The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1920-07-13
pILDnEsS COSTS CANE,
S | PASSES, HITS 1 MEN;
Under HTS BENSON N FACE
~ Bruce Copeland.

- sefiss with their hated
1s Moline. yesterday whom
Yi1I1 Hsias, physical mentor. Of
~ fnysnDcrt high school. blew mp
mi inning after previously
1r1ine only two hits and two
s1Ss-fvo behind the locals.
Tdlae began to get wobbly in the
80: IN the NTH he Just natur-
4 ~ VSnt 10 pieces and. like
snsiy Dumpty, could never be
R tSsether again.
rind Pearson Ea1zy.
I5eaplts the abbreviated pastime.
m b. agreement IN the seventh
a nov both teams to catch q train
1aroute : Today road trip, the,
- Ms anybody's up until the
Sa Islandsr was retired. Pearson
ri iloline was none too effective,
~ FLANDERS finding him early in
- fams for . four-run lead on
sIsas hitting and good base run
In.
he fsct that Helss issued seven
paaees and hit four bstsmen was
10 gross . handicap for the Is
Ianasr batters to overcome. Pear
% was especially effective with q
hleh. fast ball on the inside that
caused the downfall on strikes of
10 Islander batsmen. Pearson
labored three innings to control
lii fast one; meantime. the Island
eFs piled up their four-run lead.
However, after the third, the Mo-
liner held them hitless and runless,
only one (McInerney in the SIXTH
reaching first; and he on an error
n Ray.
Murphy to Showers.
The pastime started with . Jolt
iA the islanders during their first
tine At bat when Murphy was Or
dared from the grounds for dis
puting the decision by Umpire
Jones on q third strike. Murph OBJ
jscted 20 vociferously that he was
sent to the showers. From the
sand, the ball in question looked
100 low. The rest Of the game con-
hinsd numerous protests on balls
snd strikes, It appearing m OF day
TT Umpire Jones.
Elmer Benson suffered a painful
Injury In the fourth when he was
struck In the face by Mack's fast
roller, which took q wicked bound
iust before reaching Elmer; the
ball striking him below the left
sye Elmer was hurried to the
clubhouse with his face beginning
10 swell. However, indications to-
tay we're that Elmer would play in
The first game at Terre Haute.
Mack. the batter, naturally was
fsdited with a base hit on the play.
Alrphy Comes Back.
After Murphy had been ordered
fum the game in the first inning.
I The regular order was used until
three had been retired. When the
FLANDERS took the field for the Sec
odd inning, Weiss was sent to right
b place Of Walt Clockson. who
supplanted Murphy at short. Ben
sons injury left the team without
10 available infielder, SO Umpire
JONES condescended to allow Muir
ply to return to the game in his
regular position, w. Glockson
switching over to second base.
These changes seemed to shatter
the morale Of the Islanders. for, al
though playing fast bail in the field,
their batting effectiveness against
tho slowly recuperating Pearson.
seemed to have been lost for the
day.
Murphy's name appears twice in
ne lineup because he already had
been once at bat and had been
credited with q putout against Mo-
line in the first frame. Conse-
eaently, he was given Benson's
place in the batting list.
Dennins' Great Stop.
Murph played his usual stellar
ams In the field, but the real field
sae star OF the game was Hub Dem
IN with q thrilling pickup Of \
nfown ball by Murph on Stras-
Seash IN the sixth. Murph took the
AL On the run behind third. His
Mfcw was accurate. but too low to
ned Tor a putout at first. Dennis
wes pulled into the diamond and
scooped the ball on first bound
without knowing he had it.