The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1921-07-09
EVAS WINLAST
OF SERIES when
BERG BLOWS UP
Shows Lots of Class in First Six
innings But Strain Proves Too
ssssFsf Much.
GAMES SUNDAY AND MONDAY.
Peoria at Rock Island.
Bloomington at Moline.
Terre Haute ut Cedar Rapids.
Evansville at Rockford.
BY J. L. Hughes.


BY j. l.. Hughes.
Guy Morrison, pet of the Eva
twirling staff, had things pretty
much his own way at Douglas park
yesterday afternoon and the Bash
apgs. grabbed the final game of the
series from the Islanders, s TO l.
That made it three of four to the
credit of the Indiana crew and sent
them away from Rock Island peg
ahead Of the locals in the percent
age column.
- Opposed to Morrison was the
youngstor, Elmer Berg, who looked
so sweet against Moline recently.
He hooked just as sweet, If not 4
wee bit better, for six innings yes
: terday, then he cracked. After that
ii was a succession of base hits and
q procession Of runners circling the
bags.
Up 10 the seventh round Elmer
was as cool as any veteran ever
dared TO be. Not only did he have
I six seoreless innings behind MIN,
hut the sum and substance of the
E.vas' attack to that point was
pair of hits. What they did to his
offerings after that was aplenty.
When he weakened his support went
glimmering and a contest that had
all the earmarks of a pitchers bat
tie wound up in sandlOt fashion.
Aside from a lone tally in the
seventh that evened the count the
Islanders could do nothing with
the steady firing of Morrison. The
locals missed their big opportunity
in that inning when Schweitzer
struck out with three on and two
down 1t was the turning point
either way and had Al met the sit
uation with base hit, it would have
changed the complexion of the game
entirely. As it happened, the Evas
came back in the eighth and put the
matinee on ice and added insult TO
injury by scoring five unneeded
runs in the ninth.
The eighth really marked the
downfall of Berg, for it was then
that the visitors found the weak
ness in his fielding, not his pitch
ing. The first man up beat out a
hunt because Berg put in a few
fancy steps in handling it. The
following batter laid down another
in precisely the same manner and
the young twirler threw it to right
field. Benson retrieved the ball,
made a hurried peg to third that
got away from JandO, and the first
man was in. The third man bunt-
ed safely, the fourth rolled out, and
the fifth hunted, scoring another
run. Came the ninth and the Evas
switched to distance clOuting
three hits, an infield out, then three
more hits, accounting for five
scores.
The Islanders started out with
good intentions in the first inning
but the chances for getting away
to the lead were spoiled when Tate
was thrown out attempting to
stretch his single to center into a
double. The Bensons got two win
ners on in the third and duplicated
this in the sixth without causing
Morrison any appreciate distress.
= In the seventh Connolly got a life
on kelley's error and reached sec
VI ond before the recovery. Jando
y struck cut but Wire picked on the
first ball pitched for a double to the
left field fence, scoring Connolly.
Berg rolled out. Murphy was safe
al first when Wire was called at
third on Mann's attempt for a fore
cast. 1t was poke 10 deep short
and entitled Murphy to base hit.
Morrison purposely passed Ben
Tate and. with the bases filed,
SchWeitZer whitfield.
The Evas scored their first run in
the seventh. Patterson was safe
on a fielder's choice that retired
Martin at third after his double to
right. Morrison got scratch hit
down Benson's way. putting Patter-
son on second. from whence he
scored on Bashang's single to left
In the eighth GresSett started the
big noise by beating out a bunt to
Berg on 4 close decision. Berg
next threw Kelley's sacrifice to
right field, and after recovering the
ball Benson threw bad hop to
Jando that permitted Gressett to
continued his journey around the
bases TO home plate Kelly reached
second on the play and arrived at
third when Lothes beat out a bunt
TO Jando. Speraw rolled out. but
Martin worked the squeeze to score
Kelly
The ninth was a good workout
FOR the Outfelders, with Bill Cole
bearing the brunt of the labor
-Four solid base hits found their
way to Bits territory, one went to
Schweitzer and the other went to
Tate. All of this happened after
Morrison had made the first ont.
Bashang, Mann, Gressett, Lothes,
Speraw and Martin being the con-
tributors
The Islanders wound up the ac-
Invites for the day BY getting A
runner on, being Russell Lefty"
Ross long single to center. Lefty
went to bat for Berg but there was
one gone at the time and his blow
was hardly ripple on the surface.