Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1916-07-31
ISLANDERS TAKE
TRIPLETS FROM
O'LEARY'S S0X
Winning Double Bin Sunday Gives
Boost to Sixth Place in Per-
ecntage Column
VICTORY is In DAVENPORT PARK
Heavy Hitting in First Contest and
Light in second international
Lacquer at Work.
GAMES TOMORROW.
Bloomington at Quincy
Davenport at Rockford.
Peoria at Hannibal
BIoomingtoBat Quincy.

By~foFfow1ng~ up Saturdays accom-
pFfshnsezat with the capture Of a dou-
aSle~bf1 in Davenport Sunday, the Is
lanferszffnd themselves nesting close
to Moline. in the percentage column
asz tfroseatwo teams array themselves
for battle ar the Islanders park to
.d~y. The~c1ash is for six games, the
last three being at the Moline park
Three L1raight victories over the Blue
Sox elevated Rock Island from the
bottom to sixth place
The record of the Sunday perform
sRnce showed 3 to 4 in the first game
and too in the second.
Manager OsLeary had three work
men on the centerpieCe in the first
game, Brtn1ey~ breaking the ice, if the
oppression is permissible when the
thermometer Is standing at one hun
gdred and something, Shoup pitching
.aboutzSfx- innings, and GunRel enter
ing the middle of the eighth Ware
went through sfngle-handed, and the
Emitting was free-on both sides through
out the game Out of the hitters'
grab HoIlocher~ picked two three
ssackers- and a single, and, at the risk
OF repetition, it may be said that the
islander shOrtStOp put on a show that
YVES worth S~>e II41ee- to anyone who
could not find anything else in the
lgarnes~to admire In the two games
he accepted II opportunities with one
cloudy one
Sox Produce Openers
The Blue -Sox produced the openers
with three~runs in the first inning. A
single by Lynch, at the top Of the list,
was followed by a sacrifice by Keep
LOT I oh hay
third, and a single by Duggan scored
the two runners. Duggan went to
second on the throw-in, and counted
on Bert Graham's single
In the fifth Shoup hit for three
bases and scored on Hollocher's fault
in handling one from KOepping.
Begin in Second.
The Islanders began scoring in the
second, Olson letting Lister on. A
base on balls to ErIewein helped, and
Lister scored on a single by Ware,
Erlewein coming through4on Brinley's
error.
In the fourth, with two down, Jack
slugged fora pair of bases and scored
on Shoup's~error in handling one from
Ware HoIlocher,s- three-bagger scor-
ed Ware.
Seven men battpd IN the eighth,
making one run, without a. hit. Erie
vein drew a base, Vance sacrificed,
Jack passed, GunEceI went into the
box and passed Ware. Erlewein was
caught at the plate. Gunkel dropped
q back-throw and Jack scored when
the ball got away.
In the ninth a couple OF passes to
Wolfe and lister were transformed
into runs by a single by Erlewein and
o douhle~by Vance. a bobble by Oh
son scored E1TieWein and a sacrifice
6y<by HoTTocher finished Vance
One Lone Run
InEthe~second gazne~OTeaTy -putyon
his first exhibition IN Davenport
Mitchell, the international league
star. Heahe4d~ths Islanders to a pair
OF haSA, but Marks returned the com
pISmeuttD Davenport In the fifth in
ming Al Warde, third baseman for
Davenport, received a bad bound in
the mouth, cutting his lip to an eX-
tent that required stitches. Olson was
shifted to the third bag and COager
went fntO fheaahOFt4 field