Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1913-05-31
BY PAUL BRUNER.

Some Decoration day, believe US.
Floral offerings we're predominant at
the various cemeteries, but after that
final game at Jim Hayes ball orchard
1t would not have been amiss to have
sprinkled a few geraniums over the
home plate as a balm for the dead
hopes of over 1000 bugs who held
down the hard board seats for nearly
four hours, only TO see the home boys
go down TO ignominious defeat in
both sections OF a double-header. Both
games were handed to Rowland with a
perfumed pink ribbon after they had
been slowed away In the Blue Soy
bat bag, and the score in each in
stance was the same, 4 to 3.
JASPER LUCKY.
Jasper. the $4,000 lime, did the
heavy in the first contest. and won
the title of Rabbit Foot" by popular
reclamation. Paul Crouch. the 16-
year-old kid of the Sox stan. pitched
q beautiful game. and but for some
skull infeld work in the ninth, would
the Dubs grabbed three runs and the
buckwheat.
The second conglomeTation went
democratic in about the same manner.
Rowland and company were eating
dust all the way and were two runs
10 the bad up until the eighth, when
those pesky Dubs grabbed three runs
on as many hits, and incidentally the
second game. Roddy Hendrix vas the
main noise for the home team in No.
. and was opposed by a bean-pole ath-
lete who registers under the monicker
Gregg Gregg went seven rounds and
was then relieved by Seeman.
LATE GETAWAY.
Some Iowa legislator with no base
ball patriotism in his makeup. showed
over a law not so very long ago. which
purports that no ball game or other
public show shall ring the openinr
bell on Memorial day until after three
bells. AS q result, the final innings OF
the second game were staged with a
twilight effect. and the bugs did not
make their getaway until seven bells
Fine.
In No. / Crouch held the visitors &c
six bingles, and had them beat to !
up until that awful ninth. In that
stanza. three walks, a hit batsmar
and q boot handed them the game
The kid had been going well but weak
ened considerably in the last frame
THE DONATION.
Darringer, first up. singled. Bouch
or died TO Reed. Erlwein hit an cas-!
roller 10 Reed. who had all the time II
the world to throw to second in tim,
for a double play. making three OUT
and insuring a winner. Instead o
that he fumbled and fddled aroun,
with the pill and after Juggling it TO
a minute let Il get clear away AM
both runners we're safe. Siebert flew
out to right, making two gone, ant
then the funeral began. Crouch walk
ed Jasper. filling the bases. With JUDI
up. the kid got illustrated some NOR
and couldn't locate the plate a-tall
The Indian got a walk, and one rll
was forced home.
RESERVES CALLED.
At this juncture OLeary yanked III
lad and sent in Barnes. who messe
things up worse than ever. His frs
Official act was TO soak Isaacs in III
ribs and another run was forced owe
the pan. The Kansas phenom the
threw four more balls 10 Swanson an
the third tally was forced over. SwaI
son was tagged out by Keeping O
Beatty's tap. ending H. Nothing dom
for the Sox in their half OF the ninth.
MORE GRIEF.
The second contest was lost in IN
same manner. With the score 3 an
/, all for the Blue Hose, the Dubs wer
handed a present in the eighth. Er
vein singled. Siebert famed. Greg
drew a pass, making Nv
on Neer booted Jude's Offering an
ErlWein tore home. Isaacsswas k:lle
by Reed. but Swanson hammered n
ball into left. and the bases weT
choked. Beatty lined one out in III
same spot and two runs filtered owe
the rubber. Darringer got a life o
Reeds boot. but Swanson was out IT,
ing 70 annex home. The Sox could