The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1920-08-12
RDx MASSACRE
! IsllNDERSbY
SCORE IA TO :
railroad CIeuts > Hsmsr with the
Bags Loaded and Hone Club
Cart Lose.
By Bruce Copeland.

home can blame train schedules
inst - much a. ineffective pitch
ing. senile batting and the worst
fielding Of the season for the 14-z
rout OF those Islanders by the
hopeful Rox at Kishwaukee park
here yesterday.
The Milwaukee railroad had just
a. much to do with the massacre
A the woeful attack Of the Rox,
who fought vindictively all the
vay. still smarting under the sting
OF their ITO dish served Sunday by
the Boomers.
There is nothing sweeter to
ball player than his sleep-In fact,
he only eats, plays ball and sleeps.
All three are necessary to Undue
him with the kick. But when his
sleep is broken at $40 a. m. and
he Is forced to board slow train
and be jostled through the cold
gray dawn to lonely junction and
there await another hour before he
can be shunted another IL miles OF
insomnia. the kick departs.
There is not the slightest doubt
that the Islanders played their
worst yesterday, but those who are
considerable of the limitations Of
human endurance will agree that a
ball player cannot perform with
reasonable skill unless he gets his
0uota of unbroken sleep.
To begin with, "Weegee" Weiss
pitched according to form, which
Is, give him one or two run lead
in the early innings and he will
pitch air-tight ball. Weiss didn't
get his usual lead yesterday. 1t had
been a sultry. sleepless night for
"Weeg" and the Others The re-
suit was that they blew up over the
slightest provocation, which. in this
case, was the cratic fielding Of
Johnny Murray Of Davenport, who
had been pressed into service aftel
the release of Willard Glockson
1t was Murray's first day on
strange field and before hostile
crowd. His first two misplay'
elected little joshing. But after tn,
third bobble, the crowd began tt
raise him almost to terror. When
ever a ball was hit in his direction
the crowd yelled, There goes an
other!!" The boy fioundered hope
lessly, making five errors.
Then Manager Glockson pulle'
another boner by pulling out Muir
ray. That is against baseball eth
les. No major Lacquer had eve
been pulled out for committing OF
rors, because, invariably, 1t wi
throw the club up in the air.
| Glockson switched Murphy t
/ third base on this account and IL
Murray try out at shortstop.
didn't work, because Murray ha
to meet the heavy bombardmeI
against Weiss at still greater di!
advantage. He should have bee
allowed to remain at third has
and redeem himself. Being youn
and sensitive he just naturally wei
to pieces. After Murray returne
Glockson finished the game at sho
and Hubbart Dennis filled in
first. Strangely enough, Glockse
S'dnt miss a chance.
The Rox opened up against Wei
in the second inning, which, inclu
ing the next two frames. nett
seven runs. They went scorele
in the sixth, but came back in Il
seventh with five. One each W
added in the eighth and mint
Sixteen hits for a total OF 70 bas
were secured of Weiss. Those hi
together with the, islanders 10
rors, will give some intimation
what the scorekeepers had to co
tend with. There Is no use to 81
the scoring in detail. The erro
would spoil It.
In addition to misplays and
effective pitching. Ollie Voie
pitched the best game Of his II
Who couldn't, with such an az
lanche Of runs. Moreover, the
Highlander poled the ball over
left field fence In the ninth. I
Rockford outfield is 100 feet sho
er than Douglas park. Not CT
doning the loss of the game,
Rox gave Voigt sensational 8,
port that cracked only once WI
Voigt committed an excusable
ror. trying to cover first base
a toss by Fotch in the ninth. H
ry Brant pulled voigt out Of s
eral bad holes by his glossy ST
and assists.
This is another day. and the
landers should benefit by q Il
nights sleep. It should also
conducive for them to register
because George McQuillan
pitch. The big fellow himself
grsatly fatigued by the jump D.