The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1921-07-22
JOHNSON'S BAT
DRIVES IN ALL
RUNS;W Win, 81
Patched Lineup 81 the Islanders
Good Enough TO Trim the
Piowb0ys.
$50, GAMES TOMORROW.
Rock Island ut Moline.
Tcrre Haute NJ Peeria.
Evansville at Bloomington
Cedar Rapids nj Rockford.
BY j. i. Hughes.


the real goods at Browning field
over Moline way yesterday after
nann Witness their 3 to 2 victory
in1I2 innings of nip and tuck bat
lin,from the first to the last gun
and not even the oveT-zealous work
of Umpire George Hughes (no rela-
tionJ In behalf OF the home club
could cheat them out of it. 1t was
no fault of his that the Plowboys
failed to win from the supposedly
down and cutters. We believe in
placing the blame where 1t belongs.
Be that as il was, however, 1t
was a great game and the glory OF
trimming the league-leading pas
timers of our sister city to the east
rests with every member of the Is
Ianders, albeit there were several
who stood out in more brilliance, as
is natural in any triumph. The
fact remains the locals were
fghtin' bunch of go-getters. every
last one of them. Because they in
sisted on getting a fair shake, the
jumps allowed his hand OF might to
settle on j. Franklin Murphy and
Wally Newell. Murphy was fined
500 for making reference to
Hughes former duties as man
ager of Moline teams and Newell
was soaked $25 and chased from the
game for complaining about the
arbiter's oversight
Well, getting down to the game
itself, first let us tell you it was a
great pitchers battle, to use
time worn phrase, in which Elmer
Ambrose had the better Of the dis
pute with Sullivan, the strikeout
king, and Lefty" Matthews, the up
and down member of Manager
Earle Mack's staff of fingers.
Andy was strong in the twelfth,
whereas Sully was derricked in the
eighth for a pinch-hitter when it
was evident he could not survive
the ninth, while Matthews handled
the relief work creditably for three
rounds, then bowed before tbs su-
perior fight of the Islanders.
How Johnson Did Ii.
Next let US tell you how Bill
Johnson, the new left gardener
acted up with the bat, driving in all
three of the islanders runs. His
sizzling line drive to center field il
the eighth, with Murphy on second
and Wire on third, counted two anC
broke the scoreless tie that had ex
listed up to that time. Then, in tn,
twelfth, and what proved to be tn,
last inning, he poked a single Il
right field with Charlie Connoll,
on third, and the old ball game wa
in. Moline's dying effort in thei
half of the twelfth consisted of thre,
fly balls to the outfield, two o
which were taken in by this self
same Johnson, and the other by Bill
Cole, who, of necessity, was in tn,
center field berth because O
Newelrs enforced departure from
the scene of conflict.
Let US pause for a moment Il
consider the changed appearance o
the team, as it took to the field
and dwell upon the manner in which
the players conducted themselve.
out of their positions. Charlie Con.
molly, in the role of boss, was 9
bundle of nervous energy. Keyed tC
high pitch by the tenseness of the
situation, he played a remarkably
steady game and kept the Islanders
always on the up and up. He got
two of the six hits credited to the
Islanders, one coming in the
twelfth to mark the downfall of the
Flows. From the first base cush-
ion, he coached Wire through a half
dozen foul tips before Matthews is
sued pass. He put himself in a
position to score on Johnson's hit
by stealing third after Gooch's
catch of Murphy's fly.
Al SpreitZer did fine work at sec
ond base, where he handled seven
assists and three putouts without
the semblance of a bobble. Every.
tning that went his way, he handled
cleanly. AL Schweitzer was righ
on the job at third base, and dom
think he wasn't He took care o
four chances without a slipup. %
Tate Saves Game.
Glance at the box score and TAX,
note of the solitary putout to tn,
credit OF Ben Tate in right field
1t looks ordinary enough among al
the rest but in that one catch of hi
lies a very big reason for the Is
landers' victory. Ben caught a lon,
drive off McCue's bat in the tent
that was labeled for sure-enougl
double and victory for the Plows
because Shollenberger was perchet
on second at the time 1t was a rea
sensation and saved the game TO
Rock Island beyond all question.
In the first four innings neitheI
club was able to pierce the armo
of the other for a base hit. John
son was the only Islander to get oil
base in that time, and he arrived a
first on an error, only to go on
stealing second. Ambrose ISSUED
passes to Mack and Jones in tn,
same four innings. Mack wa!
thrown out via Connolly to Spreitzel
on an attempted steal. Jones sue
ceeded in pilfering second and get.
ting to third when Connolly's low
throw got to the outfield. He dice
there, however, when Gooch popped
foul TO Connolly.
Both clubs broke the ice in the
fifth, Connolly registering the first
single OF a smash to left field after
Newell had been hit by the pitcher
Smith, playing his first game al
third base for the Plows, got the
first hit for them in their half OF
The inning on a drive to center.
Mack got the second hit for Mo-
line in the sixth, being all either
team did in that inning or the fol-
lowing one.
Wire Starts II
Wire started the noise for the Is
landers in The eighth -hy getting a