Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1913-09-05
BY PAUL RRuNER.

AnOtner DurleSQue was staged at
the Davenport ball pasture yesterday
p. m, although 1t fell fat in compari-
son t.. the rich, rare and spicy per-
Torrance of the previous day. The
Distillers spoke their lines mechanic
ally and the general sentiment in their
ranks seemed to be, I'VE don't care if
we ever win a ball game" The Hose
jumped on Lefty Alberts In the first
three rounds, detaching eight bingles
and ave runs from his stock in trade.
After that the affair assumed the gen.
eral aspect of an ice cream sociable
instigated by the Dorcas Society or
the Busy Workers circle. After
Peoria had batted for the last time
in the ninth inning, the audience
rubbed his eyes, looked around, yawn-
ed and moved towards a street car. He
incidentally learned that the score was
8 TO 1 with the Pretzels holding the
bulge
The game was listlessly played
throughout and for all around excite
ment would have looked pale in COM
parison with a checker game at the
cross roads grocery. After grabbing a
five-run lead, the Sox were apparent
ly satisfied. and there were no rup-
tured blood vessels induced by over
eXertion.
FOUNTAIN CALLED.
Prexy Meidroth is evidently very
much peeved over that awful drub-
bling handed his boys Wednesday, and
along about the fourth inning, tele-
gram was delivered to Manager "Rab-
Bit Fountain. Rumor has II that I'm.
Gle Billy called" the boys for the
farce exhibition of the preceding mat.
inee, and politely requested that they
try to play a little ball. 1t 1t also
rumored that Fountain, Immediately
after receiving the message, exhorted
his cohorts to renewed activity and
limited that few fines might be loom
ing on the horiIon If there were any
more monkey doOdles At any rate
the Hose were shut out after the third
stanTa, and the Distillers seemed to
have acquired a new supply of pep
per- from some source or other.
BEGIN STRONG.
From the way the Pretzels started
out, Il listened like another cloutine
bee. Right at the kickoff Carrigar
drew a walk and came home when
Walter Holke drove a liner into right
garden for three sacks. Walter was
shipped back to Davenport. and will
finish the season there. %.
oLeary produced tally in the sec
ond, whanging three-ply swat to cen
ter and counting on an infeld out
Three more were added 10 the tota
in the third. After Bromwich haC
rainbowed to center. Holke and Fla
marty pushed out singles. Koeppinl
popped out. but OLeary came to the
rescue and secured the bases Will
another three cushion drive. DAME
counted on Donley's single.
GET ONE ON BOOTS.
Had il not been for Backstop Mar
shall, the Distillers would have sue
cumbed to another kalsomining
O'Leary decided to rest up and handed
over the tools TO the ex-army anC
navy representative in the eighth. The
visitors registered without producing
a hit.
After two were down, Walliser. WHIT
had survived on a fielder's choice
stole second. Marshall threw tn,
agate into center garden and Wall!
wound up at third. The diminutiv,
base runner then ran half way Il
the plate on the next wind-up. Mar
shall heaved to third and the bal
went into the automobile line, WALL
ser counting easily. Score: