Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1901-05-18

| night and lett an oece ioi heo
kuk, where he was to play against
| Quincy today. He is q trst-class
backstop, but lacks confidence in his
base throws. One of the outtielders,
probably Manager Tate, will go be.
hind the stick today. Malone will
pitch. Hopkins, the center fielder,
| has recovered from his illness and
| will be in the game today.
j. b. Ward, the pitcher from Adair,
Iowa. threw the local management
down. He was signed and came to
| town, but after staying over night
became homesick and dropped out OF
sight.
Notes on the Game.
The Davenport management neg
lected the score board. The general
opinion up to the sixth was that it
was not going to be necessary as far
rs the home team was concerned.
Early in the game the Davenport
fans concluded they were up against
the color of the Rock Island uniforms.
An automobile saw the game. 1t
didn't get scared when fouls flew its
way either
Wiehrauch has slow ball that
| fools the best of them.
Umpire Voris gave perfect satisfac-
ton and bids fair to finish the season,
as Mayor Heinz put it in starting
the game, without damage to either
his bones or his reputation"
Moriarity was almost over the plate
when the last play was made.
Davenport's right garden is enough
/ TO strike terror to the heart of an
outlielder. 1t is folded over TIE cor
uer in a manner that leaves effective
Judging of flies out of the question.
u nix would have caught that foul
il the eachers hadn't been in the
/ wav.
Charlie Miller hurt his arm and is
fearful he will have to take long
rest before he will be able to stay in
the box This is nothing short of a
calamity for Rock Island as he is Just
the mas needed, speedy, perfect in
control, and as long in head a. in
/ stature.
A. w. Malone a new pitcher. has
been signed by Rock Island. He
comes from Morg4nstown, N c., and
was with Davenport for time DE
IS ready for work
4 Evansville -, Decatur IL.
Evansville May IL -r"day's gam.
was smuggling match but Decatur
was more fortunate in placing hits
Score:
Evansville. IS 5000 5 90
Decatur go. o 3 z o D DC
Batteries - Terrence and Roth
Swain and Rollins; hits-EvanSville
Is, Decatur IL; errors-Evansville 3
Decatur 3.
Bloomington :, Terre Haute 4.
Bloomington, May 1.-THE fea
lures were Kinlock's phenomenal field
ing, Beedle's pitching aud the heavy
biting by the home team. Score:
Bloomington. OO01 Sol -
Terre Haute 81 90 1 90 % o o.
Batteries-Belt and Beedles; Jarvis
and StaI nsgle; hits-Bloomington s.
| Cerre Haute 6; errors-Blcomingtor
3, Terre Haute 3.
Rockford 6, Cedar Rapids 3.
| Rockford, May 17.-Elliott's pitch
ing was the feature of 12-inning
game Score:
Rockford ..O2O OOOOO3 OO1-t
c. Rapids. .OOlO OOOO-j
Batteries-Elliott and Hanford.
Ashton and Weaver; hits-Rockford
Q. Cedar Rapids 10; errors--Rockford
4. Cedar Rapids 4
In the other Leagues.
Chicago. May 1S.-ScOrcs on League
| diamonds yesterday were recorded as
| follows: At BoStOn-St. Louis Z, Bos-
| ton >; ut New Eork-ChicagO (. New
York o: at Philadelphia-Pittsb
&. Philadelphia 4; at Brooklyn-Cin-
clnnati 9. Brooklyn 10.
American League: At Cleveland
| Detroit q. Cleveland 4; at Boston
| Baltimore >. Boston Z: mt Washington
| Philadelphia q. Washington s; ut
| ChicaGo-AIilwaukee Is. Chicago 4
Western Association: At Fort
| Wayne-Dayton 1. Fort Wayne >: mt
| MISUNDERSTANDING 3, Marion o: at
| Grand Rapids-Indianapoli 3. Grand
| Rapids >; ut TolcdO-Louisville -, To-
ledo 4.
Home Games.
The business mems team of the Y.
NJ. G. A. was trimmed up to the tune
of Q to 3 in a baseball game with the
high school boys yesterday afternoon.
Tom Totten and johnson were the
battery for the business men aud
Barnhart aud Salzmann for the high
| school.
The Young Americans were defeat
ed by the Amazons by q score of Is TO
Q this morning. Means and Auder-
son for the Amszons and Gowling and
Lamp for the Youngl Americans were