The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1922-07-10
! ORGY Of BASE
HITS GIVES 8
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81 ]. L. HUGHES.

81 ]. 1. HUGHES.
The islanders won . dizzy VIC
tory frou Dubuque In the first
game Of what was to have been .
double header, ut Douglas park yes
terday afternoon, II to 2, In seven |
innings Of hit and run pastiming.
But the rain saved their hides in
the second tilt. Coming at just the
right moment, the downpour spelled
fms for the afternoon. Dubuque
was in the lead, S to !, az the Is
landers came In for their time at
bat In the fifth frame. Twas then
that the clouds opened up, deny !
ing the home club its right to last
time at bat and automatically caus-
ing the game to become mo con-
test"
The opening fuss was terminated
In the seventh inning by mutual
agreement Of the managers. The
futility Of proceeding the full
route dawned Oh the. visiting club
after the fourth inning, when the
Islanders had 15-run lead and
Dubuque no pitchers capable OF
stopping them.
Fifteen Islander batters came to
the plate in the fourth inning, 10|
connecting for safe hits and nine
scoring. 1t was a vicious attack.
The first eight batters got on base
and all of them scored before Du-
buQue could ring up an out. Then,
wonder Of wonders, came two
strikeouts, only to be followed by
q quartet of hits and another run
before Mike Dempsey flied out to
the right garden to end the agony.
Two Home Runs.
There were two home runs, a
triple, a double and six singles, an
error and a hit batter, all in the
time it took Dubuque to put three
men out. And this in spite of the
fact that after the first round to the
platter, the Islanders began to lope
around the bases, caring not wheth-
er they reached the registering sta
ton.
Wind Causes Trouble.
The high wind probably had
much to do with the orgy Of base
hits in the first game. A high fly
generally tied the visiting outfield-
ers in knots and most OF the time
1t fell safe, either in front or be-
hind. The Islanders had less trou-
BILE Judging the ball.
The homo runs were delivered by
Swenson and Norton, Swenson's
coming with two on the paths, and
Norton's sent one runner in ahead
OF him. Both were inside the lot
but carried to the regions of the
flag pole. The triple was from the
bludge of MIR. Red" Finn, and it
counted one run. Fried connected
for a double, which scored two
Councilman and Radloff got two
singles each, and Finn and Sven
son got singles in addition to their
extra base clouts. Mike Dempsey
had the distinction of getting hit
by pitched ball, and also of max
ing the last out. Belz was the man
who started the rumpus by reach
ing first base on an error, and he
and Newell were the ones to go
down or strikes. 1t was surely a
wild spasm.
After getting away to a rather
tame start in the opening inning.
the islanders opened up with their
: heavy artillery In the second, scor-
ing four runs on three hits, and
added four more in the third on five
hits. Swenson was safe on an err
ror to start the second. Conzel-
mans single put him on second
base. Radloff's sacrifice, on
which Dubuque failed in an at
tempt to force Jim at second, put
three on the bases. Dempsey went
out on fly ball, but Frield's
fielder's choice brought in Swenson.
Norton singled. scoring Conzbel-
man, and Newell doubled to score
Fried and Norton.
!, In the third inning Firms single
and Conzelman's triple accounted
for No. l. Radloff's single scored
Councilman. Dempsey doubled,
sending Radloff all the way around
from first base. Norton's single
scored Dempsey.
Then the Slaughter.
Then came the slaughter in the
fourth which prompted the bosses
to get together on the question of
an early finish. The Islanders
were tired from hitting and run
i ming, and the visitors were shot
, from chasing the elusive sphere
The Islanders went out without
I. trying in each Of the remaining two
/; innings.
Oster started on the mound for
Dubuque. ChoQuette was brought
up in the fourth after five had
scored and none was out. He was
permitted to finish out the frame
Anderson deserted second base for
the pitchers boxe to start the fifth
and because the Islanders were
: tagged they were lenient with him
Charlie Fried not only twirled
\ he full route for the Islanders in
the first game. but he essayed the
, iron man role by taking up the
! firing duties ID the second contest
He was derricked in the fourth In.
ming Of the after piece because oi
wildness and Lefty" Hoeft wal
rushed In to stop the visitors
Lefty" did this but not a. well a
the rain.
/ TIIDEN RETAINS