The Rock Island Argus and daily union., 1922-07-20

III J. L. HUGES.

BY J. L. HUGES.
The Islanders came back to earth
YESTERDAY, and supported BY the
STEADY tvirling Of Lefty" Hoeft,
emerged on the long end Of a 5 to
3 contest with Marshalltown, thus
breaking the Ansons' winning
streak Of Is games.
Swatting the ball hard in the
tight places, the Islanders collected
enough runs In the first half OF the
eame to win, but 1t was not until
after they had purged themselves OF
some more bad baseball in the AM
sons sixth, that things appeared
reasonably we'll in their favor.
Lefty" demonstrated just how to
keep Marshalltown within sane
limits. He allowed only seven hits,
several OF which were Of the for
turate varjety--the kind which a
batter gets when he doesn't really
expect to register in safe territory.
His support was wobbly in spots,
particularly In the sixth frame, IN
which one Of Marshalltown's runs
is directly traceable to misplays.
But ON the other hand, his mates
played sterling baseball, compared
to their two previous exhibitions
against the same club. TWO last
double plays were turned in at the
right moments.
Lefty" was opposed by Hols-
claw, who although not nicked SO
often, was not successful in holding
the Islanders swats to near terri
tory. Wally Swenson and Manager
Councilman checked in with triples.
both of which scored runs. and
Belz and Swenson hammered out a
double each, both Of which counted
In the ultimate score.
Altogether the game was a vast
improvement over the two which
Marshalltown won by lopsided
counts, but still left much to be
smoothed out before the islanders
can hope to strike a winning gait
again. They showed, however, that
the Ansons are beatable, just the
same as Cedar Rapids and the rest
of the Valley league teams.
Score in First >
The Islanders got to Holsclaw in
q hurry. polling two singles in the
opening inning to net their first run.
Belz delivered a blow to center field
after Norton and Newell went down
on fly balls. Johnny pilfered Sec
ond base and came home moment
later when Red" Finn singled tc
right field. Swenson rolled out,
Marshalltown tied the count in its
half of the second frame. Clemons
double came after two were out
and Holsclaw singled to left field
to bring home the runner.
The Islanders took command oi
the situation in the fourth. Two
runs scored on a double, triple and
double steal. Belz doubled, to left
field, to start the round. Finn struck
out but Swenson came
7 through with q triple to left field
territory. Councilman flied out tc
Forsythe. kolls drew base or
balls, and on the double steal
Clemons sailed the ball to center
field, making it easy for Swensor
s to check in.
The Islanders sweetened this ad
vantage by one in the sixth inning
Norton beat out a slow hit ball t
Anderson and Newell was strucl
by pitched ball. Although Bel,
and Finn went out on high hit balls
Swenson was once more on the job
this time with single which
brought Norton in from second base
Wobbly work characterized tn
work of the islanders in the sixth
Stuvengen accepted four wide ones
Messner then sent one soaring int,
the clouds between left and cente
and 1t fell to earth safe, good 10
two bases and at the same tim
scoring Stuvengen. Lefty" un
corked a wild pitch, putting Mess
ner on third. Belz missed connec
tions with a grounder from Len
ahan's bat, Messner scoring. Wit
none down, things looked bad, bu
at this stage Anderson lined to New
ell, and Lenahan, who had reaches
second on a passed ball. wa
doubled of the base. Clemon
ended the threat by grounding ou
to Belz.
In the seventh, eighth and mint
innings, Hoeft was complete mas
ter Of the Ansons. The Islander
registered their final. run in th
eighth, being the result Of a doubl
by Swenson and TRIPLE by. Con
xelman.