The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1920-07-02

the first game BILL. O,NEu,
OF the after
noon BY q score OF 4 to 2, with Lefty
Weiss performing in winning form.
But everyone was glad to see
O'Neil come through with victory.
On the recent road trip, Bill pitched
two losing games which could very
easily have been turned into VIC
tories for him had his mates de-
livered. Both were lost by a sim
gle score. The Chicago boy APP
pears to have acquired the knack
81 handling the batters in this
league now and many fans expect
him to continue to show the good
work that has characterized his
flingiug within the last two weeks.
Over Storeboard.
Glockson was another to shake
Z INK. The big manager has been
having a hard time connecting with
the bail, but in six times at bat In
two games yesterday he assembled
two doubles and home run drive.
He slammed the ball high and far
over the scOreboard in the second
game. but none we're on at the time.
His first double came In the first
game and the ball went on a line
to the center field fence. In the
second game he followed his cir
cult clout with line drive against
tho left field fence.
purpura in the roll Of cleanup hit
ter showed an extreme liking for
this position in the batting order.
He got . pair Of hits in each game.
three Of which brought in scores.
Condor Shows Good.
A new one appeared in the Is
landers' lineup In the person OF
Mickey Condor. age 10. Of Daven-
port. Mickey is q tri-city semi-pro
player who is vouched for by none
ether than Dan OLeary. In the
first game he played in right field
but in the second Manager Clock
son shifted him to Murphy's place
1t short, sending the latter to CEN
ter field and Gallegos to right
! field. The fielding of the young
lister was OF the sparkling variety.
lie started pair Of double plays
and figured In . third near-double,
Benson making bad throw to first
ON the chance. All told In the
& second contest he accepted six
chances without the semblance OF
b0bbie.
FIRST Game.
The first game can properly be
termed . pitchers battle. Weiss
allowed six nits white his mates as
sembled 10, but not at opportune
times. In the last inning Rockford
scored three on Z base on balls, and
three sacrifices In . row, one OF
which produced an error for Rock
Island, and q second error and a
double.
Rockford scored one in the first
inning. Schollenberger singled tc
center and Rigsby got . fluke triple
20 right field. Both teams went
scoreless until the eighth when the
Islanders knotted the count after
missing couple OF chances tc
score. Benson tripled to the nag.
pole with one down. Purpura laid
down . bunt for . perfect squeeze
play but = Rockford player failed
to cover first base and II went
for . hit, Benson scoring easily
In the ninth O'Neil pinch hit fol
Condor and singled to center. Weiss
singled over over third base. Muir.
ply popped out to short. Martin
forced Weiss 1t second, O'Nei
reaching third. Benson singled
over short, scoring O'Neil. Pur-
pura lined out to left,
Second Game.
Rock Island started in the first
inning Of the second game. Benson
( singled with two down and went &c
third on Purpura's single to left
{ The double steal worked to perfec.
ton. Benson scoring. Dixon flied
oat In the second inning Clock.
con lifted over the scoreboard. He
\ Vas first up. In the third Martin
Glngled over second to start with
Benson sacrificed. Purpura scored
Martin with . line single to right
6eld. PurpurA stole second and
scored on Dixon's single to left
0lockson doubled against the left
1oid fence, scoring Dixon. McCab<
took MP the hurting honors fol
Rockford. Gallegos continued the
hitting With . single towards third
Aase. Coniaon was walked. filling
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