Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1894-05-11

game. however, the better, perhaps.
The score:
St 'J %o. eph. e 8 s 81.
Rock Islands .....O o 0 o.
MISREPRESENTATION and Armstrong: Can,ili-n
Andrews and sage. Base hite-St Jos, phs, 90
Rock Islands, 3. Errcrs-,t Joseph-, /; ltocL
Islands, 4.
Other Games.
Other Western association games
yesterday: At Omaha-Peoria, -
Omaha, 8. At Des Moines-Quincy,
3: Des Moines, 10. At Lincoln
Jacksonville, Z; Lincoln, 81.
Will Remember MT. Haskell,
At Omaha Sunday, Umpire Has.
kell, not only fined Manager Sage
SO. but he put him out OF the game.
and for no offense whatsoever, al
that. The Bee says:
He had Just as much right to fire
Grover Cleveland from the white
house as he did to put Sage out OF
yesterdays contest.
McMackin has a fashion of deliver.
ing an illegal ball, that is, he cum
ningly manages to hide it from the
batter's view just before sending il
in. Sage called Haskell's attention
to this several times, and Haskell
cautioned Sammy once or twice. He
still persisted, however, and Sage re-
minded Haskell again. This seemed
to rouse the latter's ire. and he com
manded Sage to shut up, and on
Sage's attempting to explain to him
that he was attempting to make his
opponents tote fair" Haskell plas-
tered IS fine on TO him.
Il can stand the fine" remarked
Sage, "but l don't want to he beaten
out of the game"
That costs you five more" ex-
claimed Haskell. land more than
that. you get out of the gamer
Sage rebelled for time. but wise.
~ seeing he was working a large and
enthusiastic crowd up to the fever
pitch, rather than disappoint them,
he withdrew, and Zeis took his place,
while Lawhead went into the field.
The crowd cheered the umpire. be-
cause it thought he was right, but il
this case the crowd did not under
stand the situation. An umpire who
cannot get along with Harry Sage
has no business in game OF ball.
He doesn't know how to be unrulv,
and is gentleman at every step OF
the road.
Why Edinger Quit.
Jerry Edinger, the pitcher of the
Quincy club who deserted the club
on its trip west. has written from
Bonaparte. Ind, letter to the Quin-
cy Herald in explanation of his con.
duct. in which he says: You have
probably heard some queer reports
about me. and l hope you will give
me space in your paper to explain.
To make a long story short, when we
arrived at Keokuk five or six ot your
players were unable to get off the
train without assistance. was
completely disguised with the whole
outfit, and would sooner quit the
business than to Jolly around with a
gang of that kind. It's poor encour-
agement for pitcher to work hard
and expect to receive support from a
>
all night and essay to play ball the
next day"
Notes.
1t is now reported that the Rock
Island Y. NJ. G. A. basket ball team
was given anything but brotherly
send off at Monmouth, after the
game there Wednesday night, in
which the Rock Islands were victori-
Gus, and that eggs were among the
other missiles which followed the m
from the scene of conquest. Assist
ant State Secretary Bruner will go to
Monmouth to investigate. If the
facts asserted are well founded,
it would be better to let policeman
investigate the matter.
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