Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1901-06-06
SMITH TAKES YOUNG
Player Released by Rock Island
is Signed by Davenport
Management.
NEW BATTERY IN TOMORROW
Only Two Games in the League
Yesterday-Around
Circuit.
GAMES TOMORROW
Terre Haute at Rock Island.
Evansville at Rockford.
Bloc miDgton at Cedar Rapids.
Decatur at Davenport.

Rock Island and Davenport are this
afternoon playing the game prevented
yesterday by rain. The locals will
bat in the following order: Hopkins.
II; Hoy, 3b; Tate. C; link. ID; Hughes,
2b; Poor, CT; Middleton, IS; Smith.
IF. Kranz will probably do the box
work today, aud tomorrow, when
Tcrre Haute comes, the new battery,
Milton and Arthur, will be tried out
Pitcher Charley Miller writes from
Cincinnati that his arm is again in
condition and he will report for duty
on the Rock Island team in few days.
Lawrence Milton. the pitcher from
st Joseph, arrived this morning and
will take hand i'll tomorrow's game.
Stanley Arthur. the new catcher
from Colorado Springs, will reach
the city tonight.
Malone, the pitcher, aud Fox, Dav-
EXPORTS released first baseman, leave
today for Ashville, n. G; Hugh
Tate, brother of Manager Tate, left
for Evarts, Pa. and Metz. the catch
or. left this morning for his home at
Cumberland, Md.
At Decatur.
Bloomington took the third game
of the series from Decatur yesterday
because Decatur could not hit. Nc
Greevy was taken out of the box in
the fourth inning and sent to the
bench for questioning decision of
the umpire. Elsey made the longest
home run hit ever seen on the
grounds. The score:
Decatur .....1 OIL 10000 Is
Bloomington 3 o , o IS
Bstteries-Dorner and Rollins, Nc
Greevy, McCafferty and Belt; hits
Decatur 4, Bloomington IL; errors
Decatur 4. Bloomington 8.
At Terre Hauts.
Terre Haute won from Evansville
in very slow game yesterday after
noon. Crosby was not effective at
critical points. Ross, n new man, was
taken out after the first inning. The
score:
Terre Haute. "A OOIOO O-5
Evansville. 80 1000 5 O-3
Batteries-Ross, Swain and Star
magic. Crosby and Roth; hits-Terre
Haute 4. Evansville 8; crrors-Terre
HAute 3, Evansville 1.
Games Postponed.
At Rock Neutrality-suspicious.
Island game. Rain.
AT Cedar Rapids-Rockford- Cedar
Rapids game. Rain.
Notes of the Diamond.
Commencing tomorrow games will
be called at 3:45 instead of at $3.50. =
\ few more such give-aways as
those of Monday and Tuesday would
have depressing effect on baseball
in Rock Island.
Belden Hill, of Cedar Rapids, has
signed Pitcher Ste ffani, recently re-
leased by Des Moines. Ste FAM pitched
in the California lesgue last year
Games in both Rock Island and
Davenport tomorrow.
Ladies' free tomorrow. The game
calls at $3.50.
Bill Krieg, who held down first on the
of the Terre Haute team.
Bid Young, the third basemau re-
leased yesterday, was signed by D4v-
enpo rt last night.
The Game In General.
Chicago, June G.-LeaGue base ball
records yesterday were: At Cincin-
nati-BrOOklyn l. Cincinnati 1-seyen
innings, darkness: ut st. LOuis-New
York 3. 81. Louis 4: at Pittsburg-
Philadelphia =, Pittsburg >; at Chi
cGgo-Rain.
American League: At Cleveland
Baltimore Cleveland game POSTPONED
at end of third iming-rain: at Mil
waukee-Boston Z, Milwaukee 4; at
Detroit-Philadelphia =, Detroit 3; at
ChicagO-Rain.