Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1901-05-25

Was postponed on account "e'
grounds.
The high school team is playing at
Davenport this afternoon.
A conservative estimate places the
attendance if yesterday had been fair
at between 1900 and 1000.
Glenn Eddy is Rock Islands mascot
and he looked very neat yesterday in
his new green suit and red sash.
The players benches have been
placed back against the grandstand
leaving a clean field-a commendable
move.
If link makes any more such stupid
plays as that of yesterday it may be-
come necessary to provide him with
an alarm clock.
The Rockford team is quartered in
Davenport because it is claimed &C
combinations cannot be had on this
side at reasonable figure
The umbrella carried by l.. D..
Nudge, who sat in the bleachers, was
turned wrong side out by the wind
from one of Elliott's fast overland
balls.
AS an incentive for good playing by
the Rock Island team tomorrow A. j.
Lloyd offers a Knox hat to the player
making the longest hit during the
game.
Robert Cox umpired the game fair.
ly and to the satisfaction OF all. He
was the only man about the grounds
that looked comfortably warm and the
way he stopped that hot grounder
showed that he hasn't forgotten how
10 play ball.
A game of baseball has been ar
ranged between the Davenport and
Rock Island attorneys on the morning
of Decoration day at the baseball park
across the river. Nine innings will
be played. A banquet for the players
will follow the game, which promises
to be not only an athletic contest OF
moment, but also the beginning OF
more intimate personal acquaintance
and fellowship between the lawyers OF
the two cities.
THE ARGUS is not disposed to dis.
courage the Rock Island team, but il
is about time to look the fact square
in the face that there is something
wrong. There is a painful lack OF
team work and of the ginger and snap
that 60 to make up professional
club such as Rock Island is accus.
toned to seeing. What the baseball
public wants is steady ball playing,
whether the locals win or lose. The
erratic article of ball such as may
dash to ground one day all the hopes
that enthusiasts may put into the
team the day before will not stimulate
the interest that those behind the
baseball movement here deserve tt
have manifested.
At Terrs Haute.
The visitors made the most hits
but when they were in greatest need
the batsmen could not make the safe
ties. More than once Bloomington
had men on second and third. anC
once on all three bases, when the sid,
was retired. McGreevy's home rur
hit was really two-bagger. the bal
rolling under center field fence
Score:
Terre Haute % = 90 3 900 #-4
Bloomington. 20 900 l 1 o 1 O.;
atteries-Swaim and Starnagle
McGreevy and Belt; hits-Terre HautG
10; bloomington III errorS-1err(
Haute 1, Bloomington 3.
At Decatur.
Evansville was outplayed and out
batted in a game devoid OF brilliant
features. Bruce, who pitched FIJI
Decatur, was puzzle to the visitorl
for five innings. The score:
Decatur -. II 0O11 3 o.;
Evansville. 30 o o o o Is
Batteries-Bruce aud Rollins, Boul
den and Roth; hits-Decatur 10,
Evansville z; errors-Decatur 2
| Evansville 4.
Inr1e Other Leagues.
Chicago, May 25.-Following are the
| scores made yesterday by Lea que base
ball clubs: At Philadelphia-St Louis
3, Philadelphia ,; at BroOklyn-Chi-
cago q. Brooklyn II; at New York
4 Cincinnati, o; New York 1; at Boston
| --Pittsburg g. Boston 4.
American League: At Cleveland
Washington >. Cleveland called Mt
end of ninth inning-wet weather.: mt
Decentralization o, Detroit 3: at Chi
cago-Game postponed-cold weather.
Western Associations: At Grand
Rapids-Louisville 4, Grand Rapids :;