The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1921-08-04
PACE Settlers
Are VICTIMS
OF 6-2 GAME
Russell Lefty Ross in Grand
Fern rs Mates Attack Cicero
I.ittre1I.
Especial to The Argus. J

Rockford. ILL.,, Aug 4-The Is
landers rose up in their might here
yesterday afternoon and slew the
monster. What they did to Cicero
Littrell and the beloved Rox left the
fans dazed and bewildered. They
turned out to see the league-leading
Brants trample over the supposed
decrepit Islanders and instead
were forced to glimpse a veritable
slaughter of their favorites. even
though the score of to does not
indicate that it was such.
The Islanders greeted the slants
of Littrell, the master mouLdsman
of the Rox, like they would a long
lost brother. They crashed the
leather apple to all points of the
compass at Kishwaukee park until
the upholders of Rockford's pen
nant aspirations crumpled beneath
the strain.
incidentally, the victory of the Is
Ianders. while Moline was gaining
an even break with Cedar Rapids,
served the purpose of forcing the
reluctant Rox to share first place
in the standings with the Plows.
Russell Lefty" Ross twirled
about as sweet a contest as anyone
could wish. And not only that but
his three hits went a long way to-
ward giving the Islanders the mar
gin they enjoyed at the finish. While
his mates were collecting Is solid
smacks off Littrell, Ross was cas-
ing along allowing a blow now and
then, that made the game more in
teresting.
He held the smuggling Rox to eight
hits and walked four men. Ross
struck out two batters but >Littrell
was unable to get three strikes past
a solitary Islander.
Those who contend Ross can't
pitch when men get on bases should
have seen him work yesterday I'M
der such circumstances. Nine
Rockford runners left stranded on
the bags indicates he was keeping
his dauber up at all stages
The Islanders could have scored
a dozen had they made better use of
their hits. Eleven of them were
left on bases bat as it happened
they got all they needed and several
more besides.
Lord Starts 1t.
Carleton Lord proved his worth
10 the Islanders by connecting for a
screechfng double to left center
fence at the start of the second in
ming. Schweitzer followed this ad-
vantage by dropping Texas
Lacquer down m short right field,
Lord stopping at third After Con-
molly rolled out, Strong mussed up
Wires grounder and Lord scored.
Ross delivered his first hit. single
to left, that scored Schweitzer and
Wire.
The Islanders kept hammering
away and in the third added another
score. This was done by Tate's
triple to right center and Johnson's
sacrifice fly.
The Rox did a little something
Nor themselves in the fourth. Strong
.Yscored when he tripled to right and
Schweitzer muffed the throw in.
The Islanders put the game away
IN the sixth by scoring their final
runs With one gone, Ross walked
and took second on Murphy's sin
gle. Ross was forced at third on |
Newelfs hit to Littrell. Benny Tate
then came through a second time
- NSNSiAho. -hUI puy ana Newell
came all the way home on the blow.
rockford scored one in the last
nan or the sixth that proved their
mai effort of the day. With one
out Anderson was safe when Wire
cropped Murphy's perfect throw.
hardSrove doubled to left field.
scoring Anderson.
Umpire George Hughes incurred
enmlty of both teams numerous
times during the ceremony and the
result was considerable wrangIing
TWO games were slated for to-
DAY to make up for the postpone
ment of Tuesdays scheduled con-
test. The Islanders were SO we'll
pleased with their reversal of form
that local fandom has its doubts
about the Rox being able to recover
themselves.