Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1916-09-25
ISLANDERS CRAB
THINNING CAME
OFF MOLINE 9TO8
BauersfeId's All-Stars Show Great
Comeback Ability, Recovering Sew
en- Run Lead TO Win.
ANDY WARE STRONG ON HOUND
Baxter Blanks Locals in First Seven
Rounds, Then Weakens and Count
Is KnOtted-koIIs Stars.
BY MARSHALL.

Displaying great comeback ability,
the Rock Island Ail-Stars came from
behind TO win an exciting thinning
tilt from the Moline All-Stars yester-
day afternoon at the Island City Park,
8 to s. Andy Ware worked for Rock
Island and pitched a splendid game,
with IL strikeouts and no men walking
during the entire game but he got
ragged support in the first seven in
nings Baxter, who worked for Moline.
hurled a first class game of ball, but
went up in the air for a short time in
last Of the seventh and he did not re
gain his steadiness.
Moline started right out in the first
inning to win the game if possible and
pushed over two safe ones. Brennan.
who led off. singled. c. McGinnis and
Shaffer both flew out Beck's long
single into center brought in Brennan
and Beck took second on the throw-in,
scoring on Willis scratch hit to short.
Stalter, who consistently famed
throughout the game. made the last
out. Moline went out one, two three
in the second, but repeated in the third
by getting three scores. Brennan lived
when Bakersfield dropped a fly and ad-
vanced to second on Yank's overthrow
to Magerkurth Charlie McGinnis
drove Brennan in with a single and
scored himself, when Sonny McGinnis
threw away the ball at second. Shat
fer got a single and scored on Willis
sacrifice fly. Stalter famed.
Moline added two more in the fifth
Brennan lived when Yank Bakersfield
fumbled the ball, advanced to second on
McGinnis' out and scored on ShSffer's
base hit. Shaffer went to second on
the play for Brennan and scored when
y,
The big blowup for Moline came in
the seventh frame. Lister was thrown
out ar first. Kolls walked and went to
second on Ihrig's out at first, and third
on McGinnis' One-base hit. Andy Ware
broke a bat on q measly one-bagger
which scored KOlls while Sonny adj
vanCed 10 third after stealing second.
Engman Of the South Atlantic league,
knocked a two-bagger to tbs left gar
den scoring Mac and Ware Engman
came in Waen Baxter threw a wild
one. After this Baxter steadied him
self and struck out Yank Bakersfield.
Rock Island came back in the eighth
for two more, Lister doing the heavy
work by scoring O'NeflI, who got on
with a base hit and Magerkurth who
was hit by pitched ball. They had
both advanced a base on another wild
heave by Baker. Lister was put out
at second when kolls hit to third base.
1hr1g flied out and McGinnis famed
The scorewas tied in the ninth when
Engman walked and was scored by "a
sacrifice fly by Magerkurth.
Moline took the lead in the 18th
when Brennan came in on Shaffer's
single after getting on first on Listers
error. Bakersfield singled and went to
third on McGinnis' error and scored on
Magerkurth's out in the Islander half
This tied the score again and though
Moline tried hard to shove one across
in the 18th 1t could not be done. Kolls
led of for Rock Island in the last in
ming with a single and romPed across
the bag on NcGinnis' bingle over sec
Ond. Score: