The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1922-04-24
Independents
HELD HITLESS
SEVEN INNINGS
RadIoff Of Coal Valley Retires
Seven Visitors In Row on
Strikes.
BIZ ]. L HUGHES.

- Aside from a hurry In the nrbt
inning, the Milan Independents
caused the Islanders little worry
at Douglas park Sunday Afternoon.
The prospective leaguers won the
z contest. s to l, before Sabbath
turnout of more than 1000 fans
Yes, sir, il looked like mid-season
Saswith the bleachers packed and the
70 grandstand well filled.
Story of the victory really ha=
to do with the class OF pitching
which Manager Jim Councilman
s presented against the Milanders.
- This perhaps more than any othrr
- factor was responsible for the con-
hiaparatively easy win.
g The natives were given a chance
"a to see Paul Wilson of Milan twirl
VI against his former teammates at
1.-the start of festivities. An error
and fiuky two-bagger enabled the
Independents to score their one
and only score in the first session.
A pair of fuzzy hits were register:
by Milan in the second frame, and
that was the net result of their
batting attack during the entire
- fracas.
Seven in Rev.
Wilson remained on the mound
until the end of the fourth inning,
y banking the Independents in hits
2 { as well as runs in those two rounds.
a. Radloff of Coal Valley, who on
previous occasions has pitch j
- against the Milan crew, hurled the
s9next three innings for Rock Island
mgir masterful fashion. The work Of
asythe big fellow was a revelation TO
3@the crowd. He retired on strikes
1.-the first seven men to face hin.
F38The other two were easy outs o.
fly balls. The fans showed their
appreciation.
aac srLefty' Hoeft rounded out the
afternoon for the Islanders on the
mound in the eighth and ninth
a. spasms. He set the six men to
face him down in order, two going
out via strikes.
Gellenstedt and Danielson twirl
ed for Milan in excellent manner
The Islanders had difficulty al
times solving their deliveries, but
by punching hits with Milan mis-
plays managed to put the ga 1e
away in the early sessions.
Score One in First.
In the first inning, Farrar began
for Milan by whiting. B. Loopy
went out on fly TO right field. II.
-s5plander pitcher with brotherly con-
fidence, sent a hot liner to Jelinak
that the little shortstopper failed
to hold. F. LOBBY then drove long
fly TO right which Wire misjudgcd.
Wilson came all the way home but
LOBBY was thrown out trying TO
reach third.
In the second inning Clark regis
tered a single down the right field
foul line and Williams made a
scratch bingle to Wilson. That
finished the attack of the visitors
for the remainder of the contest.
The Islanders made up for the
Milan score by counting twice in
their half of the first. After
Jelinek and Downey went out on
easy grounders, Swenson walked
Sand reached third on loves sin
4Zgle past short Wire cut a single
10 center. scoring Lowe and Swan
son
The Islanders counted two more
in the second. Swenson doubled,
following Haase's out Wilson
drew a base on balls Swanson
scored on Jelinek's double to lett
field. Downey sent a sacrifice fly
to left, registering Wilson
Rock Island added another IN
the third on loves double to right,
an inf1eld out and Hepner's fielder's
- choice. The Islanders failed to
score or hit in the fourth and fifth.
~ IN the sixth, however, they got to
Danielson for two hits and two
runs. Swanson singled to center
and reached third when Radloff' 5
grounder was mussed up by ,Fitz-
simmons. Jelinek singled, scoring
Swanson, and Radon counted IN
Downey's infield out. In the
seventh Goodrich doubled, went to
third on Wires sacrifice and scored
on Hepner's long fly to left.
Vans Beat Boosters.
The Yannigans experienced a
close call in the opening game OF
the afternoon, just nosing the
boosters out In six innings by a
score of to Z. Beyins, who pitched
the fifth and sixth rounds for the
Vans. failed to offer anything to
fool the Boosters. The youngsters
touched him for five hits and six
runs in the last two innings. To
save the game. Manager Conzel-
man yanked Bevins with only one
out in the sixth. Atkinson, a long
lean finger, went in and retired the
Boosters by striking out pair OF
batters.
The Boosters went scoreless and
h1tless in the first three innings,
while the Yannigans counted seven
runs on three hits. The Boosters
scored in the fourth of Craig. A
double by Burning. single by Nc
Kinney, coupled with a wild pitch
and an error, accounted for the
damage Then Bevins appeared Oh
the scene and what followed male
things look decidedly bad for the
Vans.
Brnner twirled a pleasing game
TOT the Boosters. The youngs.ar
showed fairly good control and
mice curve ball The Vans took
few liberties with his delivery.