Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1914-07-20
BY n. =. POD.

Rock Island made II three in row
c7sr Burlington at the local munich
pal bah yard yesterday afternoon,
trimming the Pathinders in a see-saw
battle which was anybody's confab
Until the last man had been retired.
The count az the end stood Z TO s. and
incidentally the Pa-hfnders occupied
third place in the c. A circuit by rea-
son Of victories for both Muscatine
and Waterloo.
Two thousand frantic lovers OF the
national pastime crowded the local
arena when Umpire Glenalvin gave
the signal 20 PLAY ball at o'clock,
end excitement stood at fever heat
from the fourth session on. Believe
us. It was some little battle. One min
ute your heart was IN your boots. or
shoes. whichever you may have been
wearing, while the next you were fall
ing all over yourself with joy and the
aforesaid heart had assumed its reg
ular abiding place. II was a battle
from start 10 finish calculated to give
cue fog horn voice and that awful
feeling somewhat similar to the
morning after" and say, talk about
Tocting, why all the pigs in Iowa and
Illinois didn't have anything on that
e-uwd. II noise will win ball games
Rock Island is billed for a per centage
y 1000. To say that the crowd was
excited would be putting il mildly
vas actually frantic. a fat man
Z tie bleachers waxed so warm with
sathusiasm in the last half Of the
.oIrth frame that he broke two sus-
psader buttons and had 10 borrow
tafsty pin 70 keep-well, anyhow, Il
rzs great game and an enthusiastic
tzsience
Burlington Takes Lead.
Lefty" Will-us took the slab for the
heals. and was hit hard from the OPP
saing round, but excellent support
ls2t the Pathfinders from circling the
nasz. In the fourth. however. the Wis
iors went through Wilkus like hail
through green house. and when the
tneke had cleared away two runners
.2a crossed the platter and two slash
q doubles had been credited to the
sAannders. But Joy reigned supreme
The latter half OF the same session
~ the islanders speedily got after
A.. Culver's offerings and drove the
s'acing 10 the four corners Of the
1eal lot Nulligan, Hruska. Sohn and
i"Hkas singled. and these four bingles.
.c1p.ed with a mispIay on the part of
az Sergwald, and an out 10 second
.1se' pushed three tallies over the
soas platter and gave the locals the
s.o N the first heat Of the race.
6N those speeding Pathfinders
me back in the sixth and counted |
o'ee times. and then the Islanders
y-'aeo couple across IN the same
-ss.on and tied the count Three
s'es' a sacrifice and one out pulled |
meat out OF the fire. and from |
saesforth 10 thereafter the locals
not headed. A base on balls. !
eHor' single. sacrifice lift and
oog sacrifice fly to center field
ro the islanders grab two more
-, ne seventh. and Burlington was
- 70 push but one more counter
~s the pan. Thusly did the game
~. - to 9. and Rock Island main
So It's perfect percentage since It
'oined the c. A. circuit.
Wllkus Seeks Cover.
Lefty" wilkus sought cover in the
ptn frame. giving way 10 Jackie
80 VINO so nobly BANKED the Pat
a. ls on the opening day here. Ross
ven In the seventh IN spite of a
s"e o. errors. but he got himself
- Dad hole in the two remaining
49, Moore singled in the eight
-. scored on a sacrifice hit, an out
- an error, and in the last inning
- rsInnnders again threatened to
\, me score. Lowther and Singleton
a.. s@ieiy, and Harmon retired on
CO Things looked bad when
ier Hruska managed to catch
Is' er mapping OF second with a
rA whip TO the keystone sack. |
e.r.s ire'-topped center gardener was |
rt between TIE bases and easily |