The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1921-07-13
COLES TRIPLE
and SINGLE BY
TATE DOES WORK
Tied Score In Seventh by Shower Of
Base Hits-Ambrose Hurts
Steady Game.
GAMES TOMORROW.
Terre Haute at Rock Island.
Evansville at Moline.
Peoria at Rockford.
Bloomington at Cedar Rapids.
By ]. L. HUGHES.

The Islanders made the old pep
per count for something yesterday
afternoon at Douglas park by COM
ing from behind in the seventh and
knotting the score at apiece and
then finishing in bangup style in
the ninth by registering the win
ming run with none down. That
made it $3.50 with Peoria for the
series. Incidentally it was Elmer
Ambrose who pitched the team to
both victories.
The trusty bludgeons of Bill Cole
and Ben Tate upset the hopes of
the Tractors in the final round. Bill
was first up and what he did to one
delivered on the outside corner was
aplenty. 1t sizzled on a line to
right and Platte made a desperate
effort for q shoestring catch but
the pellet eluded him and raced
for the clubhouse. But for ground
rules that would have been all as
Bill could have circled the bags
easily. Jackson employed some
strategy at this stage that failed.
He ordered a free ticket for Ben
son and told Billman to pitch to
Tate. Ben picked on the first Of
fering for a red hot grounder that
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game was over.
Ambrose was in fine fettle as US
ual. The dozen hits accumulated
off his delivery, three of which
went for two bases, really brought
out the good that is in his formid
able right wing for his best work
was done with eager runners on the
paths.
The Bensons had their batting
clothes on also, getting as many
safe blows as the opposition. They
drove Rein from the box under a
shower of we'll timed hits, mixed
with a pass in the seventh and
showed no more consideration for
Billman in the ninth. The boys
were on the up and up from the
word go but several times fast field
ing and the breaks cut them out of
tallies that would have made the
victory more certain.
The Tractors drew first blood
with tally in the initial round be-
fore an out could be checked up and
it looked then as though they might
repeat the victory of the day be-
fore. Evers singled sharply to CEN
ter and jackson walked. Dresser
sailed the sphere over Tate's head
for a double, scoring EVers and put
ting Jackson on third. The boss
persisted at the far corner when the
next two grounded out and Bluege
swung at three. Peoria added one
in the third on a hit by jackson,
Dressen's sacrifice and Schirmer's
bad throw to first of Plates
grounder.
The Islanders got a hold on the
contest by registering one in the
fourth after failing with three on
the third and one down The tally
was produced by means of singles
by Schweitzer, Connolly and Wire
Peoria essayed to put the game
away In the seventh by increasing
their lead to three. An error by
Benson who failed to hold Am
brose's throw of Jackson's bunt in
an attempt for a force play on
Evers at second, paved the way.
dresser forced Evers at third, Am
brose to Schirmer, but Jackson
scored from second when Platte
singled to left. This put Dresser
on third from where he counted on
Brooks' slow roller to Murphy
that Melted an out at second.
II was Elmer Ambrose who he
gan the fireworks in the Islanders /
seventh with well placed hit to /
left field. Murphy coaxed Rein for
-FOUR wide ones. Coles grounder
10 Bluege forced Murphy at second /
out placed Ambrose on third. Amby
came home on Benson's clean sin
gle to center and Cole raced to
thlrd. Benson reaching second on
the throw. Tate slashed a wicked /
srounder to Evers that caromed
on into right field and two scored
rms was the signal for Rein's de-
parture but the damage was done.
Blllman succeeded in retiring the
SIDE without further scoring.
A double by GoIdthwaite and A
base TO Evers with one gone failed
10 help the Tractors in the eighth
for Andy got easy outs on Jack
son and Dresser. In the ninth
Bluege and Meme singled with two
gone but Goldthwaite obligingIv
flied out to Murphy.
The Islanders went out in order
In the eighth but finished things in
hurry in the ninth, as already
stated.