The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1920-08-24

The Sportscope
-= By Bruce Copeland. !
By Bruce Copeland.

ing. It Il human instinct % boost,
although sometimes 4 might hurt
A booster never rsgrstted hi 10y.
atty TO hone or reigAboe1A4 inter
esta. but every time he registers .
knock, It will come hack sonstims
and haunt his sleep.
CsnsI1or14lea Lsck1nG
In gloating over the Islanders'
downfall Sunday. nothing was satd
OF the underlying causes Of such
disappointing games" II Vas not
explained that. with four pitchers.
having long since been forced to
play In regular positions, Short
stop Frank Murphy and Manager
Glockson were IN no condition to
show the tight Of previous meet
ings."
1t is only { miracle that Frank
Murphy Is alive today. When he
was hit in the head Saturday BY .
pitched ball. Z kind Providence
must have had His arms around
Murph. II the ball had struck an
inch lower, Rock Island would
have shared the grief Of Cleveland
over the loss Of Ray Chapman.
Murphy went TO Moline with ilts
of dizzin>o still raging, and.when
he was forced to play In the Sec
ond game he was taking . chance
with his life. Players who have
been struck on the head by pitched
balls have been known to drop
dead two or three days later. Mo-
line made no mention, Of Murphy'u
gameness.
When Manager Glockson tore the
stitches out Of his spiked and band
aged hand. hi didn't whimper and
quit the game, but continued game
ly in hopes Of turning the tide
even to the extent of batting with
one hand and getting . scratch hit
that made Pitcher woodhead and
InfeldeSs Lord and Ray look like
dubs.
Vicious knocking In such circum-
stances is death blow to baseball
no matter whether the game ex.
pires now or . hundred years
hence. When a ball club is fore
ed to play a team Of cripples. con
sideration is due. Moreover. Mo-
line knew Just what to expect
| SfeWnrfss Gaze.
have heard Pitcher Sid Stewart
Ipanned numerically since his un
fortunate relapse IN the first inning
of Sundays second fiasco. l won
der II such knocking might b,
classed with intelligence. Anyon'
should know that, no matter how
ineffective q pitcher is, he canno
be held responsible for whAteve
he does.
1 II q pitcher il going bad. he cal
be withdrawn at any time. In thil
the management assumes al tn
blame. Stewart was in no form
pitch Sunday. After those tw
passes he should have been re
moved. However. he couldn't Qui
OF his own volition without court
ing a fine and. perhaps suspension
1t was up to Manager Glockson t
yank him. but for some reason
Glockson saw ft to let him con
tinue while the Plows piled up
nine-run lead.
! Regarding Stewart, . glance .
the weekly pitching averages viii
show that he has won Is and los
Is games. Charlie Comiskey OF tn
White Sox, who owns Stewart, ha
already notified Rock Island tia
Stewart must be returned to Chi
cago at the close of the season
, George McQuffiAn is going to Chi
cago next Sunday to try to Undue
the Old Roman to turn Stewal
back here next year, because Nj
,Quillan believes he can make Stew
art one Of the best pitchers IN bast
ball and, perhaps, collect one {
, those $4,000 prices that the ma
jors are now paying for minc
league pitchers.
Il Patience . Virtue.
There Is nothing to get excite
over so far as Stewart Is concer1
ed. Patience is one Of the fir
virtues OF baseball. 1t took job
> McGraw four years to cure Rul
, Marquard's wildness. and the
: Rube went out and set the Nation
: league upon its ear. For yea
!. Jake Pfefer of Brooklyn was
!. wild that the fans had to we
: catchers' masks whenever
pitched; but now look at Jake.
. there winning consistently b
! cause he has mastered control.
Even at his worst. q player q
: ways shows some ear decoration
of class; and these are what Z
ways attract the major ieag
> scout quicker than the fact th
u others are steadier because tn
+ ARE seldom inclined to take
y chance
Il The creative sense is uppermc
q in the major league manager a
scout. They would rather make
e develop a player according to tn
e own standards than take one "
8 has become so imbued with {
II training Of others that they cam
n be remade to suit. A scout mig
: pass MP . wild pitcher the d
It time, but rest assured Wild pitt
5. ers, when tanned, have proved I
le most effective: and the scout y
= come back the next season TO I
how the athlete il getting alol
J. Judging ball players is . gift. q
o those who make IL their busin(