The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1920-04-26
s,.ssas swstters Push Five Runs
AGsss with Two Out on
Five Smacks.

fisuriag that 10 innings are
~essh FOR any spring training ball
49, 70 last, the Islanders hoped
a. offerings ''of Pearson in their
~ q the extra frame at Brown
~ AAid IN Moline yesterday aft
,nobn and sent five runners scam
ssrinr across the plate for as,
1sv successive hits for a
81 10 6 win. A home run and
I tArse.bagger were introduced by
ss-swstung Islanders Just by way
n adding variety to their long due
Id entirely unexpected attack
IN the stick. In fact, the spasm
s;asus. after the first two men had
heeu retired in rather easy fash
ian But then, Oh, my! Moliners
IN htill wondering what happened
a the former Philadelphia south
~, who had gone through the
seeceding rounds without any great
impending danger. The spree was
snoush to indicate the latent. abil-
Nv Of the players Jack Tighe has
assembled.
49, Some Smuggling.
The game went into. extra in
sfnss With. the score knotted at five
spSece. II looked particularly good
tor several more innings after Mil
lar had struck out and Smith was
retired on a grounder to Lord in
The islanders half Of the 10th.
Both Pearson and Dougherty were
travelling along in great style. Nc
mary started the fun by beating
ont An infield hit to Reidy at third
bsse. This was something for the
Moline fans to smile tolerantly at.
And then Galligos swung nightly
On one and the pill sailed far. wide
md handsome. The fence between
left and center at Browning field
looks far enough away to be in the
next county. but the ball kept on 60
ing till within a couple of feet from
' the fence. It struck the latter and
bounded q short distance away.
Before Purpura could capture it
and relay it home, Galligos had
slid safely into the plate.
O'Connor followed with a scratch
single PAST third, his third hit of
The day. Dougherty caught one on
the nose and sent it far out into
right field, enabling 0'Connor to
register with the third run Of the
inning. Murphy laid on the first
ball pitched to him for a three base
play to center. scoring Dougherty.'
This blow would. have been good
for home run, but it struck a BIZ
cycle and bounded into the felder's
nitts. On the throw in to the plate
DEUEL. missed the bounce and Muir
ply scored on the error for the
fifth tally. O'Hara died on a
grounder to shortstop.
The Moline fans pleaded for a
rally in their. last chance. but it
fell short by four runs. Glockson
bit safely to start the inning. but
was forced at second by Lord.
DouSherty lost temporary control
and walked the next two battcrs,
tlling the bases. DEUEL.. the man
who had connected for two triples
in previous trips to the plate. was
up Dougherty settled down and
vhined the slugger. Dependant
hatted for Pearson and was hit on
the arm with a pitched ball, fore
ing in run. Mcknew rolled out
% Smith for the third out. o.
Full Of Thrills.
The game was full of thrills all
ne way through. 1t kept the fans
IN the stands until the last out.
AUD there we're about 1900 OF
them.
Jones started for Rock Island
end was worked for five innings.
Moline collected six blows and
thrse runs OF his delivery. Jones
showed to good advantage. Moline
!umped into the lead by two runs
IN TIE sixth inning off Dougherty
amer the big fellow had retired two
oattsrs easily. This happened by
: base on balls to Reidy, a triple
oy DEUEL. and a single by Pear
eon
Murphy's work in, the field was
specially commendable. The little
saortstop covers a lot of territory.
w one occasion he scampered far
e0t into left field and caught a fly
oail from behind that was tagged
ior single Another time he ran
oul to the field and recovered a
eall that was hit for a clean base
knock.
! inc islanders played bang-up
\ iofiess ball all around and show.
"a much Improvement over previ.
sus games. Pat O'Connor, who has
ast recovered from a siege of i'll.
~, caught the full route. He GU,
sae runner down attempting to pill.
~ eseood and Moline desisted il
&ef base stealing efforts aftel
iaat. Score:
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