Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1901-07-22


the face of misfortune
Three boxes of first-class 10-cen
cigars went to the Rock Island clu
from The ARGUS today as premium
offered by The ARGUS Saturday night
One was earned by the team IS
whole for superior playing. and on
by Harry Tate for the longest hit
And then to be just. another was sen
to Jimmy Hoy for coming so neal
winning the individual prize offered
The Rockford and Bloomington
teams are booked to play in Rockford
July 20. This is the date of Buffalo
Bills show and for that reason there
is some talk of transferring the game
to Dixon. Inquiry is now being
made and the transfer may be made.
Hale, who was released from Evans.
vile. has been let go by Cedar Rap.
ids, where he went from there. His
bad leg was the cause of his losing
out.
just take peep at Middleton's rec
ord yester:ay-one run, two hits, two
put-outs, eight assists and no error.
Guess that will do. Mid is playing
great ball.
Tate is getting his eve on the
leather again. Keep the good work
up. harry.
Those new suits are certainly all
right, but what's in them is better.
The boys have struck their gait.
Rock Island has been up against
hard luck all season. Now we are
beginning to receive share of for
tunes smiles.
The members of the Rock Island
team of 1901 will learn before the SO n
son is out what every ball player who
has ever played here has-that it is
one of the best towns in the country
to be identified with. and that as the
people have shown themselves game
and patient when luck was going
against the club, so they will evince
their appreciation when the club is
providing the winning article.
Bill Kreig's Terre Haute team comes
tomorrow.
Terre Haute is next. Three games.
Tomorrow is ladies' day.
That was a sizzling liner of Rebs-
amen's in the eighth yesterday. 1t
would have been good for at least
three bases had not HOY run into the
JILL" Dab ~ Nho Ola va
Davenport new catcher, Shannon,
is go d man for the place.
Davenport's hot-headed manager,
Smith, could have bitten q nail in
two yesterday.
10 the last three games Mullaney
has made 10 hits and not an error.
Who said he is not as fast as link?
Yes. and then some.
The Rock Island Sluggers suffered a
defeat yesterday at the hands of the
No-Names in a game played on
Twelfth street. The score was 25
OF.
Penne.t's club won from a juvenile
Moline aggregation at that city yes
terdsy by a score of Is to IL.
The pop man coined money yester-
dao.
Call them the boys in blue, or the
white soX. just as you please.
Rock Island has dropped the title
of Shamrocks since they appeared on
the diamond yesterday in new blue
and white uniforms. The blending
with the Davenport red and white
made a ve-y harmonious and patriotic
effect.-Davenport Republican.
And row the Davenport papers are
doing what was not done in Rock Is
land in all the time of repeated and
persistent notwithstanding the
homo team and attempting to kill
the attendance. IL that kind of work
keeps up and is successful, Davenport
will be true 10 its reputation and
prove a gutter. How can a town ex-
pect its ball team to play ball. win or
lose, If it does not stand by the team
win or lose?
Everybody is pleased with the new
uniforms. They are tasty in style
and are of the best quality of material
furnished by Spalding of Chicago
The subscriptions for the payment
are coming in nicely from friends of
the team. and George Bennett
whose agency the suits were
purchased, put them down at actual
costto him as bis subscription to the |
fund for their payment. No one who |
has contributed so far has reason to
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