Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1901-08-27

| ne hOck lSlanQ DaSeDall team IN
charge of Manager Mullaney and &C
companied by Secretary Eddy of the
local association went to Rockford
this morning. where they play today
and tomorrow.
Hughes was the only member of the
team that remained here. Haynes,
the new pitcher, who has been holding
down the bench for the past week,
was expected to be given his first try
out to-day.
Moriarity, the third baseman whom
Davenport recently released. went to
Rockford in O'Brien's place, that
player having been released. In
making this change the management
had two objects in view, the posi- ole
Improvement of the team and the cut
ting down of expenses.
Moriarity was secured at lower
figure than O'Brien received and the
latter. being out of condition. has
not been doing the work that the fans
exact of late. There has consequent
| ly been q continued outcry for his re-
moval, which the management has
/
1t is hoped an Improvement has been
made.
At Bloomington.
| Polchow received his trimmings
yesterday. and. becoming sulky in the
fourth, gave four passes, which, with
three hits, Melted four runs. The
team behind him gave him perfect
support, but the weakness of their
pitcher, together with the effective
ness of Beedles, was enough to throw
score:
Bloomington ..OOO4 OO12 ~
Evansville 80 o 1 o o %
Batteries - Beedles and Elsey and
Connor and Polchow and Roth. Hits
- Bloomington z, Evansville 4.
Errors-Bloomingto 2. Evansville o.
Notes of the Diamond
From the cackle in which the
Davenport papers, without excep-
ton, are induIging over Sundays
game, an idea is afforded of how deep
1y at heart the people on that side
must have felt the humiliating de-
feats repeatedly administered to the
reds in their last series with the blues.
We are now told by the much and
most Justly elated Davenport press of
the way the Rock Islands were act
ually kicked of their own diamond by
the ''mighty reds" how the redoubt-
able Smith won wondrous achieve
ment by his one great right hand,
how Davenport rooters who were so
quiet the day before were there with
the goods Sunday, ETC., and finally
that Davenport now has team fit to
be called champions. The Joy that is
felt over here at the spectacle in the
neighboring city does not even stop at
the hope that nothing may happen be-
tween now and the end of the league
season to rudely mar the ecstatic
spirit. o.
John McGraw, the great Baltimore
player who is attracting so much at
tention just now, first attracted at
tention as a member of the Cedar
Rapids team of 1891.
There are other towns that occa-
sioually get sample of poor ball
playing from their home teams. This
is from the Rockford Star: The ar
ticle of baseball put up by the Rock
ford team yesterday was so decayed
it smelled to heaven. 1t is doubtful
il they have played worse game
this season. There have been times
before when they could neither hit
nor field, but never before have they
shown such a disposition to loaf, such
a don't care spirit. They had abso-
lutely no life. though they had had
a days rest. The spectators early be-
came weary and not few of them
turned about and cheered the visiting
team. Manager Nicol was disguised
with the showing of his men, and |
there doubtless will be fine lecture |
before the series with Cedar Rapids is |
begun, aud Mic will occupy the CEN
ter Of the stage. 1t may be inferred |
the Evansvilles won with ease. They |
slammed ElliotL's curves all over the |
lot. When they were not hitting the |
ball the locals were making errors, |
and so they had a picnic all the way.
The Rock ords could not solve Pol
chow's delivery and quit practically /
in the first inning. The score at the
end was Q to o, and the people won
dered that It was not worse
In the other Leagues.
Chicago. Aug. 2T.-Following are the
scores at base ball recorded by the Ma
tional League clubs yesterday: At
Philadelphia-New York 3, Philadel-
phia L at Pittsburg-St. Louis ,.
Pittsburg ?; at Brooklyn-Boston o,
Brooklyn 2; at Chicago-Cincinnati 4,
Chicago 3.
American League: At Boston-De-
troit Q. Boston g. at.-WashtpgtQn-