The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1921-08-05
Joy nine WINS
FROM ALED0ANS
IN CLOSE GAME
Ninth Inning Finds Game Played
ut VanAfta Park in Joy Tie
Joy Wins In Tenth.
fSpec,al to The Argus.l


j Aledo, Aug. 5.-In one of the
3 closest games played this season
] in Mercer county the Joy baseball
nine won a victory over the Aledc
Z Independents yesterday afternoon
in match staged at the VanAtta
ball park near Joy. Ten innings
were played In the ninth inning
: the scores were tied five to five.
Joy COPIED the long end of the
Z score by running in two scores in
: the last half of the tenth, while
Aledo was able to make only one
score. The final count was to S,
in favor of Joy.
In the first inning Aledo never
reached first. By working hard
Joy succeeded in sending Dorman
homo.
Then everybody played ball.
Lowe was out at first and Dalburg
! famed. To even things up Joy
walked Mckee. DeClerk came up
with a three-base hit and let Mckee
In, tying the scores. In the last
part Of the inning Joy never saw
first.
Then Aledo came up in the third
but didn't score. Joy had a run of
luck and made three scores. Then
came Aledo in the fourth facing
never reached first Joy still stuck
to it and found another score.
In the fifth inning Aledo got ON
! bases but made no scores. Joy fol-
lowed the example. In the sixth
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. though Rumbom made a fine jump
from first to second. Joy now goes
! one, two, three. Inning number sew
!. en- comes around and Aledo begins
to find the ball. Bases had begun
to fill up by the time the third out
was made. Aledo held Joy in about
the same way.
Then Aledo showed their stuff.
Z Fender made first, Rumbom struck
out and Hobe Harbour smacked the
old Pill. Then came Happy. The
ball went up to visit the stars for a
while, letting Fender and Hobe in
home. Dalburg flied to left field
and the fireworks stopped for a
while.
Joy was too badly confused to
make any scores in the latter part
3 "a NhO Cl6AIAt uuL Sllll IQGN were
ahead by five to four.
Mckee made a two-base hit the
FIRST thing, Godding kidded the Joy
pltcher Tor two-base hit and Nc
bee carried in the score to tie the
scores. Joy went dead on the last
half OF the inning.
In the tenth Aledo was sure bat
ting. Rumbom took first. Harbour
nleo 10 center field. Up came
loves Dig ny. Harbour came in
ana Lowe got within ten feet of
nome but the ball slipped over and
,oucned MIN on the shoulder and
ne was out. Then Joy found that
tney would have to work. Brasker
came In and Dorman followed. An
argument arose but the runner was
given the benefit of the doubt. The
game enoed with the score z to s,
favor Of Joy.
A large crowd attended the game
ano Dotn teams seemed to be well
matched. The batteries for AIedo
were hose and Johnson. pitchers.
ana humbom, catcher, Rose pitch
ing the frst three innings; for Joy.
! wilson of Moline pitched and RIM
pom OF Joy caught. Frank Lowe
OF New Boston was umpire. The
hneups were:
Aiedo-Fender. SIS; Rumbom. G:
Harbour. 2b; Lowe, CT; Dalburg.
10; Mckee, IF; DeClerk. If; God |
olng, Sb; Rose. p; Johnson, D.
Joy-Dorman, If; Brashers. Oh.
Dodson. SIS; Bridgeford, c; Wilson.
p; Love, CT: Earl Borruff, lib: I,
6ridgeford. 3b; Everett Borruff. ri !