Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1901-06-05
TWO NEW MEN SECURED.

The management is now promised
a first Glass catcher. With this pro-
vision made Smith and Krauz may
settle down to good work, and with
the new pitcher coming the locals
may brace up materially.
| Three Players Released.
Young. Metz and Malone were re-
leas ed this afternoon. Metz has bad
arm and he came all the way from
Maryland to find 1t out.
Hereafter Hoy will play at third,
Hopkins will be returned to center
and Tate will field in the left garden.
link is said to be slated for field cap
tain in place of Young.
Notes OF the Diamond.
/ Bloomington aud Decatur are again
tied for first place.
Davenport by winning yesterday
tied Rock Island for third place from,
| the bottom.
Evansville is certainly up against
it.
Terre Haute comes Friday.
IL was another give-away.
Hopkins is becoming more of n
favorite with every game. His field
ing is as near perfect as could be de-
sired in this league, his throwing is
improving and his batting is reason
ably certain.
Davis is born waiter.
Hopkins should have been credited
with a double on that throw home.
Hughes plays like an infelder.
Rock Island deserved but three
runs aud Davenport two.
There is not at present pitcher on
the team in which the public has entire
confidence. Kranz' work in the last
| inning Decoration day was a species
of recklessness that it will take the
fans some time to recover from.
Smiths wretched work Monday con-
demned him. and Malone. though
always good player otherwise, and
undoubtedly with a future before him,
killed himself yester ay.
Davenport won the game at the
outset yesterday. Then Rock I-land
took /. away from the visitors. Then,
Of course, Rock Island lost it again.
If Rock Island should chance to win
the third of the present series an
apology should be offered for not ex-
tending the courtesy of gift of three
straight.
IL is all very nice to be hospitable
TO our neighbors when they come
over here, but It is not necessary to
overdo it.
If Malone had pitched ss we'll as he
bstted he would have won with ease.
1t does not pay to change the play
ers around too much, and what is
more it is not Just to players them
selves. II there is one particularly
weak point let it remain there unit
it is strengthened, but do not put the
others at disadvantage on account
of it.
Young again had chances to do
something for the team-but we los'.
Davenport is to be congratulated
on strengthening the weakest points
in its team.
No one present at either of the
games played with Davenport so far
would hesitate to say that Rock Island
should have won both. Punk
pitching combined with lack of conf
dence at some times and over conf
dence at others lost the games.
Kranz was put in at the wrong
time. 1t was hardly fair deal for
the o ion boy.
Evers scored a clean knOckdown in
the second. He battod n foul. and as
Tate threw his mask to line it up the
bat was accide"tl swung back.
catching him on the Uranium aud
sending him down for several Sec
onds.
Some OF the police banties were at
the park during the last two games.
Wonder il they are Jonahsp
Taken as a whole Rock Island has
probably the best hitting team in the
league, but it is small encouragement
to the team to go in and bat out a
victory in one inning and then have
the pitcher hand it back in the next.
Some enthusiast ought to present
the Rock Island players with new
caps. The Jockey style adopted, while
in conformity with that of the major
leagues, is not as becoming to the
player rs the square top such as the
Davenports, for instance, wear, and
one would imagine, not so comfort
able. A cap of the old style pattern
and red and green striped would be
just about the thing.
At Terre Hauts.
Terre Haute won by better base
running, longer hits and the err.
rors of the visitors. Score:
Terre Haute. A o 0O1 0O1 II
Evansville. % o 90 O o l O-2l
Batteries-Brown and Starnagle.
Bouldin and Roth; hits-Terre Haute
z. Evansville 4; errors-Terre Haute
o, Evansville 4.
At Decatur.
Decatur threw the game away in the
fourth inning, Badger making an err
ror at first and Swain making wild
throw. The lead obtained by the Wis
itors on errors in this inning could
not be overcome. Score:
Decatur ..0 2 o o o 2 0-5
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