Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1902-09-12
DoNNELLY TALKS OF TEAMS WORK
Satisfied With Finish. All Things
Considerable Good
Ball Town.


i O'Leary was backstop for the local
players, and Milton, Case and Weih-
rauch did the pitching stunt.
The other members were distribut-
ed variously about the field. In the
fifth inning Savanna had the lead, 5
to o, and then the boys from this city
went after the ball. and damned out
enough runs TO give them a safe lead.
The game was played before small
crowd, but the professionals got the
$50 that had been guaranteed them.
Graham did not go to Omaha, and
he may not report there at all. He rs
not in good condition, having a granu-
lated eyelid. He went with O'Leary IL
Quincy this morning to play there
| this afternoon with KeokulI against
Quincy. O'Leary will play with Keo-
l<uk as long as the ball season lasts,
while Graham will go to his home in
Bradford, for the. present, at least.
Manager DonneIIy Talks.
Manager Frank DonnelIy and Mrs.
Donnelly leave tomorrow morning for
their home in Springfield, Ill.
Mr. Donnelly expressed himself
as well pleased with the spirit
that has been manifested toward him
by the patrons of the game in this
city 1t is one of the best baseball
towns l have ever been connected
with" he said. Speaking of the work
of the team during the season, he
continued, Il had hoped we would ge.
Il higher place in the percentage col
umn, and had it not been for acct
dents and sickness l believe we would
m Cl a1 in, Mo I'm, leo
whole, however, l am not ashamed of
the race we have made. \ manager
who enters a town a stranger at the
beginning of the season finds num-
Der of things against him i'm picking
and keeping Il winning team. He
must become acquainted with the
public and find what the public wants
in order 10 please, and this takes val
liable time. Therefore we have been
to certain extent handicapped. In
spite of this we made as few changes
as were made on any other team in
the league
Manager Donnelly desires The Ar
gus to express for him and his play
ers their gratitude for the public
good will that has been shown the
team throughout the year. Ball
players. like other Individuals said
DonneIly. "have their shortcomings,
and. plenty of them. They are always
open to criticism, and expect it, and
where people are fair have no right to
complain. The majority of those
who have attended the games in Rock
Island have been kind to us, and thu
final act of generosity i'm presenting
us with a purse of money was APP
preciated all the more, because, it WAS
unexpected. | like Rock Island and
its people, and l think that all thu
players go away as i do, with only
kindness of heart toward the city"
Dial Papa. Smith to Wed.
There was good reason why both
Williams and Smith should be so anX-
ious to get to their homes immed:-
ateIy after the last game at Rock
ford Smith is to be married to n
young lady in Rochester, Ind, his
home town. and the happy event is 10
take place in the near future. Viii
Ind. to make the acquaintance of a |
new member of his family that ar
rived at his home during the Rock
ford series.
Weihrauch left today for his home |
in Pittsburg, Pa. This evening Case !
and King will depart, the former for
Utopia, Ohio, and the latter for |
The plans of Milton
for the immediate future have nos |
been made. Wilkinson expects to
winter in the city, he and his wife |
having rented a house on Twenty-first |
street.
Baseball Briefs.
Out at Helena the other day a home |
run hitter was given $50 and two |
players got SO notes for timely hits.
onaffer, who was with Rockford last
season, is laid up and the team needs |
him for his hitting.
The St. Louis National league club |
has signed Weaver and |
of Cedar Rapids, and with |
Hackett they will join Dom
ovan's team this week. a representa-
tive of the st. Louis club, who made |
a tour of various minor leagues |
searching for players, is quoted in "a
ST. Louis paper as saying the Three-I
is one of the fastest minor leagues |
in the country
ne OieNeldHu AMERICAN ledSuS
team has challenged the Cincinnati
Reds to play a post season series for
the championship of Ohio.
a great joke was played on Pitcher
Vickers of the Terre Haute club the
other day. While the team was in
Cedar Rapids the players introduced
Vickers to a travelling man, saying
that the gentleman was representa-
tive of the ST. Louis club and wanted
to sign him to finish the season there.
After an hours talk yickers signed