Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1913-09-03
BY PAUL BRUNER.

BY PAUL BRUNER.
After sojourning in the "W-T' league, |
Verne Hirsch returned to civilization
yesterday afternoon, and sauntering
onto the mound at the Hayes apple
orchard, played the heavy" in that
little drama entitled, -Four Balls,
Take Your Base When the elongated
port side hurler was in these parts
some moons ago, ne was about the
widest proposition ever viewed by
local bugs. Yesterday he demonstr,>,-
ed that he had lost none of his old
cunning. He must have been hitting"
the raw meat diet, To- he absolutely
refused to behave. For one hour and
81 minutes the awe-stricken natives
gazed at a line of red-fire fiinging of
the most lurid type. Just II walks
were handed to the opposition by
Hirsch, and in addition. two wild
pitches added eclat to the occasion.
Dubuque scored five runs in one in
ming on one hit, and COPIED the old
game to 5, gathering but five swats
10 the 10 chalked up by the Blue Hose
Had Jack London been in the stands
he could have gathered material for
a new book that would make The Call
OF the Wild" resemble a pink tea so
ciety novel off the pen Of Bertha NJ
Clay. 1t was awful, and that's honest
WHERE'S THE PLATEt
After Dubuque had grabbed all the
runs deemed necessary to win, the
Sox chose" Lanky Gregg and ham,
mered him for five bread winners well
along towards -uL down. In spite
of this belated rally, the fans refused
TO enthuse and he matinee perform
ance assumed the aspect of an under
takers convention. Along towards the
finale, Hirsch threw two straight
strikes, and a member OF the fair sex
ceased yawning long enough to ap-
plaud, interfering bravo" for good
luck Hirsch had all kinds of 'stuG"
on the ball, but the word control" was
omitted from his lexicon. His ideas as
to the location of the platter were
about as clear and lucid as those OF
the average citi en- respecting the
whereabouts of the north pole. The
feature of the game came in the eighth
inning, when Shortstop Spicer startled
the congregation and upset all prevalI-
ing dope by polling a three-sacker TO
the right garden. That clout was
worth the price of admission.
THE AWFUL SECOND.
Hirsch got away o. X. in the first
inning. but the loud noise was pulled
in round No. ?. Swanson walked 10
first and was hunted to the keystone
Erlewein was hit in the stats and
trotted to the initial station. Isaacs
drew a walk. and the two paths were
densely populated. Hirsch couldn't
locate the plate with Gregg up, and
heaved four wild ones, forcing a run
With Jude up. the untaned southpaW
unbottled a wild heave which allowed
another Dub TO register. Finally
Hirsch got the ball within two feet
of the plate and Jude hammered II
70 right garden for three cushions
clearing the bases. The Indian count
ed on Beatty's .ng sacrifice fly. r
Darringer grounded out Total-Five
runs, one hit.
THEN SOME MORE.
The Dubs grabbed two more mark
ers on one hit in the fourth. Isaac:
and Gregg were walked in succession
lsaacs went to third on a passed bal
and then stole home, after a chas,
along the base line, during which
Hirsch slumbered at the pitchers box
entirely forgetting TO cover the plat
ter. Jude and Beatty died, but r. Oar
ringer singled. counting Gregg.
Two more were gathered by tn,
Rowlandites in the fifth. After Swan
son had famed. Boucher hit one a
Bromwich which carromed on his shin
into center field. When the agate ha'
been located. NEEDY" was safe Oh
second Erlewein drove a two-sacke
TO left. counting his teammate. Hirscl
attempted to catch Erlewein mapping
OF second and heaved to center field
allowing the runner to reach third
lsaacs walked. and stole second, Erie
vein counting on the play. Greg
and Jude we're easy.
SOX COME TO LIFE.
Although the Sox had been bumpin
Gregg fairly regular. the swats usua-
ly came with two out The first mari
er for the home boys, was accumulate
in the sixth. Flaharty singled TO lei
and advanced a notch on Gregg's vii
pitch. Koepping walked. O'Leary sir
gled, driving in Flaharty. Spice