The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1921-07-26
PLOWBoYS TAKE
OPENING GAME
OF SERIES, 8 T04
Mix Timely Hits With Passes and
Errors While Sullivan and
Kneisch Are Effective.
GAMES TOMORROW.
Moline at Rock Island.
Evansville at Peoria
Ter.re Haute Mt Bloomington.
Rockford at Cedar Rapids.
BY ]. l.. HUGHES.

The Plowboys raped out an to
victory over the Islanders in the
first game of the series at Douglas
park yesterday afternoon. By mix
ing a dozen safe hits with passes
and bits of erratic play by the
locals, the Macks were able to
establish an early lead and main
tain it without much threat OF dan
ger through two hours and 20 min
utes of pastiming.
Frank Smith travelled the entire
distance for the Islanders, and,
while obliged to accept the short
end of the verdict, showed better
form than in his previous appear
ance against the Flows at Moline.
In mis- performance, there was
reason to believe he will soon
round into winning shape.
Big Jim Sullivan, the smoke ball
artist, was in his usual form during
the four innings he stuck to the
mound for the Plows An injury
from a spike caused him to quit the
game at the start of he fifth.
Lefty Kneisch stepped into the
the rest of the route.
The Islanders got only one hit off
the speed king during his occu-
pancy of the firing line, this being
an infield hit by Bill Cole, who was
celebrating his return to the lineup
after an absence of some weeks.
Still, the Islanders were able to
score two runs in the first inning
because Sully had quite a time
bringing his fast one under con-
troll. A couple of passes and an
overthrow to first did the business.
kneisch's southpaw offerings
were a bit more to the liking of the
Islanders in the latter half of the
contest, but not enough to cause
more than a ripple on placid
Plowboy sea.
The Plows scored three runs in
the first inning but could have been
held to nothing had Schweitzer not
made a miscue on a chance to re-
tire a runner going to third. Fol-
lowing McCue's single to right
field, Mack was thrown out, Muir
ply to Wire. McCue kept on to
third and scored because SchweitZer
let Wires throw go through his
hands McCue would have been
out but for the error and the side
would have been retired soon after
on Jones strikeout. AS it was,
Gooch and Smith were passed with
two gone. Barrett then singled,
scoring Gooch and sending Smith
to third. The umpire called a balk
on the Islanders pitcher when he
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rett going down and this allowed
Smith TO come in with the third
run.
In the Islanders half, Murphy
and Spreitzer walked and both ad-
vanced on Coles infield out. John
son struck out but both runners
scored when Barrett pegged wildly
to first on Schweitzer's grounder.
The Pillow boys increased their
lead by scoring two in the fourth.
Hits by Lord and Shollenberger, an
infield out and a single by Mack did
| the work.
The islanders score in the fifth
was partially due TO DeufePs er-
ror, same bein ga bad throw to first
in an attempt to pick off Murphy,
who had opened the round with a
single. This enabled Murphy to
reach second and register when
Cole drove clean single to right
field.
DEUEL. reached third on his sin
gle TO start the sixth for the Plows
because the ball got through John
son and rolled to the left field
fence. The big catcher counted on
Shollenberger's sacrifice fly.
Murphy's hit, stolen base, Bar
rett's error and a poke by Johnson
scored the final run for the locals
in the seventh. Bsrretts double
and Shollenberger's home run on a
ball thtd bounced over the right field
fence ended the visitors efforts for
/ the afternoon.
| Another Cripple.
Earl Wire, the Islanders first
basen29n, ".Ga Obliged 70 iaaze the
game il the tG!ld inning when he
was accidentally spiked by Manager
Mack. In going down to first on a
grounder, Mack stepped on Earrs
left foot and the cleats found their
way through the leather. The game
was halted for several minutes
while players of both teams gave
first aid. When play was resumed,
Charlie Connolly was on first and
Ben Tate was behind the bat