The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1921-09-06
GENESEO BEATS CISCO, TO AND
CAMBRIDGE WINS FROM COLONA BY
3 TO 2 SCORE IN BALL TOURNEY
STANDING OF TEAMS.

Geneseo, Ill, Sept. 6.-The sec
ond days play at the Geneseo base
ball tournament was witnessed by
very large crowd which thor
oughly enjoyed both games of the
afternoon.
In the first game Cambridge won
from CoIona by a score of 3 to 2.
Geiger and Irwin were the Cam
bridge battery. Only two hits were
made off Geiger's delivery and
these came in the first inning. Nell
son. first man up, secured a hit.
Ihrig got on by a wild throw to
first by Geiger. Norton struck out,
but Baum delivered a single which
scored the only runs Colona gath
cred in the game. At no later time
were they dangerous. Geiger walk
ed one batter and struck out IL.
Cambridge scored two in the fifth
inning on a walk, a long fly which
was misjudged by Kershaw, and a
single by H. Anderson. The bat
tie went thorugh the remaining in
nings on an even basis up to the
last half of the ninth inning IT.
win, the first man up for Cam
bridge, was thrown out at first. w.
Johnson was safe on an error by
Norton. B. Baugh was thrown out
at first by Norton. At this point
"Old Timer" Maurice Smith went in
to bat for H Anderson. He smash
ed a hot drive through Leibee,
which he missed entirely and John
son scampered across the plate
with the winning run. Gallerstedt,
pitching for Colona, must be given
credit for hurting a good game. He
yielded only four hits, gave two
bases on balls and struck out 10
batsmen.
GoneSeO. 6: CISCO, 3.
In the second game CISCO and
Geneseo put up a game which was
also interesting from the spec
tators' viewpoint, Geneseo winning
6 to g. Arp started to pitch for
CISCO but was pulled after walking
the first GeneSeo batter up in the
sixth inning Danielson took up
the burden without the opportunity
of warming up and walked the next
two men. With the bases full
Burgeson hit to the pitcher. Muir
ray was forced at the plate and
Burgeson doubled at first by very
good throw by Ihrig. With two
down Kessinger flied out to right
field, whereby Geneseo was held
runIess after the bases were filled
with none out.
For CISCO, Arp struck out three,
walked four and was nicked for six
hits and five runs. In three in
nings Danielson gave two bases,
struck out two; was hit safely four
times, with one run resulting.
Nose" Pruitt, athletic coach at
the Geneseo high school, was in
the box for Geneseo. The team be-
hind him gave him excellent sup
port in spite of the four errors
against it Pruitt held the
hard hitting CISCO team to three I
hits, gave four bases and struck !
out eight men. In the ninth inning
CISCO rallied and put two runs over
the plate on two bases on balls, an I
error by Norton, hit batsman and
two infield put-outs. Not a hit was .
made although two runs were :
scored.
Norton was the Babe Ruth" of |
the game. In five trips to the plate !
he registered a single, a double and
a triple. Nehls in right field, by !
fast fielding in the seventh turned |
a hit by B. Johnson into a putout |
with an exceptionally good throw
to first.
The tournament will close today
with the following games sched-
uled. First game: CISCO VS.. Co
Iona. Second game: Cambridge
VS.. Geneseo.