH
; center for two bases. Wright scores
/ and Reid came home a minute late
: on an infield error. Klove grounde,
out, Empke to Behnamann and ende,
the scoring for the juniors Kittil
sen replaced Empke in the box an
, held the juniors in the last two in
; nings.
, SENIORS RALLY.
After the third the seniors faile
! to reach first until the sixth whe
, they rallied and pushed three score
across the plate. Behnamann file
\ out to left but Budelier walked o.
four wide ones, Kittilsen singled an