Rock Island Argus., 1913-05-29
BY PAUL BRUNEP.

The cactus and sage brush of the
wild and woolly west triumphed over
the Iowa cornfelds yesterday after
noon. Jesse James" Barnes. the Cir
cleville, Kan, bandit, breeaed onto
the mound with the carefree abandon
which characteriIas the rolling plains
In the cyclone district and made his
boiled shirt devotee from the Cornfed
state resemble q nickle's worth of ice
on a sun-exposed back porch on
torrid August p. m. There was moth
ing to It. Mister Seeman of the scrap
py Dubs was simply outclassed all
the way. He was combed for 10 bin
giles, two OF them for extra bases, and
IN addition loosened up with five
passes 10 the first station. Needless
to say, the Blue Sox copped the game
and the score was TO 2
OH you BARNIE!
Child Barnes was better than a
three.ring circus. He was the large
and dominating IT. In addition 10
holding Rowlands pugilists to seven
bingles the siX-shooter-belt inhabitant
whiffed six braves, and loosened no
with but one lone pass. Eu; it was in
the binglc department that Barnes cx-
celled. A hitting pitcher is usually as
hard TO find as an honest liar, but such
jewel has been located at last In
three times at bat yesterday, the Cir
cleville lad poled three clean singles.
driving In two of the four runs annex
nd hy
teammates in the batting tabulations.
Some record, Ell?
TRIFLE OFF COLOR
AS was the case on Tuesday. the
Sox lost a flock of runs due 10 care.
less and Indifferent work on the bases.
But they won, so We will eliminate the
post mortem marks Of regret and pass
on 70 the regular noise. For the first
two rounds, Seeman looked like a
world beater He had enough stuff on
the ball to provide for two twirlers
and whitfield three men in these
frames, Neer. Carrigan and Flahartv
taking the water bucket route After
that the pride of Dubuque seemed to
experience an attack of gOut in his
salary soupbone, and began to waver
like the town tippler on his homeward
trip in the wee sma' hours.
ONE N THIRD.
The SoX threatened in the second
After Bromwich had singled and been
nailed at the keystone sack. Clemens.
who reached first on a felder's choice.
stole second and went to third on
Seeman's boot, but died there while
Neer and Carrigan famed.
The third stanza was more produc-
tive. Bob Coleman poled a high one
10 left garden, and Jude the aborigine
tried 20 look at the sun and the pill
al the same time, allowing the horse
hide to filter through his digits.
Barnes then made his first hit of the
day, pushing a clean single TO left.
Coleman beat out an infeld hit, anu
Seeman threw over the first baseman's
knob, allowing Coleman to score.
Barnes beat it 10 third during the ex-
element Koepping grounded out.
Flaharty tapped one 20 third base and
Barnes legged il for the plate but was
nailed to the mast. Bromwich ground
ed out
LOTS OF skull
The Blue SoX annexed another in
the next frame. but should have had
million with alert base running.
Clemens started the ball rolling by
beating out an inheld hit, and was
sacrificed TO second. Carrigan drew
a gratis passage 10 FIRST. With Bobbie
Coleman at bat, Seeman sUccumbed
10 an acute attack of cold feet and
grew decidedly wobbly. He couldn't
have located that plate with q COM
pound lens. and winged four wide
ones, filling the sacks. Child
Barnes. the hitting kid. stepped up 10
the pan on this saiubrious occasion
and responded 10 the call OF the
bleachers by hammering Z clean swat
to left Clemens scored with ease and
the bases we're still intoxicated. This
is where the funeral dirge is sounded.
Reed tapped one 10 the pitcher and
Carrigan was executed at the plate.
Barnes, instead Of beating II 10 second
on the play. stood glued fast to the
initial sack. and the pill was heayed