Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1902-07-30

-As&0n1hS- 1OINafu 10 the time
when the team from that city will
be at the head of the percentage coli.
umn and next year they propose
breaking into the Western League.
Sporting News: The Three-I league
is giving its patrons an excellent
brand of ball. Over 20 of it's games
have been decided by one run and
many have gone into extra innings.
Up to and including July 10 the shut
outs numbered 81, "a of which We're
recorded in July. The Davenport
team retired its opponents without a
run in nine games, Cedar Rapids and
Evansville in eight each, Rockford.
Terre Haute and Bloomington in
seven each. Rock Island in five and
Decatur one. Pfeffer's team. the
leagues tailender, was shut out Is
times. Evansville and Davenport sew
en- each; Bloomington six. Rock Is
land five and Cedar Rapids, Rockford
and Terre Haute four times each.
SCRAP Iron" Beecher was batting
close to 500 for the Huts on the trip
north. He made 20 hits in IL games.
Five new players were signed by
the Evansville team of the Thres-I
League. They are Fred Schaetzer.
late of the Columbus team of the
American league, who will play sec
ond base; Pitcher Bonno, InfieIder
Russell and Outfielders RAM and Muir
ply. all of Ohio. The last four have
been playing in independent teams
this year. 1t is rumored a new man
ager will be signed in few days.
Evansville News-Journal: It's all
right for the man who pays his money
to see games to criticise the team
when it is doing poor work, but often
a person. gets in such frame of mind
that nothing pleases him and then he
becomes what is known as the
''knocker." The critic is one person
and the knocker another. They are
not in the same class. The critic
points out defects and tells how they
can be remedied, and he does it in
the least harmful way. The knocker
tries to iniure the team.
Slipping in the baseball field is not
such crime after all. This is from
the Rockford Star: Catcher Stark.
in an effort to get a foul fly in Sun
days game slipped and fell twice. \
third time he struggled after the
ball and this time both feet flew up
and he sat down squarely.in the mud.
The crowd yelled, so funny was the
act. There was a hit for which Stark
gets no credit in the score"
\ fair likeness of George Graham.
Rock Islands pitcher, appears in to-
days Chicago Chronicle.
King. Terre Haute's shortstop. has
been released, King having rejoined
the team.
Mesmer was the only umpire on
duty in the Three-I league yesterday. !
Gragg has resigned. for which let us
be thankful. but President Sexton
does not understand what can have |
been the matter with Hickey and |
Brennan. An investigation will be
made of their cases.
The Western league games between |
Peoria and Milwaukee that were to
have been transferred from the for
mer place to Davenport on account |
of the water on the diamond ut the
Still city, are being played according |
TO schedule. the water having receded |
from the park.
Games Elsewhere.
Chicago, July 3O.-FolIowing are /
the scores recorded yesterday by the
expert base ball aggregations:
League: At BoStOn-Chicago l. Bos-
ton g; at New York-St. Louis >. New
York /; at Philadelphia-Cinci 2.
Philadelphia five innings. rain;
at MISUNDERSTANDING II, / roOklyn 1.
Americans: At Baltimore-Clevelund |
Z, Baltimore 3; at Philadelphia-St.
Louis 3. Philadelphia /; at Washing
ton-ChicaEo >, Washington 3; at Bos-
ton-Detroit Is, Boston :.
Association: At Kansas City-Co-
lumbus 3, Kansas City ,; at Mime
apolis-Louisville 3, Minneapolis 4; at
St. Raul-IndianapoliS IA, st. Paul 4;
at Milwaukee-TOledo 6, Milwaukee s.
Western: At Colorado Springs, Oma-
ha 3. Colorado Springs q; at Denver
Des Moines 3, Denver q; at ST. Joseph |
kansas City >, st. Joseph 4; at Mil
waukee-Peoria o. Milwaukee 3.