The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1922-05-03
DUBUQUE Goes
DOWN, 81, BUT
BATTLES HARD
Victory No. Comes With More
Dffficulfy-@Lefty1 Hoeft
Relieves Elkins.
GAMES TOMORROW.
Dubuque at Rock Island.
Marshalltown mt 0ttumwa-
Waterloo at Cedar Rapids.
BY ]. L. HUGHES.


The Islanders registered victory
No. 2 at Douglas park yesterday
afternoon but Had to step at a live
ly pace to turn the trick The Du-
buquers came right back after their
overwhelming drubbing of the OPP
ening day with an abundance of
fight, and not until the last man
went out in the ninth would they
acknowledge an 8 to 6 defeat.
Although the Islanders establish
ed substantial lead in the first
and third innings, they were in
constant trouble during Elkins' oc-
cupation of the mound The vet
eran has been having difficulty
rounding into shape on account of
bad weather and yesterday was his
first test The visitors took kind
ly to his offerings in the five in
nings Elkins was permitted to do
the chucking. Lefty" Hoeft re-
lieved him in the sixth and BANKED
the tribe of Mullen the rest of the
way. Hoeft's southpaw slants and
hooks were touched for only two
safeties in the four sessions he per-
formed on the firing line.
Mullen assigned Stankey to the
task of stopping the Islanders, but
the youngster was not quite equal
to the demands. He was yanked in
the third after three runs had
scored and none was out. Caster,
who on Monday was seen behind
the bat with mask and protector.
was sent out as relief. He pitched
a creditable game the rest of the
distance, permitting but one run
and three hits in six innings
Anyone who suspected ambition
in the camp of Dubuque had sure
ly been stifled by the 10 to trim
ming on Monday, must have been
surprised by the hot battle the in
vaders waged in the second clash.
They scrapped every inch of the
way Larry Mullen is confident
his crew will round into winning
form before long, and if yester-
days contest is an Indication, his
confidence is not misplaced.
The Islanders began the game !
much in the same manner they
wound up on Monday. When three /
runners crossed the plate in the !
first inning. the indications all
pointed toward another rout But
Dubuque dispelled this thought in /
the second by getting to EIkins for .
a couple of hits and runs.
Norton Starts Fuss.
Norton opened for the Islanders I
by beating out a slow hit ball to
third base. The locals speedy
shortstop lost no time in negotiat-
ing the distance to second. via the
theft Gu-nnCAf, faf1
to lay down a sacrifice. Swenson,
however, chung TO the plate until
Stankey finally obliged with a
free ticket to first Both runners
then perpetuated a double steal.
Andy McEwan went down on
strikes for the initial out, but Fill
bingham unloaded a double to CEN
ter Norton alone scored because
Swenson held the drive. Wally
Newell delivered a clean cut sin
gle to center, scoring Swenson and
Fillingham. Gray whitfield and
Councilman went out on a fly to
short.
Elkins walked Hyde to begin Du-
buque's second inning. Hyde was
forced at second by Blacks ground \,
er to Swenson. Elkins committed
a balk, sending Black to second.
Targee beat out an infield hit
which Elkins threw wild to first,
permitting Black to register Tar {
gee went to second on Jones in
field out and reached third on a [
wild pitch. Graves single to left &
brought Targee home.
Visitors swat Ball. +
Dubuque continued their swat
ting attack in the third, counting
three runs on two doubles. a sim
gle, a base on balls and an error.
The Islanders recovered their ad-
vantage in their half of the inning
Dy scoring a quartet of runners.
Doubles by Newell and Gray. sin
giles by Elkins and EcEwan were
Dubuque added its
inal run in the fourth without the
lid of base hit. Two errors were s.
he cause. Elkins survived the
18TH but, the sixth inning brought =
Lefty" Hoeft into the scene. o.
Graves managed to nick one of W
Lefty's" shoots for a clean to the u
light. but the blow meant nothing. al
he youngster struckout three 9th =,
RS who faced him in the inning. "
n the seventh Anderson doubled /
D right field. and was thrown out
rylng TO stretch the blow into ~
ripple. Dubuque not only went hit;
ass, but runless as well in the last