The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1921-07-27
HIS SOUTHPAW
YIELDS ONLY
TRIO OF HITS
Ambrose Hit Often, But Slow Field
ing Of Mates Aids Flows
TO Big Score.
GAMES TOMORROW.
Moline Mt Rock Island.
Evansville at Peoria
Terre Hante at Bloomington.
Rockford at Cedar Rapids.
BY J. L. HUGHES.

a very speedy and puZzHns
southpaw delivery operated by one
Lefty" Heimach of Plowboy town
held the Islanders in nasterful
grip all through nine innings OF
pastiming at Douglas park yester-
day afternoon. and the result was
another victory for the fast-step-
ping Mackmen, 8 to /. The Island
ers were able to collect only three
hits off Heimach, two OF which
were by Murphy
Elmer Ambrose was the victim
of the Plows, but the majority of
their runs were due not so much
to IL base hits as to slow fielding
s-by- the locals. The Plowboys col
lected among their total safe
smacks four that went for extra
bases, only one of which should
ordinarily have been held to a sin
gle 1t struck the center field fence
and rebounded. giving him plenty
of time to reach the far corner.
Mack and Smith each got doubles
on hits to Cole that Bill couldn't
return to second base fast enough
on account OF his injured shoulder.
DEUEL. circled the bags for home
run in the sixth when his fly fell
between Newell and Cole and roll
ed to the fence while both fielders
sprawled their length on the
ground.
4H< Murphy Not Fooled.
Murphy was the only Islander |
that wasn't fooled by Heimach's !
assortment of pitches. In the sixth |
he doubled down the third base line
and to begin the ninth drove the
ball to the flag pole for three bases. |
He scored the Islanders solitary
run in the sixth by his own efforts.
Following his double he worked his
old trick of taking long lead and
coaxing the catcher for a throw.
Jake DEUEL. succumbed to the
temptation and Murphy darted for
third and came home when Jake's
high throw escaped the clutches of
McCue.
Outside of the shortstop's work,
the attack of the Islanders was
practically nil. Schweitzer got the
first in the second inning. being
scratch blow to McCue. and Dutch"
Engman, a local semi-pro player,
playing his first game for the Is
landers at second base, was given
the only base on balls Neither
man got any further than first base.
In six of the nine innings the Is
landers were retired in order-very
good reason why it was compare
lively fast contest, having been fin
ished in l hour and 40 minutes.
Flows Get Breaks.
Ambrose got started under dis
couraging circumstances. The
Plows registered three runs in the
first inning on the sloppiest kind
of hits. They amassed four dur
ing the session, but not one of
which was touched by the infield
McCue led off, poking one down to
Wire on the outside that he beat
out Mack followed with a slow
hit ball that took a big bounce over
s,Amby's head, the pitcher just /
touching it with his finger tips. |
Jones then laid down an intended /
sacrifice that Ambrose elected to
convert into force-out at third
but failed. With the bases filled.
Andy opened up his heavy guns on
= Gooch and struck him out. He
worked hard on Smith, but after ;
getting two and three sent one in ]
too close for the fourth ball. fore ,
ing McCue to the plate. Next Bar I
rett hit one OF those slow. high I
bounding rollers to Murphy and :
beat the throw to first. Mack scor- 7
ing. Shollenberger made the first !
out by rolling to Wire. but Jones
was able to score on the play.
DEUEL. struck out.
For the ensuing four innings.
Ambrose pitched in his best style,
the Flows getting but one addition
al hit up to the sixth Then Muir
phys bobble OF Barrett's grounder
and Deufels flukey home run scor-
ed two. In the seventh Gooch's
single with two gone. Smiths dou- !
bic and Barrett's triple scored two 7
more. A pass to Heimach. Wires =
error, Mack's fielder's, choice and 7
Jones single scored the Plowboys' I
final two runs in the eighth. 7
Moline winds up the present ser
les with a game tomorrow. After :
that the Islanders go to Cedar Rap
ids for three games. thence to Rock
furd and back home for a quartet .
of arguments with Cedar Rapids
They Will be gone from the home I
dot" from Aug. 9 to "a, when they \
return TO battle the Plowboys I
again, but we all hope that by then I
the club will have found itself and s
will be better equipped to give the c
strong Mackmen a run for their c
dough. =