The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1920-08-04


wizard Glockson's supreme effort |
h the biggest pinch Of the game
rs like Goals of fire on the heads
4 his chin rszxers. whose abuse
Is seriously impaired the little
allows work since he Joined the
dsts Moreover. 1t proved beyond /
~ that picking a bah player is
j ut that seldom sosS With the
kivileges Of q grandstand seat.
mo gibes that cut the very +
leartstrings Of a sensitive, hard
vosting ball player are stilled to
Nay Gibes are rife In baseball: 80
~ foul balls. However. some day.
tbuls who ride ball players must
~ the fare, which, in this case, Is
he admission that willard isn't
he boob he has been panned; but
h nd to break up q ball game to]
nsisly the hypocritical, railbirds
Who never would give him a chance.
4 Family Aflalf. /
Crafty also to the CONSERVATION
4 thsif "adnirers," the Glocksons
nads the game quite family af-
Dir, admirably assisted by the Is
hnder battery. Halas and Dixon,
1cth 1t bat and in the field. In
isiSness to all the others, let it be
"a they figured pre-eminently in
Winning one Of the seasons most
milling games In which every in
ling was replete with fast, furious
hseball. = =
IA usual, the crowd, opened up
icdnst Willard GIockson the mo-
mt he stepped upon the field.
The Anvil Chorus tainted him with
usual gusto, all sledges striking at
bee after he had flown out to Ba-
lng In -pryiag off the lid of the
second frame. Leo Dixon followed
NTH one piece Of his mind by pol
hg drive to left that only the
swiftress Of Dick Lotus could hold
10 3 single.
Local IBoys There.
Right Fielder Cassidy Of tri-city
tme, was batting when Dixon
stole second on Lothes' poor peg to
Mann. Cassidy was unequal to the
VT on his first appearance in pro-
lall and famed, but Walter Halas
singled nicely to left, scoring Dix
sn. Myers robbed Shafer, the pride
u Port Byron, of . scratch hit by
Receiving a bobble and making the
putout at first. -
Stll, the Islanders were . run
behind. Halas hit Mann for start
Against the Evas In the first hall
Il he second inning, and Mann
went to third when Dixon pegged
viM to first to catch him mapping
Our old playmate, Louie Martin. ap.
Feared Ut the plate for the firs!
tims In an Evansville unie and pop
I'D to Purpura. Lothes came
through in the pinch, scoring Mann
Nth q single to left. After Shields
Topped to W. Glox, AL Bashanl
slammed one Of his famous pincf
triples to The Argus sign. scorint
Lothes; but Meyers left him there
grounding out to Benson.
Norman Clears Fence.
The Glockson duo then registered
\ ne first portion Of their "famil!
MAR" There were two out In tn
i Aifd when the elder Glox caught
4 nigh last one on the outside ant
y mt the ball over the McCabe sigl
= let center, tying the score. Tn
II Nov was timely because McInery
aaxt ~, was tlarown out by Mann.
From that moment until the EvAs
9ening Of the tenth inning, Dot
y uams settled down to six innings Q
= flashy baseball a. ever was vii
IN aeased on Douglas lea. Aside frof
ue brilliant boxwork Of Halas an
u Acc Shields. IT. was q nip-and-tuc
ule Of wits by the oppoein
Asds. There was tight fieldinl
IL non OF omission and commfsslo
0at failed to produce scores, 81
much increased the sporting ter
~. and thrills galore that Eel
- lev faithful bobbing. ADov
NJ Halas stool supreme.
~ Dixon Averts Disaster.
VRed Dixon was fighting. perhap
fder than anyone else. There
aing In the Three-Eye leagt
"a can deter this interpd your
esaver. Lotus, the Boston Blu
popped to Benson for sta
that eventful frame. Earl Wit
Aodnct Of the Evansville saAdloe
eked Halaa for . pass. Wa
"a made Eddie johnson. the hi
fool from Morganfield. 4!
ing three times like Freddy Re
" proverhial beer sign Thin
sesd glum when Gus Purpu'
med Johnny Mann's bust {
third. Wire taking Secon
run batting. Halas uncork'
at would have been q Wild pit
would hay,s scored Wire II n
xon hadn't blocked the hall By
ost superhaman dive. Nal
forced Mann 1t second on
sndse To ". 0lox.
ne elimination q The s0l0e
family affair" came In the
II M half al The teatA JO1
IA y "A Dsli11 Damn =
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