Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1902-07-07

Gated Milton by presenting DaveIiA
! port with its chance to win the
game. That the Rock Islanders do not
kick until the cause is extremely pro-
voking is shown in the case of the
game at Cedar Rapids Saturday, of
which the Republican of that city
says: ''The visiting twirler (Smith)
held up well against encouragement
given by some poor umpiring, which
paved an easy path for the Rabbits
victory. In the third Fleming made
a run for second and was caught off
three feet. He was called safe de-
spite the protests of the visitors.
Fleming stood on the bag and laugh
| ed heartily. Mesmer would not re-
| tract and in the next inning made
another questionable decision which
aroused the ire of the boys in blue.
as a result of too emphatic protest
ing Capt. Donnelly and Shortstop
Hill were sent to the bench"
Manager Donnelly met Mesmcr af-
ter the game, it is reported, and so
Inundated him for his unfair treat
ment of the Rock Island players that
he refused to umpire yesterday.
Davenport can thank the rooters
for winning yesterday afternoons
first game from Rockford. just as
they did in the contest with Rock
Island on the afternoon of the
Fourth, only in the latter instance
the umpire was put up in the air
farther than the visiting team, while
yesterday Rockford's twirler. Kill
liam, was made so nervous that he
!, III x,-itl
distance of the plate in the ninth in
ming. The rooter is all right if he
can make it go.
1t looks very much As though Man
ager Donnelly's uniform good nature
was being imposed upon by umpires.
and while all applaud the gen
tlemanly ball player, man who
loses his temper under such circum-
stances is sometimes eXcusable.
President NJ II. Sexton, of the
Three-I and Western leagues, spent
Sunday in Des Moincs.
The BENEFITS went To Davenport
yesterday afternoon and took a fall
out of the Hubs, one of the crack
amateur teams across the creek. The
score was and H.
Games Elsewhere.
Chicago, July T.-Base ban scores
Saturday and Sunday We're recorded |
as follows:
League Saturday.: At Pittsburg-
brooklyn =, Pittsburg o; at ST. Louis |
New York o, st. Louis 1; at Cincin- |
1, Cincinnati Is; at |
Chicago Brooklyn 1, Chicago 0-thir- |
teen innings. Sunday At st. Louis |
New York /, st. Louis 4; at Cincinnati |
brooklyn Il, Cincinnati 3.
American Saturday.: At Boston |
Baltimore =, Boston /; ut Chicago |
Cleveland =, Chicago IL; ut Detroit
st. Louis !, Detroit q; AT Philadelphia |
.. Philadelphia ). (Sun-
day. At ST. LouiS-DetroiI /, ST. Louis /
>.
Association (SaturdayD: At Toledo
Columbus ), Toledo /; at Kansas City |
milwaukee, 1, Kansas City -; at |
Observation-Disclosures %, Louisville /
:; at St. Paul-Minnoapolis >, ST. Paul /
.. Sunday At Milwaukee-Kansas
City 3, Milwaukee 1; (sccond gamel |
Kansas City Ii, Milwaukee /; at Co
bus-IndianapOlis >, Columbus l;
ut LOuisaille-Toledo =, Louisville II.
Western Saturday.: At Omaha
Denver u. Omaha 3; at Kansas City
Milwaukee I3. Kansas City IL; ut st. /
Joseph-Peoria I, st. Joseph o; at Dies
Springs 8, Des
MOines o. Sunday At Omaha-Den-
Yer l, Omaha >; (second Came) Denver
l, Omaha Is; at ST. JOscph-PCoria 1,
st. Joseph =; at Kansas City-Milwnu-
kee II, Kansas City 1; (Sccond gameJ
Milwaukee ,, Kansas City =.