The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1921-05-20
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IEncAEEI IN
FIRST lNNINe
d ]. 1. HUGHES.

y ~ Bl0OmofD SutpSlee0 even
6nselves by copying frsm the
ln1srs IN the initial game Of the
eiss It Douglas park yesterday
k6srnsou, s to 2. At least; that Is
What one gathered from watching
dem perform. Listless. uncertain
1ol1ing characterized every move
10 The team carrying the title Of
ehamps By reason Of what Vas &C.
3Dompiished By last years standard
beafers for the downstate city.
The one rsdseming feature about
sbne visitors playing was the pitch
Is1ng Of Miller. But for his excellent
exhibition Of mound work and the
witness of Herbert Miller. his
anamesake on the Islander club. in
81he nrst inning. Rock Island should
7npt have had much difficulty in an
Ilnexing the contest.
4 Rock Island lost before the game
Mad fairly started. Miller, late OF
Stte Louisville Colonies, got OF un-
5steadily In the first inning by walk
&lng three men. A sacrifice and q
double scored three runners.
&Onough to put the game on ice, as
f1ater Developments proved.
3 Baker and Coltrin worked Mil
Her for four wide ones apiece. CAL
$1ahan laid down . sacrifice, send
Sing the runners along the paths.
51knisley judged the situation prop
Eefly and received base on balls.
a3Along came Mr.. Sykes, who guards
TIE frst base station for the Dunn
nsnsn, with . long fly to McInerney.
HBaker scored easily. Then John
Ieon upset things further by polling
ta doable to right field that sent
EColtrin and Knisley in to register
ftWoehrs ended the spasm by
stgrounding out to Benson.
II Manager McQuillan put Lefty
Gross to warming up while the Is.
chambers went out in order In theil
xfhAlf OF the first. But, as it hap.
Opened, Miller had all the poor con.
xfrol out Of bis working arm BY
that time and he breezed through
the following inning and each sue
eceeding round thereafter without
#further danger. In fact, the BIZ
@fell0w showed good control by is
HSuing no more free tickets. Thu
1.-TWO succeeding runs of the visitor,
]came in the third and eighth in
xnings. Callahan's huky triple t.
fright in the third, followed b.
wknisley's sacrifice fly and the for
&mer's single with Knisley's sacri
4nce and Sykes base knock produc
cd the tallies.
The Islanders got only one hi
&on Miller. Of the Boomers up t
the fourth. Burke was safe on
scratch bingle to third. Woehrs, 1
. belated effort to throw the flee
Burke out at first. threw owe
Sykes head. Burke raced all th
way to third. Benson came throug
Immediately with . double to Ger
Ter, scoring Burke. Miller recover
"a and kept Benson from gettin
any further than third. In tn
nth WITCH singled. Burke got
pass AFTER two were down, putin
Wich on second. Once more Elms
BENSON delivered. this time with
btngle to right that scored WITCH.
The Islanders missed an oppo
funity in the seventh when Vic
tripled at the start. Miller threa
ened to uncork safe blow b.
~ Anded in fouling to the catche
~ Wich was thrown out at the pla
~ ~ Woehrs on Murphy's grounde
The fans fingered a little long
b the ninth. when, after two we
down. Murphy hit to the right fie
fence for three bases. Hopes we
.bhort-lived. Burke flying out
I :bhortstop.
Evas Come Next
gs Bloomington concludes its ct,
d Rock Island tomorrow. Aft
the Dunns come Al Bashang's Eve
The Islanders feel no love for Il
Evansville crew. in view Of tn
tlItAt's attitude following the
4ouble victory over the McQuilla
1est Sunday. The Bashangs int
e4ted they felt their own impo
l4nce by snubbfng the Islanders
he train coming back.