Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1913-08-12
BY PAUL BRUNER.

A certain mister hdlueSy d lOHS-
legged, loose-jointed athlete patterned
along the lines of the famous Ichabod
Crane, played the heavy with the
Peacock-Turk Stock company in yes
terday's matinee. This pesky william
triumphed over the cause of righteous
ness with a vengeance, routed Rod
erick Hendrix, the almost-hero, with
three-ply clout and a sacrifice fly,
and then stole the beautiful maiden,
designated in the program as Miss
Game" After the debris had been
shoveIed back into the wings, I'm
pire-Stage Manager Sullivan counted
up the returns, which indicated that
Decatur had grabbed the old contest
by a 4-3 count. AS the crowd filed
out of the place, the faithful ones shed
a couple of tears and cursed the luck
in eloquent tones.
LUCK "AG'IN" Us.
Perhaps George Reeds gang deserv-
ed to cop that contest, but it would
require the prime efforts of a second
Demosthenes to convince the average
fan. The breaks were all against the
Blue Sox throughout AT that they
might have led the field but for a
liberal sprinkling of ivory dust on the
tow paths, and some Woody work in the
gardens. Hendrix was separated from
Is bingles, while Kaiser, his opponent,
was but two in arrears.
AS is their daily custom, the visit
ing "Harps" broke into the run column
in the first spasm, thanks to a trio
of one-sack drives. Blake raised the
curtain with a clean swat to center.
Red" Lynch very obligingly attempted
to bunt on the third strike and was
called out. Scherer spanked a hot
one towards Reed, which went for a
hit The Philly recruit stopped it by
a sensational one-handed stab, holding
Blake at the keystone. Flanagan dem
onstrated his hickory ability by polling
drive to center which scored Blake.
Biltz and Duggan were soft.
SOX ENTER.
The PretSels not only tied 1t up in
their portion of the initial inning,
but grabbed a one-run lead, although
trifle more emphasis on the gray
matter might have handed them an
additional bread winner After Ohland
had punctured the zephyrs, Carrigan
hammered a single into right. Reed
! clouted to center, makig two on.
Bromwich followed suit by driving a
vicious liner into center. Carrigan
started at the crack of the bat and
the coacher at third yelled: Go
home" Instead of that, Carrie stopped
at the third station. Reed, expecting
Carrie to break for the platter was
clear over to third and was nailed a
mile off the keystone, with no chance
to get back. Bromwich aided matters
slightly by pilfering the two-bag
.Holke drove a single into center and
both runners counted. Flaharty rain
bowed to right
LAST HELPING.
Joy and sorrow were equally divid
ed in the third inning, wherein the
! Sox grabbed their third end last tally
of the p. m. With two strikes anC
no balls on Reed, Kaiser sunk the
next heave into the Rebels ribs
Bromwich famed, but Reed stole sec
ond on the third swing Holke sin
gled to center, but Reed was demiset
at the plate, thanks to a supernatural
heave by Biltz. Holke beat it to sec
ond on the play and scored on Flahar
tvs one-cushion blow. Pat died steal
ing second.
That two-marker margin appeared Il
be sufficient up until the seventh
when the Turks again became -he
up william Mathes started it with I
single. and after two had died, wen
to third on Blake's punch TO right
which was messed by Ohland. Lynch
drove a safe one to center, scoEinl
Mathes. but was nailed at seconC
a moment later.
MATHEs AGAIN.
II was Mathes that tied the scor,
in the next round. With one battle
out of the way. Hendrix walked Biltz
Duggan whitfield, but Mathe5 spilled
run with a three-base smash to dee
center. O'Brien grounded out. Tn,
Pret3sls were unable to score in thei
half Of the eighth. despite singles b,
Bromwich and Holke Likewise, i
was one-two-three for both sides il
the ninth.
. --cragan started the tenth and las
stanza with single and was bunte,
TO second. Duggan scratched an in