Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1913-07-28
BY PAUL BRUNER.

After sunshine comes sorrow. With
Admiral Donley at the helm OF the
good ship "Pretzel," the maiden voy-
age of the Sabbath matinee was ac-
complished with nary a mishap, and
the old bark rode into the ninth in
ming harbor four markers to the good.
Then the vessel changed hands and
Skippes Couchman got his feet wet.
The second trip passed uneventfully
until the third and fourth innings,
when a squall blew up. Before the
sails could be trimmed, five TALES and
considerable grief had been shipped,
and the entire crew was seasick. So
was everyone else. In other words,
the Sox broke even on the double
header proposition yesterday, winning
the initial tilt, 4 to 0, and dropping the
7-chapter afterpiece by a to l count.
MIKES FOOT SLIPS.
Mike Prendergast, one of our leading
Peoria athletes, headed the opposition
In the opener, and although a trifle
wobbly at the start lost no time in
getting his bearings At the finish he
was hummiDg along like the Overland
limited and there was no chance for a
stop-oyer. The Peorians outhit the
the Pretzels two to one but Dame For
tune refused to even nod at them. It
might furthermore be mentioned that
In the pinches, Donley was so stingy
with base hits that in comparison, Mis-
ter ScTooge Of Christmas Carol fame
would loom up in the light Of a philan-
thropist.
CANN UNHITTABLE-
The sorrow came in the second gum
DO. Big Bob Coucnman, the ex-Island-
er. was trotted out for the edifcation
OF large gang of local bugs, but sue
cumbed TO an attack of stage fright
inconsistencies or something, when he
perceived the many familiar faces. Bob
had an of day His control was con
spicuous by its absence The Distillers
grabbed all FIVE OF their runs in two
innings. the recipe being three walks
two singles. a double and a triple. The
Sox oozed one over the pan in the
opening inning. when the Distiller de
tense crumblcd for an instant, but af
ter that they never came close Mike
Cam, n port side twirler from the
Peoria grab bag. was invincible. Only
three hits were pried loose from his de
livery and one of them was a scratch
We hope he never comes back.
FIRsT GAME.
Good old Eddie Carrlgan was III,
caramel child with the frosted eyelid
IN the blow-off game. 1t was his ole
war club that showed over enough
from ;he Distiller inheld. the subjec
The heavy scene was staged in tn
sccond inning. After W-iSer Holk
had popped to death. Al Bromwicl
doubled along the left field foul line
There was a lingering wall of protes
fro mthe Distiller .uheld, the subjec
OF the debate being "Howinell can
foul ball go for two cushion drive?
The negative was taken by Peoria an
the affirmative was represented b,
Jimmie Sullivan, the demon arbiteI
The affirmative won. Pat Flahart
lifted cloud scraper TO the right gal
den. but sorrel-top Regain allowed III
pellet TO glide noiselessly through hi
mitts 10 the sod and there were two on
Then Il was that the operator ;urne
the spotlight or Carrigan, who whanl
cd the old apple way out TO the cente
field fence, driving in two men. Eddi
was resting serenely on third wha
the applause had died down. "Lessgo
Peters. next up, agreeably surprise
his many friends and admirers by lii
ing q single TO left, counting CARR,
Doniey and Reed were easy.
RABBIT DONATES.
The other marker. which came
the next inning, was kindly donated b
Manager Russell. alias Rabbit -Four
tain. Otto Koepping. star blackfac
comedian. was the first on the list II
caught the opposition fat-footed wit
a hunt. which went for a base hit. H
was sacrificed to the keystone. Holk
hit a sharp grounder to Foantsin, Nh
attempted 10 pull a feature stunt b
mailing Keeping at third. The heav
sad 70 relate was a triie of plum
and when the pill had been recovere
the diminuGve Elginite was over II
platter. That ended II for the hon
boys During the next FIVE inning
they failed 10 get q blow on Prend
THEN THE EXCITEMENT.
The Distillers furnished the main e
element OF the afternoon in the Sc
pnfh {nninV apd it Vas only through