Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1894-07-23
SHOOK THEM UP,
Result Of Yesterdays Western Association
Games-R0ck Island Advances.


Sound the tom-tom!
Let us rejoice and be glad!
Let the woods ring with the sound
Of the welkin, and from overy house.
top the starry banner wave.
Deliverance has come.
1t is quite a different story today
from that OF a week ago, apropos of
ne position Of Rock Island in the
Western association base ball race.
A week ago Rock Island had quilted
Peoria in disgrace and humiliation
very admirer of the game here was
iisgusted, not that the team was ex-
Pected to win every game, but be-
cause it was plainly apparent that
The club had been losing through
listless and reckless playing, and it
vas known that better work could
be done ii there was disposition to
10 so.
But to the change that has come
over the situation. Rock Island
comes home flushed with having
nlade just such a conquest at Jack
sonville, as Peoria had over it the
week previous, and adding to this
Two victories at Jacksonville max
,ug five straight.
Yesterdays games resulted in a
General revolution in the association.
lincoln tumbling to fourth place. with
Rock Island now on its heels, having
advanced to fifth place, and making
he forthcoming struggle with Pee
ia battle royal to be sure.
The score of yesterdays game at
Quincy is appended:
roe s"n IsGand...... ssiaoss s3ss as
Quincy o o o 0 O o j
Bat e'ies - Soni ard Sage: McDougal and
:oland. Base hits-Rock Island. s; Quincy, :.
Errors-Rock Island, 3; Quincy. :.
Other Games.
Other games in the Western asso-
citation yesterday resulted: At Des
Moines-St. Joseph, Il: Des Moines.
). At Peoria-Jacksonvil l: Peo-
ala. II. AT Omaha-Lincoln, z; Oma-
"a, u.
Saturdays Games.
Saturdays games resulted as fol-
lows: AT Quincy-Rock Island, II:
Quincy, ). At St. Joe-Des Moines.
Il; ST. Joe, ,. At Omaha-Lincoln,
!; Omaha. Z. At Peoria-Jackson-
vile. 6; Peoria, Z.
Tips.
Hang on to that rabbits foot some
body.
The Rock Island club reached home
this morning.
Peoria plays here tomorrow and
the two succeeding days.
Tomorrow and Wednesday will be
ladies' days at the park.
The River Rats defeated the South
farks Yesterday by score of "a to s.
The first two days of home series
aides Will be admitted free This
ale applies to tomorrow and Wednes-
lays game.
Henry Darts Sons have offered to
give the boys butt of Star plug to-
bacco if they win eight of Is of the
Games now TO be played ct home.
That lacking up on the part of Sec
rotary McHugh, that he refuses to
discuss. has borne abundant fruit.
The team has not lost a game since
The Chicago Herald terms the
Western association the .see-saw
league. Good term; a prettier
race or more beautifully punched
'ot of clubs does not appear on the
base bail diamond.
Previous to tomorrow's game, the
players of the Rock Island and Pco-
p "a teams viii parade the streets in
inform, headed by Bleuer's band,
which will also furnish music at in
tervals during the game.
The figure that an active disciple
marian cuts in a ball team as manger
IS amply illustrated in the jackson
lilies. Con Strouthers is laid up
with rheumatism and the club has
struck the toboggan. Strouthers is
one of the best minor league mana
gers in the business.