The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1920-07-28

were i've good
why Boomers Is right.
Even "Hipe" Lipe, who calls
balls and strikes while watching
everything but the plate, had to
: admit that Boomers is correct.
Even Jimmy Dunn, the hostile
hostler Of the Bloomington entry,
was impelled to vouchsafe that
Boomers is apropos; for Jimmy is
= dumb Isaac II he failed to bawl
his ath a. letes for row of Chin
ese wash bowls for letting a ward
Of cripples send them from the field
talking to themselves.
Looking for Weegees2
Late last night, a desperate look
ing individual was seen prowling
up an alley in the vicinity of WOOL
worth's five-and-ten-dollar mus
cum. It might have been Dunn
in search OF weegee boards for the
use Of his pitchers at this morn
ing's skull practice.
Now that the secret Is out. the
Islanders worked yesterday with a
certain weegse-Weiss by name
Just to prove that Bloomers is
right.
In the first seance the weegee
shimmied athwart the board before
pointing to zero on the Boomers
side. Weegee sprung charlie
horse in the second and was laid
up long enough for the Boomers
to steal a run. But in all of the
succeeding seances, the weegee,
with pitiless precision. showed the
Bloomers so many zeros that they
were nothing-ed to death.
1t isn't often that you can elude
the alienists after consistent
toying with a weegee, but yester-
day the keepers must have gone
fishing or. something, for with all
hands on the deegee, the Islanders
buzzed the spirits and were told
that Boomers is o, k.
Introducing "Weegee, Weiss.
Folks, allow us to introduce the
worlds only left-handed ouija-
"Weegee" Weiss, the guy who
proved that Boomers is authentic.
Yep, "Weeg" is the bird who
PACED the Boomers and had them
eating bitter pills out of his hand
one at time. They must have been
ailing.. They looked pale after that
first double dose. "Weegee" frisked
his teammates for a couple Of runs
for stake in the first. With one
ace in the hole and the other up his
sleeve. '''Weeg" drew five more and
called II a day.
Uh-huh, "Weegee" is the hero
who demonstrated that Boomers is
correct.
Sitting the debris after the
seance it almost seemed that the
Boomers that bloom in the spring
tra-la, have nothing to do with the
case
Wreckers are Tanned.
The Bloomer wrecking crew
alias Murderers' Row. was as tame
as the Prussian battle cry, with
the possible exception Of Bob Foth.
ergill. whose two doubles and q
single fell among the tall grass as
three fakes Of snow on summer
asphalt. Come to think, Robert
smote q lusty double to left in the
second that must have been a
smoking hop or something. II
knocked light OF glass out Of the
Young & McCombs sign.
Snyder followed with a single to
y CENTER! McInery's sharpshootine
held Fother' at third. 1t was a shot
that would have made Bill Hart
green with envy. Bob fell all over
his bunions when Sykes hit to Ben.
son and before he could untangle
them, Elmer had pegged out the
batter at first. That was a fox pass
for Bob. He should have scored on
the play, and got q fine baw1ing-out
from Dunn, who was madden than
a hen In a shower bath. But, 10
Edwardo Lenahan popped a mar
tyr ny 10 the junior Glox. and what
was LEFT OF Fother' crossed the
plate like a bat out Of Hades.
Dumb After Second.
After the second, the Boomers
had no more Of look-in than a
porch climber at a police picnic
OF course, they threatened to
score. Those Islanders have a grea.
sense Of fair play, but all friend
{ ship ceases at third base. Fother-
gill darn near ratified the works
again In the fourth when he led OIL
with another double to left. After
SnyderA sacrifice had almost
gummed perfect day for the in
trepid ~Weegee." Sykes drew q
pass II looked sickening for a
moment.
Jantzen poled another long one
] to willard. Bob broke madly to-
ward the plate as the Glox to Ben
son to Dixon relay was coming in
like oil prospects. Bob must have
suffered from carburetor trouble
for the peg beat him ont BY three
feet OF daylight and no only got .
strawberry blister for his pains.
@Conks Easy Mark.
Al Cartwright displayed nothing
20 aeta3 the Islanders' triumphant
aayaAc4 The fact that all I'VE Of
l&he I1linders' runs were earned,
] yroves t4at Al's stun was In need
q nouFIAhment
The Ilelanders gave 'weegee"
two rims in the flrst on Murphy's
walk md steal: Purpura's single.