Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1901-07-15
NEW UNIFORMs ORDERED.
Subscription List Started to Fit the Teau
Out as u Desires.

list for new uniforms for the team,
and in order to raise sufficient fund
for the benefit of the disabled player,
Hopkins, benefit game or an excur-
sion will be given. Ii the game is de-
cided upon it will either be with DAY.
export or between two picked mines
representing the ''fats" and the
! leans" among the ball fans and will
occur next Monday. As to the uni
forms the green at present worn
has not been popular with either play
ers or patrons since the first appear
ance. In the first place the
suits were not properly made, and
are going to pieces, the caps being
such unbecoming and unserviceable
excuses that it has already become
necessary to replace them. The new
style adopted by the management is
to be dark blue shirts and pants with
white caps, belts and stockings. and
the letters "R. l." worked in white
monogram on the left side of the
shifts. The management, which has
spared no effort to get the best play
ers possib BILE and is still after pitchers.
is willing to do anything thas will
p. sse the patrons and put life into
the team. The people of Rock Island
are disposed to stand by the club and
patronize the games under such cir
cumstances, confident that the team
will soon round to, and strike its
proper gait.
Notes of the Diamond.
The game at Twelfth street park
Saturday between the Woodmen and
Rock Island IL Peoria teams resulted
in the defeat of the latter by a score
of az to 4. The lineup: Woodmen-
johnson, 1b; Hunt, 2b; e. Porter, SIS;
Mitchell. 80; McElwaine, If; Potter.
CT; Burt. IF; Hopkins, p; Cy Porter, C.
K l. & P.-Corken, C: Hazard. p;
Hull. Id; Wilson, 2b. Berry. Sd; Erbs.
Sc; Johnson. II; Carpenter. CT; Van
Ripper, RI. Thomas Naylon umpired.
The Sears team won from Milan
yesterday by score of 20 to 10.
Rock Island opens in Cedar Rapids
tomorrow. After three games there
the boys come home for a stay of >
days.
The base-on-ban hoodoo is again
pursuing the team.
The boys are batting Ike Indians
so far on the trip, Tate, Hoy and Null
laney doing the most of it up to date.
The last two games have been lost
through poor pitching.
The team is play ing fine ball, but
has been losing in one inning through
weakness in the box.
With the return of the invalids the
team will be in good shape without
further changes, If we can just get a
C uple of slashing good pitchers.
Ever ready Jimmy Hoy was put in
the box Saturday when Miller went up
in the air, and he did well. too. Hoy
has now played everywhere on the
team except behind the bat and first
bag.
fourteen bases on balls in the last
two games.
Rock leland was the first team to
defeat Elliott this season, and Satur-
day he had another narrow escape,
giving ii hits and four bases on balls,
or the equal of Is hits. Rock Island
hitting him the hardest of any team
this year. The feature of the game
vas Tate's batting, having four of the
hits to his credit.
Graham, a pitcher from Omaha
his been ! signed by Rock Island.
The Rock Island brewers have again
demonstrated that they can play ball.
Yesterday they crossed bats with a
strong aggregation of woodworkers
at Twelfth street park and defeated
them by a score of II to s. 1t was
one Of the best amateur games of the
season. Voertman showed some of
his old time playing by brilliant work
at short and heavy batting. The
lineup: Brewers-Voertman IS. Wei
ford c, Maher 1b; Duncan IF. Akin
son p. K. Stader SD, Kennedy 2b,
Gestenbauer CT, Clapper If. Wood
workers Woods Sd. Lindradt 2b.
Brahmer IS. Morris p, Chris Id. Kane
II, Smith C. Mielke CT. CRANES IF.
u. S. camp and Camp Buffalo
played an exciting game of ball on
Vsndruff's island yesterday, the lat
ter winning - to
In the face of adversely the local
patrons of the game are gratitied to
see that the boys are hitting the ball
aud playing the game as they should
If the team work wilt just keep up as
It has the past few games the weak
ness in pitching will soon be over
come.
The team has played winning ball
ia the last three games, but has lost,
The boys should keep
up their courage and hammer away.
In another week the Rock island
team will be known as the boys in
blue instead of the Shamrocks.
RACE FOR BASE BALL HoNoRs.