The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1922-05-08
ISLANDER HAS
EDGE IN DUEL
OF SOUTHPAWS
Locals Make Few Hits Count In
Great Game Before Large
Sunday Crowd.
BY ]. L. HUGHES.

IN DaIlle OF SouLHpdWSp Lefty
Hoeft OF the Islanders had slight
edge on Lefty" Schweite of the
Angons at Douglas park yesterday
afternoon, Rock Island winning
the third game of the set, 2 TO o.
and making the series with Boyle's
hustlers stand at two and one for
the locals.
More than $500 fans gathered to
witness the Sabbath matinee, and
every last man was given his mon
ey's worth-and then some. The
teams put up a mid-season exhibit
ton of the national pastime, every
man on his toes from start to fin
ish, giving the pitchers splendid
support. II was the second shutout
victory in four days for the Island
ers, Dubuque having been the vic
tim on May 4.
Hits were few, but three of the
Islanders five were made to count.
Hoeft let the visitors down with
three hits, each coming at intervals
OF every three innings. In the
sixth he pitched himself out of
difficulty by getting easy outs on
two batters when second and third
were occupied and on,- one out.
Again in the ninth the first man
up delivered a two base hit. but
the little southpaw never wavered.
The next three went out with hard
ly a ripple. The sixth man was the
only instance in which a Marshall
town player reached third base.
Each Whit Seven.
Schweite was hardly less efec-
tive than Hoeft, and under ordinary
circumstances would have been re-
turned the victor. He duplicated
Hoeft's stunt of striking out seven
batters. Both pitchers issued three
passes, and Hoeft gave one man a
life by hitting him with one of his
shoots.
Score in Sixth.
The Islanders broke up the score
less pastiming in the sixth inning
by giving Hoeft one run to go on,
and at that stage of the game the
lone tally looked as good as a mile.
Swenson and McEwan were the Is
landers who delivered The third
sacker opened the frame by slash
ing a double to left field McEwan
uncorked a two-ply swat to right
field, scoring SwensOn. Schweite
recovered and prevented further
scoring in that session by forcing
Gray to Whit. Newell to fly to right
and Councilman to send a high one
to center after FilliHgham gained a
life at first on Anderson's error.
Norton's double in the seventh
came with two down and caused no
damage. However. in the eighth,
Wally Newell lined to the flag pole
for three bases and registered the
second score when First Baseman
Daley dropped Anderson's throw OF
Ffllingham's grounder
The contest resolved itself into
pitchers duel in the first inning.
Hoeft gave Ford, second man up, a
base on balls, but struck two out
and forced the third man to roll
weakly to Councilman. Schweite
also retired two on strikes in the
first inning and got the third on
an easy fly to center.
The first. hit recorded against
Hoeft came in the third inning, be-
ing a single to left field by For
sythe after two were down. AL
though Forsythe pilfe-ed second,
Lefty" made his blow count for
nothing by putting the third strike
past Ford.
First Hit in Fifth.
Except for a furry in the third.
when Schweite walked a pair of
batters, the Islanders were retired
with monotonous regularity until
the fifth inning Then Fillingham
broke the ice by seeking a two base
hit to left field, being the Island
ers' first safe swat of the game.
Although Filly was first up, he died
at second base.
The Ansons appeared most dan
gerous in the sixth. With one gone.
Forsythe doubled to left field.
Hoeft. temporarily unsteady. walk
ed Ford. Then he baked, advanc-
ing both runners. But in this cri-
sis he showed his nerve. He forced
Daley to fly weakly to McEwan, and
the best Lenahan could do was an
easy grounder to Lefty" himself.
r. Peculiar feature of the game was
the fact that of the sum total of
eight hits. seven were for extra
bases. The Islanders got four dou-
bles and a triple. while the Ansons
had to content themselves with a
single and two doubles. Up to the
ninth inning Shortstop Forsythe,
former Milwaukee player, was the
only visitor to send Hoefts offer
ings to safe territory. Then Bliss
broke into the hit column with a
double down the left field foul line.
The game was played in one hour
and forty-five minutes. which, as
ball games go, means fast pastim-