The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1922-12-30

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~ ~ 81 tie asue were e4
SffkR and nuD1ug up tAsf
y + fnf before ntd-seasop tn
y iSnb,ed und his Leadership
~ flnn6d to fldlnder around =
: 5sf1i + S1al divisiorths rest Of til
,ss ~ il mot - IN dispsrAst
slS1 n Ceussimax 81 efforts. Bu
a. n Snifements .: successful
l taa1f6Il manager Ire more thaA
ii youf ii6I enthusiasm.
! ~ lBiAnd, finised up-lthe fifst
NJ athe seasont4, third placs
lH1( n botch. or tw{ ahead OF Wa
tSfjo6 Starting u ssecond half
thofs 1Sre hopes hat the clean
elais 4ould, give te Islanders q
chASej u stage q cnAbock against
CO. HApids and! AArshalltowna
M tkoso two teAm9fQrged rapidly:
49, and II vas bt long before
BotG Island and Waerlo0 wefe en-
i s16tSx In 4 duel Il third honors
again. As the seaDn progressed
the FLANDERS contiued. to slip, on
one ecclsion Ottunba jumping in
Ahsa1 N the perchtage column
T1s Aaverse showing resulted in a
chnMes Of manage3hip near the
sn1s1f the grind, tk Rock Island
cluo~ replacing CAzelman with
TuQmy Thomson, ieteran Water
loeeotAelder. The DANCE Of pilots
i1)6ceed new life int the team, re-
su1ti1g In . squirt sat the finish
wh1cA enabled the club TO finish
again IN third place ahead Of Wa
tsriuo..
4, Thomasen 1bes II.
IhbmAson. with ht knowledge Of
thu @ms and his at3ity as a play
ey. "a much to bal(nce the youth
sn1 lnexperience d the players.
HI Trial. In the Later days Of the
seo1cn proved satisfactory to the
cinh, officials and Tlbmason is the
man wanted ut the ELM. next sum-
msf, tits confidently believed that
. veteran Of his claS can assemble
"a, Winning aggregatbn at the start
apd keep 1t up am1g the leaders
al the way.
z Gray Leads 1atters.
Preston Gray wa the leading
boetsf ganung the Islanders. His
o@rial percentage was .341 for 81.
sa@e Gray aetEnd the steam.ag IN
outhtider, but wNs used oecaxlon;
ally on the iniield. He Joined the
team as a pitcher. In which capac-
ity he had had previous experience,
but inability ia. control the ball
kept him out Of the box as reg
'sR1d. Finn. although erratic at
eenonu base, was next in line as a
hitter. He established mark of
at, Other leading hitters on the
team included Thomason, BIS;
Dempsey. .2S3; Sweason. .2S3 /;
Gardner. .274; Kolls. .274; Bells.
al. The team as unit batted
.2GS, standing fourth In this respect.
/ Cedar Rapids, pennanA winners,
had q we'll balanced hitting organ
i1ation,, topping the sluggers with
.7e1. Marshalltown and Waterloo
followed. The leading hitter Of the
league was Leach OF Waterloo,
whose mark of 1888 carried him to
" International league. Speas,
manager Of Cedar Rapids, was Sec
end with 1853.
Rock Island stood second to Co.
IT Rapids in team fielding with q
lefeentage of Dab. eight points less
mn the leaders. Speas of Cedar
Mpids led the nrst sackers With
~. Stuvengen Of Marshalltown,
tmefly OF Rock Island, fielded
3 around the initial sack, and
NAhny Beix Of the Islanders tied
~ for second place honors.
Hinges Of Dubuque was the best
link second baseman. His mark
~ was hung up in Is games.
amer OF Marshalltowi in 100
neA fielded SAG. Finnsof Rock
~ was first down the list with
eensdn OF Rock Island PLAYED
Moames at third base al i,elded
He was topped by BROMLEY
] Harvey Of Dubuque. both OF
however. appeared III Less
e1e-thifd as many corests.
1goCfan of Ottumwa he'd the
VI shortstops with 4 mark Of
40 games. Michae6 Of Ce.
Dids played in l2e giAes ana
.seS. Norton of HCck Is
~ eas considerably dosn the
iiMllh sos. $50
~ Mann Is Speedy.
Meading outhelder wafMann
G1nrwa. whe set a rIrk or
q l19 games. Mann Nd 40
nearly twice as my as
Ter outfielder, and re-
Ne part about his pslorm-
> the fact that he mad sonIv
Frors. Radon of Re- II.
elded $50 In SO games ron.
played tie outf,eld a.
and fielded 1865.
van Of Mafshalltown hhted
~ average for catcherT IA
eAmes. Cooper of Cedai ~
Aepeeared behind the bat q rs
and fielded .s79. Def ~
ck Island earned a mad a.
nd Councilman 1884.
Cedar Rapids pitt ~
= ~, Valentine. and SittefIieS
III viflers Of the league.
you Annd lost five. valar