Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1902-09-15
LATEST BALL DOPE.
Mr.. Miller, of Decatur, Sets About
Organizing New
League
TO PUSH OUT ROCK ISLAND
And Have Himself Elected Presi-
dent-Some Idle
Talk.


Talk.
! Here is pipe appearing in yester-
days Chicago Inter-Ocean: 'Lafay-
ette. Ind, Sept. BIN letter to
| friends in this city Vice President
Miller of the Three-I league has an
nounced it as his attention to run for
the presidency of the league next
4 year. President Sexton will not be a
candidate for the office, and it is pos
sibIe that Mr.. Miller will have no
trouble in landing the place. Mr.. Mil
Ter, in the letter, mapped out a pro
posed circuit of the league next year,
in the event of his election. He said
that the circIIit would embrace La
fayette, Ind; Danville, ILL.,; Decatur,
Davenport, Duluth, Ia, and one or
two more towns in Illinois, the names
of which have not yet been definitely
agreed upon. 1t is proposed to eN-
clude Evansville from the league, as
the city is far out of the circuit. The
determination of Vice President Mil
Ter to become the head of the
league will meet with little opposi-
ton, as it is generally understood
that President Sexton will step out.
Miller will be in Lafayette next week
to confer with local capitalists upol
the starting of team in this city"
Not a League OFFICER.
! To begin with Mr.. Miller is not
league officer. Until the last annual
meeting, when his successor was
detected. he was vice president of the
I hree-I league. Just now he is sim
ply director of the Decatur team.
At any rate he is counting his chick
ems before they are Matched. Such
vital matters as changes in the cir
cult and choice of president will prob
ably be decided by the cities now
comprising the circuit. However, aS
President Sexton has stated, there *
little likelihood of change in the
circuit. The league. as presently con-
stituted ana managed. has increased
in popularity and prosperity. and the
directors will more than likely decide
to let well enough alone.
Pennant Winners Lose.
Aurora, ILL.,, Sept. 1.-THE Three-I
league pennant winners were defeat
ed by the Aurora team yesterday iii
fast game. aurora won by scoring
three runs in the ninth. Score:
Aurora .......0 o o o o 3-5
Rockford ........1 5000 o o.
notwithstanding and Slewbridge;
BeedIes and Stark.
In the Big Leagues.
Chicago. Sept. 15.-ScOres made by
the base ball clubs Saturday and yes
tcr1ay are reported as follows:
League: Saturday At Pittsburg-
Cincinnati g. Pittsburg 1; at Chicago
ST. Louis o, Chicago ID; ut Boston
Rain. Sunday At ST Louis-Pitts-
0urg Z, St. Louis 6.
American: Saturday At Cleveland
st Louis 1. Cleveland E; second
game ST. Louis 1, Cleveland .; at Bal
| timOre-Rain. Sunday At st. Louis
= Cleveland 1, st. Louis 2: (secOnh
game) Cleveland 3. st. Louis 3.
Association: Saturday At AIilwau-
kee - Louisville ,. Milwaukee 3; at
AIinneapolis-Co Z. Minneapolis
| IL; at st. Paul-Toledo /, st. Paul IA;
ut Kansas City-Indianapolis o. Kan
sas City ID. Sunday At Kansas City
| Indianapolis D.. Kansas City o: at
Milwaukee-Louisvi 2. Milwaukee 3,
! Second game) Louisville 8, Milwaukee
l; at st. PauI-Columbus Z. st. Paul
,: at AIinneapolis-TO Z. Minneapo-
lis 10: (second game Toledo ., Min
neapolis Q.
Western: Saturday AT Des Moines
- Kansas City o. pes Monies /: at
Omaha = Sc Joseph 4, Omaha Z; Sec
Ond game) st. Joseph. Omaha 3; at
Denver-Peoria 4. Denver %; at Colo
! RADIO Springs-Milwaukee 8. Colorado
Springs 9-eleven innings; darkness.
| Sunday AT Omaha - ST. Joseph 3,
Omaha 4: Second gamel st. Joseph Z,
| Omaha 8; at Denver-PeOria 10, Den
yer II; (second game) Peoria 3, Den
yer @; at ColCt1do Springs-Milwaukee
| H. Colorado Springs 3; Second gamel
! Milwaukee =, Colorado Springs o; at
| DeS Moines = Kansas City ,, Des
Moines /; (seeond game Kansas City
Z, Des NIoines 2.
Notes of Diamond.
Decatur defeated Quincy ) to Sat
urday.
Pitcher Milton left Saturday after
noon for Keokuk, where he is to play
with picked team.
Pitcher Graham has signed with
the Cleveland American league team.
So have Catcher Starnagle, of Terre
Haute, and Pitchers Dorner. of Deca-
tur, and POlchow, of Evansville.
Polehow and Hackett, the Three-I
league twirlers. were on the slab for
Cleveland and st. Louis. respectively,
for the first time yesterday. Weaver,
of Cedar Rapids, was behind the bat
for ST. Louis, catching Hackett Nei-
Their Polchow nor Hackett won his
game, but both had good records.