The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1920-08-23

1osnlaa Hsreed u Defect By Med.
Ne flgins- Stewart Throws
Second Game.
BY Bruce Copeland.
4 ErYors Of omission and commis-
-, chjs6y.. the latter. behind
4 esesss McQuillan in the nrst game
snGsrday WITH Moline at Browning
Z -, together with amateurish bat
~. rot under the big aces" skin
4 sli1r the first inning and thereafter
= quote George himself, he didn't
i rIteh, but merely threw to the bat
~.
Il il regrettable that McQuillan
\ ~ TO occupy the blk with such .
\ liDoYganised outfit which included
! hinself and three other pitchers. a
ceatsr fielder with one hand still
i heund from a spike wound. a slow
I sowing outfielder at short, against
,$uch q well-organized club as the
sPiowmen.
MeQuillan Disguised.
II Is a fact that McQuillan did
not try to pitch after the first in
ming, and SO the Moline. batsmen
connected freely in the pinches,
aided and abetted by loose fielding,
winning and. incidentally, hanging
Up McQuillan's first defeat in FIVE
I. games by a score Of to 2. Nc
ouillan was wise Mt to exert him
Self. A man Of his years must con-
berve and not disipate his strength.
Sid Stewart started the second
game wilder than ever before. He
k3sssed the first three batters. Then
Ave runners scored as the team bat
I'd around. Returning with Runser
again at the top OF the list, Stewart
hassed him and Strasbaugh and
Emory for the second time in the
i inning. Before the side had been
retired. four more runs had counted,
making 1t nine for the inning.
Weiss Checks Rush.
"Weegee" Weiss, who had been
playing a fine game in left field.
went into the box in the second in
ming and held the Flows to five
scattered hits and a single run; but
the Moline lead was too high for
the crippled Islanders to surmount
and the game went to Mack & Com
pany. 10-1.
The Islanders displayed ludic-
rous dearth Of good players. How
aver, despite Manager Glockson' S
inability to secure first class talent,
misfortune after misfortune, ter
minating Saturday against Cedar
Rapids when Frank Murphy was
hit in the head by q pitched ball,
has well nigh disorganized the team
into the sandlot class. This I'M
fortunate circumstances was sore
spot to the 1900 fans OF both cities
who watched the two exhibitions.
A Disorganised Lot
In all justice to the Islanders,
hey played as we'll as they could /;
but you cannot get first class base
! ball out of a team that plays four
pitchers in the game, and one that
constantly has to SWITCH one
player after another from his reg
ular position. There are only a
few minor leaguers who are quail
ned to act as utility men and the
islanders yhave none.
Frank Murphy suffered so from
his "beaning" Saturday that dizzi-
ness overlook him as soon as the
club reached Browning field and
rendered him hors de combat in the
first game. This necessitated Nor
man Glockson playing in center
deld with his hand still in ban
dagss from being spiked. Cornie
AcInerney did as well as he could
at short. but was away out Of his
class. Even Gus Purpura seemed
glued to the ground at third-a
position where he had previously
worked to good account.
Nothing to Gain,
The fact that the Flows ran
themselves leg-weary from crossing
the plate cannot be held as cri-
terion Of merit between the two
clubs. The Islanders demonstrated
previously that they were fully as
formidable as Moline. Yesterday s
unfortunate reverses may be dis.
counted at will. The fact that Mo
line won both games by spacious
margins was a stroke Of luck fol
uem, nothing else.
Good playing behind McQuillar
would have held the Plows to a cou'
PIE OF runs. Good batting woul6
nave scored about six or seven FOL
MOCK Island. McQuillan refused Il
Nv his souper bare to such med
ocrity; for he is too wise a head t
Undertake to play the whole game
Ssevart alone was to blame for thu
second travesty. Sid has had sum
cent time to tame his wildneSs
Yesterday Just about proved thai
u cannot be done. But remember
you Islander fans, we'll have {
.eam here next year that'll e
through the league like mice
through a bolshevik's whiskers.
HRIIET YYn HGHNnA