The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1922-05-31
RADLQFF LETS
CEDAR RAPIDS
DOWN, 6 TO z
Was Great Comeback After Over
wheiming Defeat of Tester-
day Morning.
BIZ j. L. HUGHES.


MES was finally cracked. And the
Islanders did it, even after they
had gone down to ignominious de-
feat yesterday morning Coming
up for the second round OF yester-
days holiday entertainment at
Douglas park, they staged great
comeback. winning the p. m. fest
by a score of to ,.
Boy, page Fred Radloff, the Coal
Valley miner. 1t was he who came
to the front in the teams hour Of
need and turned the enemy back
in the most select style one could
wish. The hot weather was Just to
the liking of Fred His hooks and
fast ones sizzled across the rubber
during the entire contest with hard
ly break in effectiveness. Witness
tne fact that the visitors garnered
only five hits off his delivery as
compared to 30 divided equally be-
tween the first two games with the
locals
The Islanders punched their hits.
mingling them with two OF Cedar
Rapids errors 10 score all their
runs. Leading the hitting attack of
the locals was Preston Gray, who
returned to left field while Boss
Jimmy Councilman took up the
backstopping duties to give Camp
bell d much needed rest. Gray
smacked out a double and two sin
giles in three permissions TO hit
On his fourth trip TO the plate he
enticed Delman into allowing his
only free ticket to first base.
Jelinek, who had such a miser-
able day IN the field in the morning
game, came right back in the after
liuon with a pleasing exhibition of
shortstopping. His double to LETT
field in the sixth came with run
ners on second and third, and
clinched the old ball game.
Play Fighting Game.
In fact, the Islanders played
heads up baseball all the way.
They assumed the lead in the sec
-ond inning, when, after two were
out, Stuvengen, who was safe on d
nelder's choice, scored on Sven
sons double to the center field
fence. A moment later Gray fol-
lowed the example of Swenson by
driving the apple between center
and left for two sacks, scoring
Swenson with run No. 2.
The Islanders continued their
attack in the fourth, adding a run
when Stuvengen reached second on
Michaels' wild throw to first and
arrived at third on a bad throw to
second in an effort TO catch him off
the bag. He scored on Swenson's
sacrifice fly to left field, which
Lewis had difficulty in getting un~
der
Buns Have One Frame.
The Bunnies accomplished some
thing in their own behalf in the
firth, but it proved to be their only
serious display of the game. Hick-
Ter beat out bunt after one was
out, and stole second and third.
Elliott whitfield but Delman gained
a life on a pass. Lewis then gave
the ball ride to the scoreboard,
counting both runners.
In the Islanders sixth inning,
Belz rolled out to start. Stuvengen
was struck on the head by a pitch
ed ball, knocking him cold His
place on the sacks was taken by
Campbell. who was forced at sec
ond on Swenson's fielder's choice
to Rye. Gray singled to center,
putting Swenson on second. Rad
loft dumped one down the third
base line and beat the throw to
first base cleanly, filling the bases.
At this junctuTe Jelinek boosted the
sphere TO a point near the far left
field fence. .coring Swenson and
Gray. In the seventh the locals
did their final base running. Nc
EVAN singled TO center and was
sacrificed to second. He reached
third on a bad peg by the pitcher
in an attempa 10 catch him nap
ping and registered on Belz's sin
gle to center
n Their Last Chance.
III The Bunnies were given a chance
to preserve their winning streak