The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1922-06-17
HOEFT SHAKES
JINx; TWIRLS
!. 5 To 5 SCORE
Locals Swat Ball Hard and Often
and Settle Result in Early
Frames.
BY ]. /. HUGHES.

The Islanders wasted no time in
getting to Under yesterday after
noon at Douglas park scoring six
runs in the first three innings on
solid hits and eventually romping
in with the long end OF an to 5
count.
This gave the locals two straight
over Waterloo and incidentally sew
en- victories out of their last nine
starts. Another game with the
Hawks this afternoon and the Is
landers will break camp, to be gone
three weeks.
Lefty" Hoeft succeeded in shak-
ing the jinx which has been trailing
him the last three weeks. In spite
of excellent pitching on his part,
the breaks usually went against
him. But yesterday it was differ
emit His mates gave him healthy
lead in the early frames and but
for the fifth round, had easy sailing
all the way.
The Islanders solved Under for
thirteen hits, five of which
went for extra bases. Gray and
McEwan contributed triples, and
McEwan, Newell and Dempsey
broke out with doubles in the
course of the afternoon.
Waterloo touched Lefty" Hoeft
for IL hits but could cause no trou-
BILE except in the fifth. Then but
for an error by Norton on a chance
for a double play, the side would
have been retired runless. AS it
was, all but the noise came after
that slip.
Norton opened the game for
Rock Island with a clean single to
left field. Boss Jim sacrificed him
along on his journey. McEwan's
terrific drive 10 left field for two
sacks, enabled Norton to jog home
with the first score.
Gray started the assault in the
second frame with a triple to the
flag pole. Dempsey drew a pass
after Swenson flied out. Hoeft
whitfield for the second out but Gray
managed to register when Ech-
termeyer, Waterloo second sacker,
mussed up NortOn's grounder. Then
Councilman slashed a single to CEN
ter, scoring Dempsey.
Three more were added in the
third Doubles by Newell and
Dempsey in this spasm helped
things along materially. Belz was
walked to start the round. He stole
second and registered on Newell S
hit. Gray flied out to center and
Swenson rolled out. Under to Nc
Doweli. Dempsey, however, de-
livered his two-ply swat at this
juncture, scoring Newell. Under
fell in fielding Hoeft's grounder,
and upon recovering himself threw
II Wild to third base in an attempt to
0pick Dempsey off. And Mike
" pranced home with the third run
of the inning.
Waterloo took a hand in the scor-
ing in the fourth, Fergeman was
hit by a pitched ball. Under hit
toward Norton, who. with a chance
TO touch second and throw to first
for a double out, missed connec-
lions with the ball. Pezdirtz' tri-
pie brought in both runners. Ra-
gan flied out to Newell, scoring
Pezdirtz, Echtermeyer rolled out
but Thomson singled to center,
reached second on a single by. Nc
Dowell and counted on Lubbe's
double to center. Leach stopped
the rally by grounding out to Nc
EVAN.
The Islanders strengthened their
lead in their half of the fifth, result
of singles by Dempsey. Hoeft and
Norton. Their final tally came in
the seventh. Norton, after being
hit by a pitched ball. circling the
bases to the tune of McEwan's tri-
pie to the vicinity of the flag pole.
Waterloo's score in the ninth de-
veloped after the first two batters
had gone out A single to left field
by Raglan, double to right by Ech-
termeyer and SwanSon's error of
Thomason's grounder, did the bus
mess.