The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1921-08-06
AMBROSE GAINS
THE CREDIT FOR
ITO 6 VICTORY
One Pitch, One Assist, One lift. One
Run, His Record for Few
Minutes.
BY j. l.. HUGHES.

1t was day in which Elmer Am
brose displayed a oneness of pur-
pose at Douglas park yesterday.
The Islander twirler made one
pitch and thereby earned the right
to be credited with to victory
over the Bunnies. And not only
that, but he made one assist, was one
time at bat. made one hit and scor-
ed one run, the latter being the
winning one.
The fact that he accomplished all
of this in few minutes of pastim-
ing makes ii an unusual record at
Douglas park. and it is doubtful if
there is anything similar or ap-
preaching it in the history of base
ball.
His chance to do all this came in
the ninth inning, when. with two
out, a runner on third and the score
tied, Andy was hurried in as re-
lief to Ross. Catcher Fikerle of
the Bunnies was at the plate. He
was extremely anxious to crack out
a bingle and register Kelley, who
was on third by virtue of his sin
gle and an error at first base.
Ambrose took his allotted num-
her of warmup throws. Then he
hitched up his belt, glanced around
box, wound up and let go. Fikerle
swung. The bat connected for a
sizzling grounder directly at Am
brose The big pitcher stopped its
progress, recovered, and made a
quick throw to first for an easy
last out
The score remaining knotted, at
six apiece at this stage. it there
fore became Ambrose's game to
win or lose. The Islanders came
to bat, and, as is happened, Ambrose
was first up. He hacked a slow
one midway between home and
third on the foul line. and Jenkins
was unable to get it to first ahead
OF him Murphy delivered by lay
ing down a perfect sacrifice. At
this stage Frank Boyle elected to
try some strategy. He ordered HER
to pass Bill Cole in order to get at
AL Schweitzer. Al tried hard, but
his best was foul fly that Jenkins
pulled in. Then there we're two
out, but
Here's where Bill Johnson en-
ters. Bill leaned nightly on the
agate and the game was over. The
ball didn't stop travelling until it
struck the fence behind the flag
pole.
Benson Directs Play.
The victory over the fast-step-
ping Bunnies marked the return of
Elmer Benson to his duties of man
ager. The scrappy little boss was
in uniform and was much in evil
dence during the proceedings. A
bit peaked and lacking something
in weight, Elmer nevertheless stood
up well under the strain. He is
working around into playing form
and should be able to break into
the lineup again before many days.
The Islanders batted along an
upgrade stretch all the way Com
ing from behind in the eighth in
ming, they scored three runs and
~ took the lead only to have the Bun
. MES tie it again in the ninth. All
of their scoring was done through
the medium OF genuine base hits,
in which Bill Johnson and Ben
Tate took leading roles. Johnson
collected three doubles in four
times at bat, while Tate got two
singles and a double The singles
were responsible for three runs. !
Art Fisher was sent to the mound !,
at the start. He lasted until the |
seventh inning, when Ross was |
sent in with two on and none down.
Fisher Wild.
Fisher was wild as usual. His
generosity was OF much benefit to
the Buns. for three of the walks he
granted were turned into scores.
He lost no time in starting the Wis
itors right. Jenkins, first up in the
initial inning, took four wide ones
In a row. Allen sacrificed and
Crouch waited for a quartet of bad
ones. Robinson singled to center,
scoring Jenkins. Bubser duplicated
Robinson's effort and Crouch scor-
ed.
In the second inning. Schweitz-
er's error. being a bad throw to
first, paved the way for a score. 1t
was made on Sewell's grounder.
The peg enabled Sewell to reach
second. He went to third on Jen-
kins' fly to Cole and scored on Al
lens fly to the same territory.
Sewen looked sweet against the |,
Islanders in the first inning. but
they got to him in style in the sec
ond. Johnson started the noise
with double between left and CEN
ter. Lord fouled out, but Newelrs
timely single to left scored john
son. Newell taking second on the
play at the plate. Tate went out, d
but Wire singled, scoring Newell. !.
The Islanders tied the score in '
the fourth. Johnson again led off I
with double. this time the ball {
sailing on line to the right field ,
fence. He reached third on Lords
in1eld out, but was run down be-
tween the plate and the far cushion {
on Newell's ielder's choice to Jen- I
kins. Johnson made them earn the
out and during the excitement New
ell got all the way around to third. '
From there he registered easily on s
Tate's sizzling single to right S
The Bunnies broke into the lead a
again In the fifth. Following a pass f
to Crouch. he got to third when v
Schweitzer threw wild to second in O
an attempt to force him after field
ing Robinson's grounder. Bubser S
rolled to Wire and Robinson chung 7
to third. He counted on Commands L
single to center
1t looked good for the visitors n
when they got another in the sew Fl
enth- After Crouch singled and S:
Robinson walked, Fisher was re- S,
placed by Ross. Bubser laid down W
a bunt that went for hit because tc
no one covered first With three ri
al