The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1921-07-28
M'WHORTER is
ABLE TO HANG
+. IT ON, 5 TO |
islanders Create Stir in Ninth by
Getting Three On But That
finds Ii.
By ]. l.. HUGHES.

Guy McWhcrter, who has been
termed the lucky stiff of the Plow-
boys pitching staff, disproyed the
general impression that he wins
most of his games by having some
one else finish them for him, by go
ing the full route against the Is
IanGers yesterday at Douglas park
and trimming them quite handily,
5 TO /. Not until the final inning
with two out did the locals create
anything resembling stir off Nc
Whorter, but then, with the bases
populated, Guy got a rather tame
third out by making EngInan foul
to Catcher Jake DEUEL.. That makes
il three ina row for Moline and five
out of the last seven games.
Herb Miller assumed the burden
of hurting against the smuggling
sPiowboyS at the start of the con-
test but was taken out at the end
OF the fourth inning when it was
apparent he could not hold them
in check. Russell Lefty Ross re-
lieved him at the start of the fifth,
and, strange TO relate, brought the
PloWs TO equal terms with the Is
zlanders. In the last five innings,
Ross allowed only two hits and gave
mo bases on balls.
Two of the three errors charged to
the Islanders assisted the PIowboys
in scoring their sum total of runs,
but even so, at the pace McWhorter
Travelled their earned ITALICS were
easily sufficient.
The Islanders created a rumpus
in The ninth that halted the exodus
% al mo- NcuvnllfS
Never ay-Die" Charlie Connolly
peeled off a single to right field,
but was forced at second by Sprelt-
Zers grounder to Barrett. Then
Ross hit a tantalizing roller down
toward second that escaped the
grasp of McCue. With two on, Muir
ply got his second hit of the game,
a snappy single to Shollenberger,
but Spreitzer held third. Dutch"
Engman tried hard to meet one
squarely but in the end popped a
foul that DEUEL. pulled in near the
Islanders dugout.
j. Franklin Murphy was again the
principal reason why the Islanders
were saved from a shutout. After
hitting safely to begin the eighth,
Murphy reached second on Eng
man > LII 10 lett uGA idhlIl6 d DlS
lead off the base, he coaxed Jake
DEUEL. into making another one OF
his celebrated throws. In hopes OF
trapping Murphy, Jake shot the
ball to Shortstop Barrett but the
speedy Islander made the thirC
cushion by a brilliant slide. From
this point of vantage he easily reg
istered on Johnsons long sacrifice
fly to right field.
AS per usual, the Plowboys vast
ed no time in getting runners AROUND
the bags. McCue opened the frs
inning by inducing Miller to issue
four wide ones. Manager Macl
then doubled sharply to right field
sending McCue to third, from
whence he continued home wher
the ball slipped from Ben Tate.
fingers when he was in the act Of
throwing. Jones was an easy out
to Murphy but Lee Gooch delivered
q screeching triple to deep center
scoring Mack "A fast bit of fielding
by Schweitzer on Smiths grounder
caused Gooch to be thrown out al
the plate.
The Flows were hitless and run
less in the second and third innings
but not so in the fourth Smith
opened the fourth with a two-bagg
TO center, stole third and scored on
Shollenbergcr'S single to LEFT Schol-
lenberger went to second on Deu-
fcIs infield out and scored when
Engman mussed up McWhorter's
roller. McCue doubled To right,
sending McWhorter TO third. from
where he scored on Spreitzer's muff
Of an easy throw from Engman.
The best the Plows could do in the
succeeding innings off Ross was to
muster a pair of singles, one in the
seventh and the other in the eighth
As matter of fact, it wasn't neces-
sary for them TO do much more in
view of what McWhorter was ac-
complishing on the mound.