Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1902-07-11

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lieves that Milton still has the goods
and still has his friends. But he
must deliver the former to retain the
| latter.
Alarming at Evansville.
Evansville Journal: There is one
thing certain: Evansville must get
into the game and score some vic
tories pretty soon or the people of
the town will go stark mad. Unless
the hoodoo is busted the place will
be like huge lunatic asylum. Base
ball is discussed in preference to
everything else. Business has to
take back seat. Early in the even
ngs crowds begin to assemble in the
downtown streets and discuss the
ball club. Some of the fans" carry
their little hammers and use them on
Manager Kennedy. Others defend
the manager and frequently fights are
barely averted. One crowd is ia the
air because O'Connell is gone. and
others say his release was the best
thing under the circumstances. Tor
renee and Heisman each have their
followers and these can see nothing
but disaster because of the departure
of these players.
While all this is going on the rumor
factory is working overtime and all
kinds of wild and improbable stories
are ground out and turned loose. And
thus it goes on till 9, 10 and IL
o'clock at night, when the weary
howlers slovenly wend their way
homeward. Baseball just now is
causing more worry and excitement
in Evansville than did the war news
during the unpleasantness with Spain
in 1858. The destruction of Cervera's
war fleet near Santiago did not create
half as much excitement here as did
Evansville's victory at Terre Haute
on the afternoon of July /.
Who SAYS Evansville isn't a base
ball town and baseball hungry? Who
says this town wouldn't pour its dol
lars into the treasury of winning
club? This is the first year in
long, long time that Evansville has
made straight-out demand for a
winning team. Up to the top has sat
isfied us in the past.
IT might be well to state that while
the directors of the club have been
saying little lately. that hey have
been thinking. They know what the
people want and will try to satisfy
the majority. They may rest assur-
ed that the present bunch will do
some winning on the present trip or
there will be new faces in Evansville
the latter part of July. If any one
has information that will be of bene-
fit to the team let him make the fact
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Don't tell what ought to be done, but
tell how to do it.
Baseball Notes.
Hills work was gilt-edged.
Rock Island made a plucky, uphill
fight for the game, and deserved to
win out.
1t is better to make a fight to over
come odds than to lose an advantage
once gained. There is that much
satisfaction to be gained from the
game.
Shake those red caps. Such an in
harmonious combination is enough to
hoodoo a team.
The home roofing is improving ev-
cry game. Keep it up.
In the presence of President Sex
ton, Collins umpired very fair
game.
The Rock Island team put up a
rafting game, and but for the fatal
first inning would have won with
ease.
The plucky fight that the team
made demonstrated what the en-
enlargement of proper roofing will
do.
| Umpire Collins left last night to
umpire at Decatur. President Sexton
stated today that the change was
made in accordance with the sched-
ule that has been in force all along,
which calls for shifting of umPires
at this time.