The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1922-07-08
FLANDERS GO
ON BAT Spree
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And WIN, TT
Crnsh Out Avalanche Of Base Hlta
is In the Final Game Of
OttumWa Series
BY J. L. HUGHES.

Douglas park echoed and re-
echoed with base hits yesterday
afternoon. The islanders, with war
clubs tuned up nicely, swooped
down on the hapless Cardinals in
the final game Of the series and all
but perpetrated a massacre. The
final count was IL to 1, giving the
locals two out of three for the set.
The islanders batted 500, getting
q hits out of ~ times at bat. Poor
Lefty" Beisser! Ordinarily eff
fective, the Cards southpaw artist
strove In vain to check the menace
OF base knocks, and with the kind
assistance Of the gods he succeed
ed. in part measure until the sixth
frame. Twas then that the Island
ers got in their deadliest fire. Five
hits, a quartet of passes, an error
or SO and wild pitch conspired
to give the locals seven runs and a
stranglehold on the contest. Thir-
teen batters faced Beisser in that
session and three were left to ex-
pire on the paths.
The Islanders registered more
than one hit in every inning but
one, but made it perfect day in
this respect by polling long blow
in the excluded frame. Yet, only
one of the 81 hits was good for
extra bases, and as it happened this
was q circuit clout from the stick
Of Curt Norton. Curt got behind
the ball on his first trip to the
plate and gave it a ride high and
far over the left field wall.
Lefty" Hoeft had everything his
own way, so far as keeping the
Ottumwans under wraps was con-
cerned. He had only one inning in
which the visitors were able to do
anything worth while with his
port-side offerings. This was the
fourth, when three singles in row
spelled a tally. Before and after
that, Lefty" just breezed along
doing out blanks in carefree fash
ion while his mates got the kinks
out of their legs running the bases
Norton Starts Damage.
Norton's homer in the first in
ming apparently was the signal fol-
the Islander onslaught. Finn hit
safely in that same frame, but il
was not until the second that the
tide came rushing Rock Islands
way. Then singles by Councilman
Dempsey, Norton and Newell; plus
Radloff's sacrifice and a double
steal produced three runs. Ottum
was splurge in the fourth mad.
things appear more favorable fol
the visitors, but this vision, which
was maintained in the next two
, innings, was quickly dispelled il
the sixth. This is what happened
Seven In Sixth.
Norton, first up, flied out to cen
ter field. Newell drew a pass. Bel;
singled to right, Newell reaching
third. Finn was passed, filling tn,
sacks. Swenson crashed the bal
almost to the scoreboard. In tn,
anxiety as to wether the bal
would be caught, the runners clun,
to their stations, and thus it wa
that only Newell scored when tn,
ball fell safe. Councilman scratche,
Q hit past the pitcher, scoring Bell
Radloff fouled out to the catche
for the second out. Dempsey
/. grounder was mussed up by Cor
coran and Finn scored. Hoef
4 walked, forcing in Swenson. Nor
ton, up for the second time of tn
inning. beat out an infield hit, OF
which Councilman reached tn
plate. Newell received his secon
base on balls in the inning afte
q wild pitch had counted Dempsey
Belz singled, sending Hoeft homt
At this stage. Finn very obligingl
struck out. Seven runs.
A very much superfluous scor
was added by the Islanders in tn
eighth, but it couldn't be helped
Hoeft was safe on an error. afte
which came singles by Newell, Bel
and Finn.