Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1899-05-25
IS a pretty game. The score:

Bloomington 49,. o o o o 0 o o : O.;
Two base hits-Hart, Rothermel. Stoler
, 30 DoSn s s1fgc Double Double
3: by Hart z. Wild pitch-Hart l. Bases on
halIs-on Hart, 4; of Samrle, Time-l:45
Umpire
Games elsewhere: At Rockford,
Ottumwa, l, Rockford 3: at Cedar
Rapids, Dubuque s, Cedar Rapids. 5.
Games today: Ottumwa at Rock
ford, Dubuque at Cedar Rapids, Rock
Island at Bloomington.
Diamond Liners.
Hart struck out seven men.
Bloomington is drawing fine.
Bloomington has signed Cy Young,
who pitched for Rock Island last sea-
son.
Davy Seisler, of the Bloomington
team, is lying at the point of death at
his home in Peoria. He has the
measles.
Claude Elliott, who pitched for De
troit last season, has been signed by
Rockford. Catcher III. G. Hansen, of
Kansas City, has also signed n Rock
ford contract.
Three of the Western association
players have drawn fines from the
umpires. Caruthcrs assessed Elscv,
of Ottumwa, and Thiel, of Blooming
ton, s. each, and Mcnamara put So
plaster on Callahan, of the Rock Isl
ands.
Manager Bines has loaned Pitcher
Frank Barber to the Dubuque team,
and Frank leaves today to Join his
new companions at Cedar Rapids
Manager Hines has been trying to in
duce Hale to Join the Dubuques, but
the outiielder objects. He wants to
go to Albany in the New York State
league, but has not succeeded in get
ting his release from the Rockford
club.-Rockford Star.
The Chicago Times-Herald is at
tempting Systematically to make the
Western Baseball association insight
ticant. The bare announcement of the
results of the games now constitutes
the extent of this papers notice of the
contests in pennant race that is pro-
ducing as good an article of ball as
any in the country. The Times-Her-
aid can be pretty cheap when it wants
to be, and without much effort at that.
A dispatch from Dubuque says:
The transfer of the Quincy baseball
club was effected today through the
efforts of Charles +. Hancock and
others. The necessary funds have
been nearly all subscribed. A meeting
will he held tomorrow evening to or
ganize the local association. Tom
LOTUS will be president. The team
will he strengthened by the addition
Of Hall, shortstop, and Iiest, out
fielder. Lotus will also supply a
pitcher and catcher from his Columbus
team
The management of the Rock ISL
and baseball club is arranging an ex-
cursion to Cedar Rapids on Decoration
day. the train to leave Davenport over
the b., G.. Il. & n. railroad at $50 a.
m, returning, leave Cedar Rapids at
S p. IN. The Rock Island club plays
two games there on that day, and the
extremely low rate of $3.50 for the
round trip has been secured. AS a
guarantee of 800 people is required,
all desiring TO avail themselves of
this opportunity are requested to Sc
cure tickets at once. the railroad COM
pany demanding that arrangements
must be concluded not later than Sat
urdav evening. Tickets can be OBJ
tanned from l.. q. Eddy at the Bijou
cigar store, NJ. III. Sexton at the Rock
Island steam laundry. or j. F. Mum
ger at the Woodman head office.
1t was not in a spirit of prejudice
that THE ARGUS declared during his
recent stay here that Tom Mcnamara
is not fair umpire. He is either de-
void of the qualifications for properly
Judging of the points in the game or
deliberately means to give the best of
il 10 the home team. 1t is believed
that he pursues the latter course for
the purpose of playing to the grand
stand. This is what he. lid in Rock
Island. carrying it so far that the
spectators jeered him. although
general results were not affected.
The ARGUS stated then that Rock
Island would suffer when her
team went away on n Tip. The
Games at BLOOMINGTON the past