Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1916-05-20
BATTLING BILLY
HANGS HAYMAKER
ON PEORIA CREW
Neal Gets Riled and Leads Islanders
To Victory in 0ld-Fimc Sort
of Battle.
PETE THERE WITH WARCLtB
Manager SwatS Two ascr When Ii Is
Badly Needed TO Down the Pc0-
ria FASTENERS.
RI F. +, RTFFTW.

Billy Neal Is a Chap OF spirit "neH you |
get him riled up. mild hammered |
though he usually seems both on and |
of the diamond.
1t was as pretty a game as one
would wish TO see yesterday when the |
home boys trimmed the Disullers, |
after the formers late series Of re-
verses. Far be it from US to insinu- |
ate that the prospects held out by Di- |
rector Howard Klove OF a free trip to !
the circus to see Jess Willard and
Frank GotCh had anything to do with
il. The fact is. the Islanders played
just as if winning ball games was their
regular. everyday occupation and
those near Cubs from Peoria were
squelched neatly, artistiCally and with
a finality that left no room for doubt.
There wasn't much doing from the
Islanders standpoint till along in the
seventh, when the visitors were one to
the good, and then Big Chief Lister
came along with one of his Old-time
cleanup swats and busted up the game
for the time being. True, the Distll-
lers came back with another spasm in
the eighth, aided by some erratiC work
on the part of his jumps, but right here
is where Billy Neal came in. Billy
got "het" up trifie and opened her
up in the eighth with smash that
would have knocked somebody's block
house off into the river if anyone
had stepped in front of it. His fierce
mien when he swung on the pill I'M
nerved the visiting gents and the re-
suit was our warlike William later
was enabled to amble home with the
run that counted.
TwO-BaSe Smash at Start.
1t sure looked bad for Bill and Pete
and the rest of EN- when the matinee
opened with a two-base smash by Mr..
C. jackson. Said c. got to third, but
Neal picked up a grounder and ran
him down on the base lines and the
peril was averted. In the second Peo-
ria got two hits, but a double play
saved the day.
Swats were registered by the WISH
tors in every stanZa till the fifth, when
Neal whitfield all three men in success
sion. One hit, also by aforesaid c.
jackson, a passed ball, an out and a
tielder's choice put the Distillers in
the run column in the sixth, and after
the Islanders had one to the good in
the seventh the visitors counted again
in the eighth and tied it up Ii was
largely Meals own fault that they did
Jackson had amaSsed three hits in
three times up and this time he head
ed the list. He rolled a grounder TO
the Islander hurler, who had a year
to throw him out. But Bill threw low
and the runner lived. Jackson prompt
ly stole second, though it looked as if
Cerny had him by at least two rods,
and went to third on an out, counting
when Mr.. ". Jackson rolled one down
the intield for an out Three pOp-upS
ended PeOria'S chances in the ninth.
Rock Island couldn't do a thing with
what ROmine had to offer till along in
the fifth, and then it wasn't much.
Clayton started the round with a
ScreeChing- that's the word
double 10 the left field fence, but he
died Ill his tracks, for the next three
outs did not give him chance 10 get
to third. But after Peoria had count
ed the home boys began to take hold
of Romine's offerings as if they meant
business. III the seventh Wolfe
whitfield, which was bad start, but
Blltz and Clayton fetched a couple of
singles and after Stocker had whitfield,
Chief Lister swung his trusty war
club with old-time pep and precision
and planted the pill against the right
center fence, both men on base count
ing A foul retired the side.
Some Hit, Billy.
Neal walked up to bat in the eighth,
after Peoria had tied, amidst admoni-
TONS from the crowd to soak the jumps
good and plenty for what he had done
IN the previous hall OF the round But
Billy soaked the ball, instead, and il
breezed out to center on dead line
Erlewein hunted to W. jackson, who
tossed low to first and the runner sur
vived. Cerny also used the soft bat
and ROmine handled il just as Jack
son did the one moment previously.
That filled the bags. Wolfe cinched
things with d long fly, which gave
Neal ample time to count The next
two batters rolled easy infield ground
crs
There were no especially brilliant
features, save running spear OF d
foul by Wolfe, opening the third
round. Otherwise it vas just ordi-
nary baseball, but eminently satisfy
ing, for all that Score: