Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1901-06-25

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the game for Davenport. Smith anc
Eyers were put out of the game. tn,
former for talking back and the latter
for throwing the ball al Umpire Camp
The score:
! Decatur .....1 o l . o o.
Davenport 20 o 2 6 Ill
Batteries - Dorner and Rollins,
Weihrauch and Evers; hits-Decatur
8. Davenport IA; errors-Decatur 2.
Davenport 4.
Diamond Notes.
BY his own request McGroevy was
put in to pitch against Elliott and
outpitched the wonder from Rockford
despite the fact that he had pitched
the game the day before. Mac and
Elliott broke even on strike outs and
hits. but the visitor gave four bases
on balls to one for the home twirler.
Mac allowed but nine Rockford men
to reach first base, while IL of the
locals got that far Bloomington
Paragraph.
A lot of extra policemen were
added to the force in FreePort on the
day Of the big picnic. When the
Rockford train pulled in and Umpire
Cox alighted, one of the new coppers
rushed up to him, and, graspiag him
by the shoulder. said: "WhO are
you?" ''Aw," saws Cox, as he pulled
away, lin tel" The cop was
nonplussed for the moment, but fin
ally decided that Cox was kidding"
him.-Rockford Star.
Manager Nicol, of Rockford, has Sc
cured a new pitcher to take the place
of Hugh Price. He is Jacob Brown,
chester. la. Brown is a big, strong
fellow. but little else is known of hiGi.
He has not burned up dozen leagues
with his speed and has no strike-out
records, but in the pinch in which the
team finds itself he is worth giving a
trial.
President M. III. Sexton arrived
home yesterday afternoon from his
visit to Decatur, Danville and Peoria, |
having been called to the former city |
on account of threat from the man
agement to refuse to allow Camp to |
umpire there any longer, the chief
grievance against him being that he |
called a game during the shower last
week. This angered the directors Of
The Decatur association because they |
we're obliged to give rain checks.
President Sexton informed the De-
catur management that Umpire Camp
was following the league rules and
sustaining him. Decatur
went so far as to say that the
.esm would not play if Camp
we're on the field. In the meantime |
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with Danville. That town had money |
raised ready to take franchise. This |
seems to have caused Decatur to
weaken, for the manager there came
Of his perch, got down on the ground |
door and talked more peaceably, with |
The happy result that Decatur will
continue in the game. and Umpire
Camp will remain in that city until /
such time as the president feels dis.
posed TO assign him elsewhere
Jack Thiery. the red-headed smart
Aleck who wore Rock Island uni
form for a few days, and who is now
4 member Of the Rockford aggrega-
lion, has been suspended by President |
Sexton for nonpsymeut of So fine
imposed June Is by Umpire Cox.
The Rock Island and Davenport at
-orneys have the arrangements all
made for another match game of base
ball, this one to take place at the
Rock Island ball park next Saturday
afternoon.
The Game In General
Chicago, June 2J.-LeaCue scores on
the diamond yesterday were as fol
lows: At Philadelphia-Cinc q.
Philadelphia s; tsecond gamel Cincin-
natl 1, Philadelphia 10; at New York
st. Louis ., New York 3; at Boston
S. Boston =; at Brooklyn
Chicago 1. Brooklyn ..
American League: At Baltimore
Detroit s, Baltimore Il: at PhiladeI-
Z. Philadelphia , -four
cen innings); at ashington-Milwau-
zee 9. Washington s.; at Boston-Cleve-
and &, Boston 1.
Western Association: At Toledo
Wheeling /. Toledo 4; at Louisville
Columbus IL. Louisville D; mt Fort
6. Fort Wayne 10; at
)ayton-Iudianapolis 1. Dayton 4.
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