Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1902-08-15

in conjunction with walk and q
stolen base, gave Cedar Rapids its
third victory over Bloomington. The
Rabbits hit McGreevy for five long
singles in the first inning. Score:
Cedar Rapids y 90 5000 =;
Bloomington ........0 02OOO-S
Hits-Cedar Rapids, Z; Blooming
ton, Z.
Errors-Cedar Rapids, o; Blooming
ton, ..
Observation-Disclosures and Weaver;
McGrcevy and Walker.
Decatur 4, Davenport 2.
Davenport, Iowa, Aug. 15.-Daven-
port played poor game. Score:
Davenport ..........0 100000 -
Decatur .............1 0OOOO3 o.
Hits-Davepport, 4; Decatur, II.
Errors-Davenport, 3; Decatur, 1.
Batteries-Stauffers and Fuch; Dor
ner and Krebs.
Baseball at Rockford.
Register-Gazette: There was print
ed last Sunday a rumor that Rock
ford would not be admitted to the
Three L baseball league next year
for the reason that the city was in
different to baseball and JAILED to
turn out paying crowds to see the
games.
And this of Rockford, the cradle of
baseball!
Think of it, Al Spalding and Arson,
Ross Barnes, Wood, McNey, Zettlin
and Force, alive or in the spirit, think
of it! Hines and Peters and all the
rest of you who looked at Rockford
as the central sun from which the
baseball system received life and en-
ergy.
Think of il, you who have watched
the home team of this season climb
to the front and hold its place
against all the others in the Three-I
circuit
Think of it you fans who yester-
day saw Buffka lam the ball past
third and Killian follow suit when
the game was all but lost. You who
when two were out, saw Hines sock
that lovely single and Morrissey swat
the sphere to the corner of the field
and score the winning run, think of
dropping such Il team.
In the face of such work to shelve
draw a home crowd
To many people baseball does not
appeal strongly; many will consider
that there is Il brighter glory in lit
arature and the arts, a greater honor
for the city in its manufactures and
and yet after all baseball
and the possession of the winning
cam are not to be sneezed at.
Rockford has todayyno such power
,or outside advertising as the base
lall team. 1t is doubtful if the city's
lame is mentioned or printed half
Is many times in any other connec-
ion as in that of the possession of
he winning ball team. The hardest,
oldest kind of business Judgment
lictate the policy of maintaining
he team, tradition should lead
Rockford to support baseball but
Ibove all that pride which one natur
lily feels in the supremacy of ones
'wn representatives should bring out
hose who have not seen ball game
n years, to sit on the bleachers, be-
'ome fans again and yell with the
oudest for the boys who are max
ng Rockford famous and'are playing |
Winning ball.
Home Folks Complaining.
Bloomington Paragraph The |
owdyism witnessed at the baseball |
rame Sunday deserves the severest |
In fact, if such proceedings |
re not stopped Bloomington may be |
Iroppcd from the league. OF course |
veryone understands that right |
people condemn this rowdy |
SIN, but that is not enough. The |
act that ii goes on and that Il set of |
drunken men and boys attempt to |
urn a game into a mob is enough. |
t shows that vigorous action must |
he taken against the hoodlums. The |
of the association, the |
Members of the team and the pub !
ic in general condemn rowdyism |
mong spectators. and it now re-
Mains for officers and deputies to be |
IN the ground in such force as will |
compel decent behavior. The men or |
ct of men who are present for the |
purpose of bullying and insulting the |
umpire if the game does not go their |
way ought to be conducted off the |
grounds in charge of an officer. We
must have decent ball if it takes the |
heriff and all his force to secure it.
Diamond Notes.
Decatur tomorrow.
Decatur took three straight from
Davenport.
Owing to the condition of the
twelfth street grounds, caused by
asst nights heavy rain, it was decid-
ID to call off today's game scheduled
With Decatur and play double-head-
r Sunday, the first game to be called
at 2:15 o'clock
Olof Kranz, who played part of
asst season with Rock Island, was in
he city today from his home in Bish-
,p Hill.
President Sexton is getting along |
inely as president of the two leagues |
,ut admits that he wouldn't be presi- |