The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1921-07-14
COLE, TATE And
ALL POUND OUT
: LUSTY VICTORY
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Centerfielder Poles Home Ran to
e Flag Pole With Two On In
-. 8 to 4 Win Over Tots.
GAMES TOMORROW.
Terre Haute mt Rock Island.
Evansville at Moline.
Peoria at Rockford.
Bloomington ut Cedar Rapids.
BY ]. L. HUGHES.

- BY ]. L. HUGHES.
Russell Lefty Ross effectively
shook the jinx that has been pur-
suing him by hanging it on Bob
Coleman's Terrible Tots at Doug
las park yesterday Afternoon, to 4.
The Islanders lambasted two pitch
ers all over the lot, driving out Is
hits for a total of 20 bases. Par
sislficipating prominently in the
slaughter were Bill Cole, Ben Tate,
Earl Wire and Elmer Benson. Coles
home run to the flag pole in the
rasixth with two virtually put the
game away. Tate's double TO CEN
: terrified with runners on third and
first in the fifth tied the score.
Wires single in the third brought i'll
pair of mates and his single in
the sixth started the noise of that
thinning Benson's single in the
fourth began the heavy slugging of
the Islanders and marked the begin
ming of Roots downfall, and his
blow In the fifth was a timely rap
: that spelled disaster for the oppo-
- sitfon
Ross turned in a clean-cut vic
tory OF the eight blows collected
off his southpaw delivery, three
3 were of the scratch variety that are
recorded as hits on the theory that
to The runner belongs the benefit of
the doubt Lefty issued five passes
Ebut pitched such ma gnificent ball in
the pinches that they really caused
little annoyance One OF Terre
Haute's runs was scored when Con-
molly threw over Jando's head in
an attempt to pick the runner off
plate during the time it took to put
man out between first and second.
Proof that the Islanders hit in the
pinches is shown by the fact that
seven runs counted in the three
innings between the fourth and sew
X enth when IL hits were assembled.
The Tots did their worst in the first
three rounds by scoring a trio of
tallies on five hits. After that they
went begging for their blows and
scores.
The Islanders attack on Root was
signaled in the third inning when
Wire and Ross drove out solid base
knocks. The deadly work was con-
tinued with telling effect in the
fourth, Benson starting the spasn
with a sizzling single to center
Tate put the boss on second with
attempted a sacrifice and Benson
was forced at third. Connolly came
through with a single to left thai
filled the bases. Jando tried hard
but popped out to third. Wire was
equal to the situation He drove a
hot grounder that ricocheted OF
Lewis glove to right field and Tate
and Schweitzer scored.
Still two runs behind in the fifth
the Islanders continued the work by
scoring pair and knotting the
count. Cole end Benson singled
and registered on Tate's long
double to the center field fence
Root made his exit at this stage and
Seiffert came on for the slaughter
Seiffert stopped things temporar-
lily by getting infield outs on
Schweitzer and Connolly and fore
ing Jando to fly to Burke. He
Jared no better than his predeces-
sor in the sixth, however. Wire
singled and took second on Ross
sacrifice. Murphy hit a slow
grcunder to shortstop and perched
himself on first The fieet-footed Mr..
Cole then stored the old game away
IN the ice house by meeting one of
Seiferts shoots squarely on the
nose. The pellet found a resting
place in back of the flag pole before
joey Burke could retrieve it and
by the time he could relay it to the
1nheld Bill was heading in for the
plate
The Islanders accepted a super
fuous score in the seventh, thanks
to Shortstop Drew's wild peg to
first of Murphy's fly which he had
dropped. Wire, who had walked
and reached second on Ross sacri-
tice, came all the way home on the
spiay.
Burke's triple down the right field
foul line in the second, followed by
Coleman's sacrifice fly TO Schweit-
ger, gave Terre Haute their first
run. In the third Lewis hit a slow
one to Murphy and was safe when
the shortstopped juggled it. Lewis
is fast man and undoubtedly
would have beaten the throw had
the ball been felded perfectly. He
was sacrificed to second by Duggan
! and scored by Drew's hit to left
field. Drew went to second on the
play at the plate, took third on Dun
ning's bunt, and scored on Burke's
sacrifice fly. The ball was relayed |
to Benson, who threw to Murphy !
10 complete double play ON Dun |
ming, attempting to reach second on |
what he expected to be a try for |
Drew at home. The score counted |
because Drew crossed the rubber I
before the three outs were COM
pleted.r