Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1916-08-16

stockholders session. He rendered
a supper at the New Harper last
evening to Umpires Bill Brennan,
Con StrutRers. Beck and Brown.
Tearney also viewed the game yes
terday. He returned to Chicago
last evening.
The Islanders handed Peoria yes
.terdays game on a platter, 4 to 2, in
II innings. 1t was a silver platter
lined with plush. In fact, Manager
Bill Jackson was forced TO laugh up
his sleeve after the game, as he wend-
ed his way out of the yard, murmur-
ing I'm a lucky guy" For eight full
and exciting innings did Attorney
Frank Seaman. our peerless south
paw, have the Distiller batsmen fall
ing left and right at his slants, and
his noted slow ball was working to
perfection. In the first eight innings
Seaman yielded but two stingy hits.
With Bays men breezing along in
front, TO 0, and Seaman going like
a house atlre, not one of the few faith
fuls present even dreamed of defeat
HanfOTd was first up in the ninth. He
drove a long fly westward. Red Lynch
misjudged the ball and it went over
Reds bean for a three-bagger. Frank
then uncorked a wild pitch and Han
ford went over with the tying run
From this time on the Distillers had
the local players on the run and i'm
posed a bitter defeat with little trOu-
BILE.
And this was not all. In those II
frames the Islanders nicked LeClaire,
Manager Jacksons wonderful find, TO
all corners of the lot, gathering Il
hits for a total of II bases. Six two
haS 10 10
only pair of runs were scored. On
top Of this, Moline and Davenport lost
and Bays men had one of their numer-
Gus opportunities to slide into fifth
place in the race.
Outside of the second frame Peoria
did not have a chance to score in the
first eight innings. In the second a
double by Beck, which BiItz Ioafed on,
allowing him to take two bags, start
ed the trouble Groehling sacrificed
and Warde walked. Rapp grounded to
Ward, who threw too late to Er1ewein
to catch Beck off the sack, and the
paths were loaded with but one down.
kScanlan forced Sullivan to pop to
,Hoilocher and LeCIaire grounded out.
Bays men counted in the fifth.
Vance famed, but Warde drove one to
the center field fence for two sacks.
Seaman grounded out, Ward going to
third. HOllOcher 0Oubl along the
left field foul line, scoring Ward. Bay
followed with a scratch hit, Holly go
ing TO third. A double steal failed,
HoIIocher being caught at the plate.
Take Lead in Ninth.
Peoria had no chance until the
ninth. Hanford, first up, drove a long
fly to left and Lynch misjudged it, first
running forward It sailed over his
head and Hanford took three sacks
Seaman threw low ball, which hop
ped over Vance's head, bounding off
the base, and HanfOrd scored. Beck
grounded out Groehling singled to
right, but the ball took a bad bound.
getting by Bay. and Groehling took
three bases. He scored when Warde
beat out an infield grounder The Is
lauders came back and tied the score.
Lynch doubled and Lister sacrificed,
Lynch scoring on McBride's single to
center. Clyde being sent TO bat for
Erlewein
In the fatal 18th Hanford doubled
to center for a starter. Beck hunted
10 Seaman, the outfelder beating the
bali 10 first. In making a hasty throw
70 Ward, Seaman pegged wild and
Hanford counted, Beck going to sec
ond. Beck scored on Rapp's single TO
left. The score:
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