The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1922-05-01
TWO CONTESTS
ARE CAPTURED
BY PL0W CREW
Islanders Lose Saturday. IL to ,,
and Are on Short End, IA
TO Z, Sunday.
BIZ ]. l.. Hughes.


clothes, from which all wrinkles
had been ironed by six weeks OF
spring training in balmy climes,
the Plow Boys of Moline, cham
pions of the Three-Eye league, took
a pair of exhibition contests from
the new and youthful Islanders
Saturday and Sunday. The week
end display of fireworks occurred
at Douglas Park, the final count
showing II to. for the tribe OF
Mack. The Sabbath mainees be-
fore a large turnout of fans result
ed in a IA to decision for the op-
tic entry.
The Flows divided "a hits even
ly between the two days. The Is
landers faced strong pitching botn
days and handled themselves in
pleasing fashion, considering the
odds against them. On Saturday
they hit the offerings of two Mo-
line twirlers for IL hits and follow
ed Sunday with nine, one OF which
was a circuit wallop over. the ecu
tarfield fence at Browning field by
Andy McEwan, one of the latest to
8 appear in an Islander uniform.
The Sunday game was the best
of the two, although both were,
more or less, used by Manager Jim
Councilman of the Islanders for ex-
per.mental purposes. He injected
Is players in the contest at Doug
las park and used IL yesterday at
Browning field. Even though
soundly defeated in both starts,
Boss Jim was able to get a better
line on his talent than at any time
during the short training period.
Paul Wilson of Milan went the full
route Sunday and Pitchers Lefty
Hoeft, Atkinson and Craig were
worked in the Saturday fuss.
The Islanders started out Sunday
with the best of intentions of max
ing up for the walloping of the day
before. Jelinek led off with a
clean single to right field and was
sacrificed to second by Swenson.
Second Baseman McEwan then
timed one of Minors southpaw
hooks perfectly and the pellet sail
ed high and far, dropping on the
other side of the enclosure, near
the scoreboard. That put two run
-. ners> across before the hands had
time to take a deep breath.
Happy" Lowe proceeded to stop
one of Minors fast ones with his
wrist. which placed him on first
Fillingham drew free ticket. Hep
ner delivered a single to righ+
scoring Lowe. Lowe was forced Il
retire from the game on account OF
his injured wrist Catcher Erick-
son replaced him in right field.
McCue Hits En-.
Frank McCue, who was the bat
ting demon of the Plow Boys Sat
urday, started his mates on Their
murderous way without any for
mality. The first to face Wilson'S
shoots. he leaned on a choice offer
ing and gave the apple a ride tc
regions unknown. IL was a dupli.
cation of McEwan's feat. The drive
temporarily unsteadied the Island
CIR crew, for when Manager Earle
Mack lofted high one midway be-
tween second base and right field
territory, confusion resulted and
the ball fell safe. Hamel singled
to left, sending Mack TO second
McMenamin flied to Gray, Mack go
ing to third following the catch
Lord doubled. counting two run
ners and knotting the score. Shot
lenberger and Brannigan were
easy outs, but the initial advantage
of the Islanders was erased.
A double by Lord in the third
and a single by Shollenberger ac-
counted for Moline's fourth run
Wilson held them in check for TN
next two innings. Three hits, two
passes and an error gave the Plows
three more in the sixth.
The Islanders got back into the
game in the seventh. scoring three
Swenson singled. McEwan AMI
Erickson were passed. filling the
bases. Fillingham grounded to sec
ond but McMenamin made bad
throw in trying for a force play.
Brannigan recovered and made a
belated effort 10 nail the runner
going down to first. Mack r~ceiyed
the ball and pegged to third but
Lord let it slip through his hands
and before the ball was brought
under control again, three runs
had counted.
The Pillow Boys gummed up the
whole works in the seventh by
scoring seven runs on as many hits.
There were three doubles, four sim
giles and two passes mixed up in
the attack. The Plows did nothing
in the eighth. The final run of the
Islanders were accomplished in the
ninth with two gone. Fillinghan
walked and scored on Gray's double
TO right field
Saturdays Game.
Lefty Hoeft, Atkinson and
Craig all looked alike to the, Plows
on Saturday. The trio of Islander
twirlers yielded II hits and II
runs. OF course. the other mem
bers of the team tossed the ball
around rather wildly at times, but
this is 10 be expected when the
sphere is driven to all corners Of
the lot
McCue, with two triples. a double
and a single in six times at bat,
was the big gun OF the Plow aggre-
CATION. He bgan the unpleasant
proceedings with a triple to the
fagpole in the first inning. rs fact
he picked on the first ball pitched
by Hoeft. In spite of this the
youngster settled down, retired
two on strikes and got the third out
on grounder to short. He blank
ed the Plows in both hits and runs
In the second, but in the third
came couple of triples, two sim
giles, a base on balls and four runs.
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