The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1921-09-01
ALLOWS Three
HITS IN DUEL
WITH TENGEN
Islanders Beat Twirler Who Let
Them Down With No Hits at
Cedar Rapids.
BY j. L. HUGHES.


at Douglas park yesterday after
noon and the result was an Island
aer victory, 2 to 1, over the Cedar
Rapids Bunnies- The Islander star
was mighty stingy with his base
knocks, the visitors having to con-
tent themselves with three safe
smacks. When his mates gave him
a ope-run lead in the fourth, it was
apparent the advantage was as good
as mile.
Andy was several shades ahead
of -Tengen, the Bunny moundsman,
all the way. Tengen is the one
who hurled a no-hit battle against
the Islanders at Cedar Rapids re-
Gently. so it was with considerable
pleasure the locals attacked him for
the victory At that, though, they
had to hustle. for Tengen permitted
only six hits, but three of them,
coming in the pinches, netted the
tal1fes that proved sufficient for
Elmer.
The game produced plenty OF
pepper in both clubs 1t was fin
ished in l hour and 80 minutes, be-
ing just the kind of a contest rel
ished by the fans.
Frank Murphy continued his
swatting habits. In four trips to
the plate he collected a brace of
singles and a base on balls. His
initial hit brought in the winning
run. In the field he handled 10 of |
II chances, the error against him
being committed on a hard chance. /
He went TO either side with equal .
facility and made several great pegs .
to first to nail the runners.
Carleton Lord broke the chains F.,
that bound him to a batting slump :
by driving out two doubles and a |
single in four times at the plate. !
At first base he took care of 16 !
chances without the semblance of :
a siipup.
Failure OF umpires to appear at
the park caused Russell Lefty
Ross and DIN Voight Bunny twirl- ,
er, to be impressed into the serv-
ice as arbiters Voight had the
misfortune to call one that didn't
meet with the approval of his own
teammates. but Ross displayed a
real genius for the Job Earlier in
the season, when Russell was going
bad, he thought he would like to
convert himself into an outfeIder
Probably next time his good south
paw wing develops an ailment. be
will convince himself that an UNI
pfre has pretty good job.
Buns Score First.
The Bunnies helped themselves
to tally in the first inning. This
developed when Allen was safe at
first after forcing Command. who ]
had walked, la-er stealing second /
and coming home on Robinsons (
single TO center That was the sum /
and substance of Cedar Rapids Of /
fenstve efforts during the after /
noon. Thereafter they went beg
ging for safe hits and considered /
themselves lucky to get on base.
The base to Command was the only .
free ticket presented by Andy. In
the second and third. the Dummies
We're retired in order Robinson's
double and an error by Benson en-
abled them TO get two runners on
in the fourth. One reached first in
the fifth on an error by Murphy.
Only nine batters faced Ambrose in
the sixth, seventh and eighth in
nings. In the ninth. with the first
TWO out, Tate erred in handling az
hit in front Of the plate on Bubser.
The last man flied to Newell
Islanders Tie It Up.
a base on balls to Tate, to start
the. third inning. followed by Am
brose's sacrifice and Murphy's long
single to center field. enabled the
Islanders to knot the count.
Coming back in the fourth. in
tent on putting the game away. the
IClSn6nrE cT1rrAoaol 70 I
or scoring what later proved to be ,
the winning run. Lord opened the !
session with a double to center.
Cole laid down sacrifice which re-
suited in an unsuccessful attempt
to get Lord at third. Benson con- ,
tributed single to right field. d,
scoring Lord. Aftermath was next
hit by the pitcher. With the bases
filled. further scoring was prevent
ed by Newell hitting into a double
play, Jenkins to Stoakes to Bubser.
Tate flied TO left for the last out.
The Islanders were denied an ex-
ira run in the eighth when Muir !
ply, after receiving a pass, was :
thrown out at third trying to reach
the far corner on Coles sacrifice. (
With two out, Lords single, which {
followed. went for naught.
Jenkins Gets Irate.
Johnny Jenkins, who handles the :
duties of the third base cushion I
quite ably for Frank BOYLE. was l
made the victim of the fans jibes. |
due to the absence of regular UNI
pires- Johnny gave the folks a .
thrill in the fifth by climbing IN Z
into the boxes and threatening to l
chastise the whole bunch. No one e
offered 10 test Johnn's meftle. and
ne subsidized ut solicitation OF the c
players c
Reds Errors Costly. s