Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1902-05-17
FLAY FOURTEEN INNINGS.

Umpire-Hogan.
FLAY FOURTEEN INNINGS.
Davenport Wins From Decatur I'm LoDa
Struggle.
Davenport. May 1.-THE locals yes
terday won the best game ever played
On the home grounds. McCord's pitch.
ing was the feature, Decatur making
only four hits in fourteen innings
while McCord struck out twelve men
Score:
D'v'port o 900 o o. 900 90 ii
Decatur. % 0 900 o o 90 o O-C
Batteries McCord and Shannon;
Dorner and Schewbridge.
Hits-Dayenport, s; Decatur, 1.
Errors-Davenport, /; Decatur, Z.
Cedar Rapids !. bloomington O.
Cedar Rapids. May 17.-Cedar Rap
ids made il three straight yestcrday
in hard batting contest. Score:
Cedar Rapids ....4 1 90 O -
Bloomington ....l 900 1 0-G
Bltierps-- Miller and Evers; Bish-
OPP ana CJnnors.
Hits-Cedar Rapids, .; Blooming
ten. 8.
Errors Cedar Rapids, ,; Blooming
ton, o.
Terre Haute 3. Rockford o.
Rockford. May l.. Rockford was
shut out by Terre Haute ill yester-
days game. The score:
'rerre Haute ...U O o o o o O. :
Rockford ....O D q Q o o o o o
Ratteries-Killian and Thiery; Hy-
man and Starnagle.
Hits-Terre llaute, 3; Rockford, ,.
Errors -Terre Hamte, I; Rockford,
B.
DonnelIy FavOrite.
Manager Frank Donnclly, who has
picked and worked the Rock Island
team into form, is fast becoming a
general favorite among the local en-
thusiasts, not only because of his own
iudicious and reliable, and at times
brilliant playing, but on account of
the manner i'm which he handles his
men. All the players have so far
shown themselves to be clean and
gentlcmanly in every respect and the
public is fast acquiring a confidence
in them that bodies well for sue
cessfuI season. in fact the fans be-
gin to have reason to think that Rock
Island is now provided with ball
playing aggregation for which they
have been long and earnestly wish
ing.
Base Hits.
The Evansvillians were disgruntled
because they could not hit the ball.
VIII the umpire please ANNOUNCE
the batteries?
The visitors were applauded on
their double play.
Pitcher Nickers has a dog that bids
fair to become the travelling mascot
of the team. The pup has been chris
tened wick" for short and he has
licked every canine that he has gone
against during the week.
Ben Shelton, the new third base
man from Paris, Tex, arrived last
evening. to take his place on the
team. He will go into the game at
once, taking third, and Graham will
take short. Middleton, who has fill
ed the latter position so long. last
evening was released To Evansville.
Manager Kennedy signing him at
once Ebert, the Evansville short
stop. has been showing very poor
form and he will probably he put in
the outfield.
There will be no change in the Rock
Island outfield until Hills ankle re-
covers so that he can take one of the
gardens.
The Wartburg business college, of
and Augustana are playing
this afternoon on the college campus.
Milton Is serving up the twister~ ="
Decatur today and Vickers will again
have his turn tomorrow. Williams
will continue as backstop.
Baseball I'm General.
''hicH~~ NT"~ '=-F"'Iowing are
yesterdays base bal scores:
-.."1u.' -. it.o.,ut---. 4IiIadelphta
l, Pittsburg &: ut st. Louis-Brooklyn
q. st. Louis sat Cincinnati-New York
,. cincinnati 3; at Chicago-Boston o,
Chicago ).
American-At Philadelphia-Bos Boston
4. Philadelphia >; at Cleveland-De-
troit ., Cleveland /: at Baltimore
Washington q, Baltimore Z; at Chicago
st Louis !, Chicago =.
Association: At administrations
bus >. Milwaukee 4; at Kansas City
Toledo o, Kansas City la.
Western: At Milwaukee-Colorad |
Springs !. Milwaukee Thirteen in |
nings; at Kansas City-Des Moines o, |
Kansas City 3; at st. Joseph-Omaha |
]. St Joseph o; at PeOria-Denver 4,
PeOria 1