The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1922-07-15
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vfo(cgy over the speed boys from
C611r NAplds yesterday afternoon
n& Douglas park, IN one Of the pref
eledk bot played games OF the sea
ee2 Il was uuch . contest ~ Is
mi likely to b duplicated for
$500 time TO come, and being Con
o4ln1au day" the setting could not
hsyS heea better. There was . fair-
isl1e1 turnout Of Mus. and they
enfoly were treated TO Z sparkling
brand OF the national game.
f1fts were few for both teams,
hnt not far between, and thereby
hane1f the reason for the close
siuac. FIRST, the Islanders attacked
McCracken viciously in the second
frame. hammered his offerings
1oyuusly, and sent four runners
scampering across the plate. Then
the Dummies unloaded their fire.
works on big Carl Stimson, latest
addition to the islanders pitching
statf. in the third inning, and be-
fore Lefty" Hoeft could hustle up
withths relief. three men had clat-
tered over the platter.
Louie Starts It
Louie Kols broke in as an Is
lander with q crash that probably
carried half way round the world.
On his maiden trip to the plate
fn the second inning-he showed a
fine disregard for the capable fling
in9 Or McCracken, for his first act
was to swing on the apple for no
less than three-quarters OF the dis
lance around the bags.
And Il was that blow that seemed
to unnerve McCracken, temporar-
lily. ut least, for before he could
stop the bombardment the stun was
on for the day.
Wally Swenson was q bright
light in the Islanders, defense. He
handled eight chances perfectly
seven being assists on difficult
ground balls. Twice Wally forced
runners at the plate.
Becomes Hurting Duel
From the fourth inning to the
flnish, the fans viewed the choicest
OF pitchers duels. Hoeft's southpav
was In superb form,' as subsequent
events proved. Although entering
the game with two on and only on.
\ out In the third inning, he got thu
other two out after fllling the base
by walking the first man. Durinl
the next three innings, only MIN
men faced Lefty" two going on
on strikes. Speas broke this perfec
performance by poking single Il
left in the seventh. but he neve
reached second. In the eighth al
error gave another Bunny q life a
fifst but q moment later he wa
picked OF by Lefty" And In tn
last session, Lewis beat out slov
grounder to Swenson. after tw
were gone. He met the same fat
a. his predecessor ON the paths tn
inning previous.
80 much for Hoeft's twirling. Ii
10 consider the chucking of Nj
Cracken, the Bunnies' sidewheelel
He yielded q lone blow in the frs
7 inning, that was totally harmless
but then after one was out in til
second came the fusilade Of bas
hits.
McCracken settled down. and fo
the next six innings the Islander
hardly threatened to score agail
n fact McCracken permitted onl
me more hit, and that was deli'
bred by Jimmy Councilman in tt
ninth inning after two were GU
McCracken turnsd seven back G
strikes and issued only two passe
The Big Inning. ia
Councilman was the first to fat
McCracken in the second. Jimn
went out on a foul fly to third. u
came Louie Kols. Louie mere
smiled at the first one. The ne.
was to his particular liking ar
away It sailed, almost on a lii
between center and left. Lou
pulled up easily at third. TIL
promising situation looked, du
when Mike Dempsey flied out
short, but the crowd reckoned witt
out Stimson. The big pitcher pl
2 perfect hit past second bas
scoring Kols. Norton drew a bal
on balls and Newell followed vii
. triple. almost identical with tn
Of Kops scoring two rugs. Be
singled to right, counting Newe
n With what proved to be the VII
Mug run.
Stimson's unsteadiness whit
had shown itself In the first tv
innings, took concrete form In Il
third. He walked the first two al
Il Spas singled, filling the base
simmons singled to center. scorir
two. Michaels laid down a sacI
nee, putting runners on second n
third. Only Speas scored, howeve
on Rye's single to left, but this vi
y 1 signal for ConFelman to bring I
Aoeft Lefty" passed Potts al
Al1ed the bases. Cooper forced Of
n q the plate with his ground
4 6venson and McCracken rolled !
4 vinn for the tAird out.
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