The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1920-07-27
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By Bruce Copeland.

kE NJ took II, We IOOzleu H. We iOSt
nat ID how julius Caesar
EisAt have described yesterdays
s1s At Douglas park in ,pryinl
ssr the lid Of the present Islam
n. ploomer series. and which was
= and then lost BY the islanders
= ne result of loose pitching in
! ~ eighth inning.
M Boomers class leaped to
~ fore In the first inning, and al
sSesgh Walter Halas appeared to
n = excellent form, one run was
ss,red on q single BY Kellerman,
csltrin's sacrifice and Fothergills
tsiple.
VI II vas quite pitiful to compare
{he respective merits OF the oppos-
IN teams--the Islanders with their
r,ippled lineup and a pitcher play
M in the outfield, and the Bloom
- with their regular, fast and
heayy-hitting gunners under the
sspsble management of Jimmy
Dunn. However, as the game mar
koved down to the closing frames,
m islanders landed their first
raal punch when they spurted into
tbe lead in the seventh by touching
pitcher Eli Main for a triple by
Murphy. singles by Halas, Pur-
sura. McInery and w. Glockson, a
~crifice hit and a stolen base.
This combination OF forceful
iaseball as executed by the tall
spders against the league leaders
nade the score 6-3 in the Island
| a favor. Ordinarily, three-ruh
| lad should have sewn up the game.
! Yesterday it would have had 1t
I sot been for the miserable decis-
Mons on balls and strikes by UNI
Ajre Lipe, paired for the day with
ijnpire Weir on bases.
Line Aid to Boomers.
There ia doubt that Lipe's decis-
ions on balls and strikes unnerved
Nalas after he had walked the first
tvo men, Coltrin and Thompson,
IA the eighth. Lipe acted as II he
didn't know what he was calling;
theu called them, wrong. Halas
should have struck out Thompson.
The fourth ball called should have
zen the third strike. It was as
neat a corner-cutter as ever was
seen.
waiter wavered. His fast-break-
M out curve lost its effectiveness
md Bob Fothergill slammed a sim
lie to left scoring Coltrin from
iecond and sending Thompson
dong to the midway. At that point
3. score was still in the Island
srs favor, GA.
7 Poor Judgment.
Red Dixon called Manager Clock
son in and advised him to summon
Sid Stewart to relieve Halas. Clock
nnnp assented, but that bit Of poor
Ngment cost the islanders the
ame. Stewart faced only three
Ratters. The first two walked and
the third hit a single to left. A
Wild pitch with Sykes batting
scored a run, accounting for the
last man whom Halas had left on
base. Thus, the loss of the. game
was charged to Stewart.
The Boomers added two more
runs to their total in the third when
Main doubled, Kellerman sacrificed
and Coltrin singled, scoring Main
". Clockson let the ball go past
him and Coltrin raced to third
Thompson singled to center, scoring
Coltrin: taking second on a wild
Pitch and going to third when Muir
phy dropped the return, Dixon e
HSlas.
Main steadied down for the first
two innings, but in the third Ben
son led of with a triple to tbs
fence in left and registered on N
0locksors single to center. NC
lnery's double sent Glox to third
but the next two were easy. Pur'
pura had preceded Benson by roll
ing out to Coltrin.
The islanders Rally.
"a Halas started the rally in tn
seventh that should have put thu
game away for the islanders. HI
hit Z single over second and scored
when Murphy ratified the boards o
Tue clubhouse for three bases. Pur
para followed with single to right
scoring Murphy. Benson laid dow
asneat sacrifice hit Big Glox fail
e TO come through in the pinch
nying out to Fothergill. Then Nc
lasry singled to left, Purpura TAX
ins third. w. Glox followed will
aaingle, scoring Purpura and send
ing Mclnery to third. Sykes fail
e to touch first base on Lena
mas throw of Dixon's roller AM
10th runners scored by fast base
running. Weiss was an easy out.
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