The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1921-09-14
TAKE TWO OUT
OF THREE FROM
BASHANC CREW
Pitchers Hutton and Hewitt Issue
Dozen Bases on Balls to
Islanders.
by ]. l.. HUGHES.

The Islanders captured the undl
of the set with the ETas at Douglas
park yesterday afternoon, making
the series read two out of three
for the locals. The count stood IL
to 5 at the finish. The contest was
another of those long. drawn-out
affairs. Two hours and ten min
utes were consumed by eight and
one-half innings of pastiming. In
many respects the game was a du-
plication of Mondays affair, except
that this time the Islanders were
out in front all the way.
Al Bashang used two pitchers,
both of whom were as wild as the
prove~bial March hare. Between
them, Hutton and Hewitt, a recruit.
managed to present the Islanders
with dozen bases on balls, which,
coupled with some free swatting,
made the victory comparatively
easy.
Jack Fitzpatrick travelled the
route for the Islanders and had lit
tie trouble keeping the Evas weh
in hand. Jack eased up bit in
the latter part OF the game after
the Islanders had procured an
eight-run lead, but when the EVas
began to look threatening he tight
ened up.
jim Hutton, pronounced by many
critics one of the leagues best
hurlers. seemed to lack the incen-
tive against the Islanders. Least
wise, he didn't appear TO be ex-
erting himself overly much. There
fore, no one was surprised when he
was derricked at the end of the
second inning in favor of Hewitt,
a young farmer lad picked up re-
cently-by Bashang. In the first
two rounds the Islanders had got
to Hutton six runs and five hits.
and at the same time James helped
'ern along with five free tickets.
Hewitt displayed his generosity
at the start by hitting one and
walking two to fill the bases. Luck
was with him, however, for he es-
capped with only two runs off him
for the round, and it chung mighty
close to him thereafter. In the last
five frames the Islanders collected
seven hits and two runs, whereas
they might have made a regular
field day of it had they escaped the
habit of waiting 'em out. lnvaria-
bly, the batter had the youngster in
a hole, but in the end swung at a
bad one in hope of fattening bat
ting averages. Generally the ball
found its way into the hands of
some fielder.
Lose No Time.
The Islanders found Hutton'S de-
livery rather easy picking from the
start Murphy led off the initial
round for the Fcals by driving
single to center field, and then
stole second. On the hit and run
, play, Murphy completed the circuit
when Benson dumped a grounder
over third base into short left field.
johnson fliedSout, but Bill Cole
singled to centtel'Ss BENSON reaching
third, and thGFSas sSyscounted on
Altermatt's inffelds. 6TtSs..L ord walk
ed, but was forced tgsecond by
Newell. as
Tate drew a base on balls to
start the second. Fitzpatrick flied
out. Murphy enticed Hutton into
issuing free transportation. Ben
son singled to right, scoring Tate
and sending Murphy to third. joint
son walked. Bill Cole grounded to |
second, forcing John2on. but per |
uniting Murphy to register Walter |
matt walked, filling the basessFsThen. /
with the count two and threess Lord |
busted a clean single to right that |
brought in Benson and Cole. Lord |
persisted for the third out trying to |
reach second on the drive. -
Hewitt's first effort, in starting |
the third, was to hit Newell He t
then walked Tate and FitZpatrick. |
filling the bases. Murphy lofted |
over the right fielder's head@for !
two bases, Newell and Tate count I
ing. Benson and Johnson rolled /
out, and after Cole had walked, AL /
termatt fled out to short.
The Evas took a hand in the /
scoring game in their fifth. The |
chance presented itself when Tate /
dropped Hewitt's fly with one down. |
Bashang slashed a grounder at /
Lord too hot to handle. Hewitt go I
ing to third. He scored on Mann's |
single to right. Bashang. came in t
on Gressett's infield out and Mann /
counted on Kelly's single to left. |
In the seventh Bashang's single. |
Mann's double. an infield out and |
an error increased the Eva score |
to five.
Tate's double TO right. Fitzpat-
rick's sacrifice and Murphy's single |
scored one for the Islanders in the
seventh. Cole and Aftermath scor- (
ed in the eighth on hits bv Yord