Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1901-08-01

Elsey. 1b. ...... 0 IL o 0
King, IS. -... -. o 2 o 6 o
Brown, Sd. o o o / U
M, Greevy, 3b........ o o D
Belt, .............. o l o 0
McCafferty, p....... U o o 2 o
Total. ............2 3 81 II 1
Rock Island -. % OO1O -
Bloomington. 30 o 900 2 o o.
Earned runs-Rock Island 2. Bloom
iington o. Two-base hit-Rothermel.
Three-base hit-King. Home runs
Tate (2). Double Middleton
to Rebsamen. Bases on balls Ora
ham g. McCafferty 1. Struck out
Graham 0. McCafferty 4. Passed
ball-Arthur. Time of game-1:10.
Umpire-Mesmer.
At Decatur.
| A base on balls, sacrifice and a
single gave Decatur its only tally.
Elliott was in fine form. Score:
Rockford oil 201I1 IS
Decatur. -. 100 600 OIL
Batteries Elliott and Hartford,
Method and Rollins Hits-Rockf I'd
8. Decatur 2. Errors-Rockford 3,
Decatur 2.
At Cedar Rapids.
Failure to hit and bad cases of rat
ties gave Terre Haute an easy victory.
Score:
Cedar Rapids. 20 o 900 02 o 2
Terre Haute % OO6 90 3 1-13
tteries-McFarland and Weaver,
Hackett and Starnagle. Hits-Cedar
Rapids 3. Terre Haute 10. Ecrors-
Cedar Rapids z, Terre Haute 3.
At Davenport
Stauffers was batted all over the
field in the seventh, and Boyle and
McCord were hit nearly as hard. The
better fielding of the locals won the
game. LiPpert's base running was
the feature. The score:
Davenport. 10 8 3 2 o +-13
Evansville. % 1 o 1 co. 2 Oil
Stauffers, Boyle and
Shannon, McCord and Roth. Hits
IA, Evansville IS. Err
rors- Davenport 2, Evansville 4.
Notes of the Diamond.
Ladies free tomorrow.
Evansville has released Jap Poor.
After Sundays game with Evans
for trip around the circuit, opening
Tuesday at Decatur.
1t was a snappy game in the true
sense of the word.
Bloomington simply applied the
tactics that have characterized the
teams playing throughout the sea-
son.
Browns offense was in guying the
umpire. but McGreevy. as usual, was
ugly and bulldozing.
Don't knock. Be enthusiastic.
When the people who are interested
in the team that bears Rock Islands
name sLop trying to play the game
from the grand stand and bleachers and
cheer the team at every stage. giving
the boys encouragement all the time,
applauding their good plays and over
looking their shortcomings it will be
found that the boys will take more
chances, and in the end be more sue
cessful.
Az evidence of to what extent the
practice of attempting to tell the
players what to do when the game IL
IN progress may be carried was
shown yesterday when a foul was hit
far to the right of the catcher. In
mediately lot of the wise ones in the
grand stand set up the cry cant get
it." Arthur. who had started,
stopped, and the ball fell where he
could have reached it had he kept on.
Then the very people who had yelled
at him that he could not reach it
chided him for the mis- tune. Bet
ter let the home tes = own
pIavinn and ~ vouf
thing good to the players, keep Gum.
What happens almost every day in
the best ball leagues in the country,
Notwithstanding that on the face it
seems inexcusable, occurred at the
Rock Island park yesterday, when a
pop-up was sent out back of
the line between first and Sec
ond bases. Rothermel started for |
It, as did Rebsamen and Owens,
thought it was his ball.
and RoIhermel Immediately stopped |
and called to him to take it,
but as so often occurs in such cases,
no one got it. Yet there were people /
present uncharitable enough to blame
the captain of the team for the mis-
play.
Try the tactics of encouraging all
The players alike in taking ,es in
he field and at the bat, and then give
hem a word of encouragement, even
4 they do make an error once in a
while, and see If the result is not
more satisfactory all around.
Graham was a source of delight to
he fans.
Tate was the white haired boy yes
erday.
Tate has of late been furnishing the
lrticle of ball that every one expects
II him. and that every body knows he
5 capable Of.
The Bloomingtons we're so COM
,letely puzzled with Graham's deliv-
Try that they could not contain
themselves. So they took their spite
hr,