The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1920-05-08
sIEWART Holds TRACTORS IN
CHECK WHILE MATES DELIVER
WITH ASSORTMENT OF SWATS
,,lIeute Stunt Of the Day Prev.
iess BY Turning In Score Of
. to 4.

10 4
~. islanders climbed to an even
~ il the percentage column yes
..,day BY coping the final game
s..m Peoria, 9 to 4, thus duplicat-
- the trick OF the day before. And
,,sc,dentally the victory made ~
"a . for Rock Island over the
r,sctors in the six games that
.s,e played. Not quite as bad as
,hs pessimists imagined.
The islanders displayed the same
.onsIstent attack that was mani
,saed on Thursday. They swatted
NJ nall often and far, and the hits
ss,s ,oyousy delivered most Of the
,;ms With men on the bags. Every
nan was on his toes, except in the
.rbth inning when slightly care
~ attitude developed as the re-
MI az the seven run lead. But
psor,a's rally was quickly stopped.
stewart issued eight free tickets
In frst base and was touched for
nine safe hits, but for all that he
vas never in danger. He indicated
when necessary that he could have
Maid Peoria's score a couple OF
noints lower had his mates not
supplied him with a big enough
lad 10 permit him to work along
nv easy stages. The seven strike
outs to his credit testify to this, fori
h. made 'em Whit when men got
around as far as second and third.
Mcguire, Rock Islands new
fielder, was in at the center field
station. He celebrated his appear
ance in a Rock Island uniform by
hitting the left field fence for a
tvo.base drive with Smith on sec
opd. He got hit by pitched ball
once and scored both times he was
on the bases. Besides this he play
ed his position i'll the field to a
nicely.
Peoria started the scoring, like
Il usually has done. Danaher
walked to start with in the second.
The little left fielder then did some
surprising work on the bags. He
| stole second. third and home, the
latter through the assistance of a
double steal with Bueser giving the
helping hand. Bueser scored the
other run in the inning for Peoria
On a lucky infield hit by Busler.
But the bugs got plenty of en-
ioyment in the Islanders half OF
the same inning, when three run
ners we're sent scampering across
the plate through the medium Of
some hard hitting.
Galligos got a life at first base on
Browns error. After Dixon had
flied out to right field, Galligos pro-
ceeded TO steal second. which he
did. Then Stewart came through
with a scratch hit past short that
placed Gally on third. Murphy
then swung on one Of Busters
choice ones and the ball went far
out between left and center fields
for three bases. Gally and Stewart
checked in at the home plate. Muir
ply counted a moment later on
Jones screeching single to left
field, that could have been turned
into two base hit. Benson struck
out.
Again in the third inning the
Islanders counted three more, just
by way Of putting the game on ice.
The runs were made on Smiths
single, McGuire's double, Galligos'
give to right field and Dixon's in
Yield single.
The islanders stopped scoring
after an additional three were add
ed in the fifth. MCGUIRE was hit by
pitched ball. Then Galligos and
Dixon got their second hits OF the
game and Jones doubled to right
held. In the sixth inning Smith
converted single into clean
double by quickly sizing up the sit
uaion. He hit a high one out along
Inc right field foul line. Kolls
arove desperately to reach the ball
but 1t fell short. 1t was high
enough to permit Smith to reach
1rst before it lit and he never
slackeend when he perceived kolls
oSerrun the ball slightly. He
reached second base standing up.