Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1918-09-12

! Mitchell trotted out his reserves il
/ that eighth Barber was the first
/ of them, batting for Deal. and he
+ tore off a line drive TO left which
I looked good enough. "hiteman
raced in. made a diving catch Of
the ball, landed on his head ana
( shoulders and turned a complete
. sOmeTsault, but came up smiling
with the pill firmly gTasped in his
hands. He wTenched his neck so
badly that he had to retire in
Ruth's favor before that inning was
over. Mitchell sent O'FarrelI to
bat for kilIifer and NcCabe to hit
for Tyler, but neither could solve
Mays eccentric delivery for any
thing.
Curtain for Professional Ball.
That brought Hendrix into the
fray for the home eighth, during
which the Red Sox did nothing at
all, but the Cubs were equally in
/ offensive in their ninth, and pro-
! fessiOnaI baseball made its curtain
bow until the end of the war.
FIRST INNING.
.
/ Flack. Shean tossed out HolIOck-
er. Scott got Mann at first.
Observation-Disclosures threw out
Hooper, Shean famed. Strunk
placed a Texas Lacquer in short
field. Whiteman 1ied to Paskert-
. ONE HIT.
SECOND INNING.
CHICAGO-Shean threw out
! Paskert. Merkle struck out. PICK
singled TO left. PICK was caught
OH first by a quick throw, Mays to
McIunis. ONE HIT.
Boston Tyler tossed out Nc
Innis. Tyler repeated on Scott
| Thomas walked. HclIOcler took
Schangs grounder and tossed to
Pick too late. but Thomas oversld
the bag and was out
THIRD INNING.
CHICAGO Deal flied out to
Whiteman. Scott threw out Kill
fer. Scott also threw out Tyler.
BOSTON-Mays walked. Hooper
sacrificed, Tyler to MerlIe. Mays
going to second Shean walked
Pick threw out Strunk, Mays going
to third and ShCan TO second. FlacE
muffed Nhiteman's liner, Mays and
Shean scoring. McInnis got an in
field hit and when Whiteman tried
for third he was thrown out, H0l-
/ IOcher to MerkIe to Deal TWO
RUNS. ONE HIT. ONE ERROR.
FOURTH INNING.
I CHICAGO-FIack singled over
second. IIOlIOcher grounded to
McInnis, Flack going to second
Mays hit Mann with a pitched ball
( Mann was picked off first by a
| quick throw by Schang Paskert
walked. FIack stole third. FIack
! scored on NerkIe's single to left.
Pick lined 10 Hooper ONE RUN.
TWO HITS. NO ERRORS.
B0ST0N-SCOtU singled. Thomas
sacrificed, Kiilirer TO Pick. Schang
walked. Mays beat out an inheld
hit. Scott was forced at the plate
on Hooper's groUnder to Merkle.
who threw to Killifer. Deal
knocked down Shean's grounder
and touched third, forcing out
Mays. TWO HITS.
FIFTH INNING.
CHICAGO - Mays tossed out
Deal kilIifer also thrown out by
, Mays. Shean threw out Tyler.
BOSTON-S trunk flied to Mann
HOllOcher threw out Whiteman.
McInnis beat out an infeld hit.
Scott flied to Flack. ONE ERROR. +
SIXTH INNING.
CHICAGO Iack walked Nc
Innis took Hollocher's grounder
and threw TO Scott, forcing Flack. .
Mann forced HoIlocher. Mays to
Shean- Mann out stealing, Schang
TO Shean.
BOSTON Thomas flied to Pas
kert. Schang walked. Mays flied
to Paskert. Schang out stealing. .
Eilifcr to Pick.
SEVENTH INNING.
CHICAGO-Mays threw out Pas .
kert- Thomas tossed out MerkIe. .
Mays got Pick.
BOSTON-IIoOper grounded TO
Merkle. Deal threw out Shean. /.
Struuk singled over second. White {
man flied to Paskert. ONE HIT.
EIGHTH INNING.
CHICAGO-Barbcr batted for
Deal and flied to Whiteman.
OFarreIl batted for KIllifer and
fled to Scott. Ruth took White
mans place in left IcCsbe battei
for Tyler and fouled TO Scott.
BDSTON-Hentrix and OFarrci
became the battery for the Cubs
and Zcider went 10 third McInnis
flied 10 Mann. Scott lofted 10 Pas
keTt Thomas also flied TO Paskert. =
NINTH INNING.
CHICAGO ILL., Flack fOuIed to
Thomas. HoIIocher flied 10 Ruth
Shcan threw out Mann
Score.
CHICAGO ABR. II. PC. A.E
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