Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1901-08-19

most prosperous of the minor cir
cults. Cedar Rapids. Terre Haute
and Bloomington are punched for the
lead. only about fifteen points sepa-
rating the three. The leagues sue
cess is said to be due to the low sala-
~ limit"
AS long as Hopkins is being tried
it would seem a wise move to put
him in right field, where there is not
so much territory to cover as there is
in center
Manager Hayes, of Davenport, has
been dickering with the Decatur man
agement for Gus Dorner. He thinks
that Dorner is one OF the very best
pitchers in the league and offered
good money consideration and Boyle
for the big German. Decatur needed
the money, perhaps, but needed Dor
ner more than the coin. and refused
to entertain the proposition, although
President Dineen says that the offer
was big enough to make the manage
ment think hard. Decatur Herald.
There is great rivalry between the
Terre Haute and the Evansville clubs.
1t is of old standing. The two
everything. and baseball has simply
intensified it. There are people at
Evansville who now believe that they
have a better ball club than the lesd-
ers and will support the proposition
with their money. A series OF seven
games has been arranged between the
two clubs and will be played off i'm
mediately following the close of the
season. There will be three games in
each town, one Sunday game for each,
and the odd game to be determined
later.
Decatur plays here today and to-
morrow. Terre Haute is to be here
Wednesday and Thursday and DaVen-
port Saturday and Sunday.
The season closes Sept. 8. See all
the games on the home grounds and
encourage the management, which
deserves support from the public.
Manager Sage thinks the hoodoo
may have been that suit he has been
wearing. He wore the regulation
color yesterday. Graham was kept in
tepid state all through yesterdays
game, and if anything serious had
started Bloomington would have h&d
chance to hit from the other side.
Conditions were ripe for fisticuffs
for a time in the fifth. yesterday.
Middleton, who had been given his
base, was forced fl second by Rebsa-
men on Hoy's third strike. He had
good lead for third and was trying to
make it on a rush, when Brown, who
was squarely in the line, got the ball
Immediately in front of him. When
Middleton struck Brown, the latter
landed on his back several feet nearer
the base and rather out of sorts, to
say the least. Had it not been for the
quick rally of the infield to the spot
there would undoubtedly have been
an exchange of compliments. Mid
dleton was called out.
The crowd yesterday was a
lively one. The real fans were all
there and they kept Bloomington
sizzling hot while on the bench.
Manager Sage released Bobby Roth
ermel and reinstated Harry Tate Sat-
urday, the latter having been fined
and suspended last week. Rothermel
has not been himself since his
illness. No one realized better
than himself that he was not
playing the game he is capable of
when in normal condition. However,
Rothermel's release was probably
more in response to popular demand
than to poor playing, the prejudice
among the fans that developed against
him as the result of few unfortu-
nate exhibitions having become SO
deep rooted that he could not regain
their favor, no matter how well he
acquitted himself in the game.
Benefits ball club won from the
Davenport Llrks yesterday, "a to 10.
Benefits team has q very fair stand
lug in the percentage column of local
aggregations, having lost but two out
of Il games during the season.