Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1902-05-31

played the best ball and batted more
OPPORTUNITY. The score:
Evansville ....0 o o 0 90 o o 90
Terre Haute go 0 o , 1 900 Is
Hits-EvansviIIe, 8; Terre Haute, s.
Errors-Evansville, ,; Terre Haute,
I.
Batteries-BurcIel and Seisler;
Scott and Starnagle.
Even Break.
Rockford. May 31.-Rockford and
Cedar Rapids evened up yesterday,
the visitors taking the morning game
and losing that of the afternoon
Score of afternoon game:
Rockford ...0 o o 0 o o , 81
Cedar Rapids 80 90 90 o o o.
Hits-Rockford, 3; Cedar Rapids, ..
Errors-Rockford =; Cedar Rapids,
;.
Baseball Briefs.
By dropping both games yesterday
Rock Island slid from third to a tie
for fifth place.
Millions work was of the old style
reliable, steady kind.
hind the bat in the afternoon. After
his mornings experience in attempt
ing to stop Smith. Williams was pref
ty nearly all in, in the afternoon.
Wright was present as a spectator
in the afternoon and received a glad
hand from the others of the team and
an ovation from the audience.
1t may have been regarded as pol
icy to throw away the morning game
but The Argus does not think so. 1t
is not baseball.
If the results had been reversed
would Davenport have been as cheer
full over the matter as Rock Island
was?
We would rather lose u game by the
afternoon score than win one by the
morning score. II is baseball that
we are after.
1t may be all right to make !saeri-
fees To save the Ieague, but notice is
hereby served that we want no hip
podromes al one time in the interest
of attendance at another.
No one has any occasion to express
over any phase of the af-
ternoon game.
Win or lose, Rock Island will he in
TO the end of the league season. Re-
member that, you fellows across the
creek.
There were 2,941 paid admissions to
yesterday afternoons game.
The Rock Island d Peoria baseball |
team won a hard earned victory yes
terday over Bennett's nine in a game
PLAYED near Twelfth street, the score
being 81 to IS.
Players say that the clump of
trees at the south of the park inter
fere in Judging ball. Catchers are |
the greatest sufferers and, according |
to their statements. the wonder is
there are not more passed balls than
are shown in the record. Batters |
say they could do better if the back |
ground were brighter, and make the |
suggestion, which is one that should /
be adopted by the local management |
If ii is in the interest of the game, |
that the south fence be built higher /
and painted white.
The total receipts in the Ihree-I |
league cities yesterday were as fol- !
lows: Rock Island, S69s.9O; Daven- /
port, $17S.15; Bloomington. S425.6O; !
Evansville, S4sO.4O; Rockford, Si9s. |
All holiday receipts being divided
equally among the eight clubs. each |
club will receive S2s5.
An effort is being made to arrange |
a game of baseball between the Rock ,
Island and Davenport high schools. |
to be played in this city next Satur-
lay afternoon. Davenport has been
playing ball this spring and Rock Is
and has not, which would give the
LOwans a great advantage, but it is
to include the teachers in
he opposing teams, which will tend
"a strengthen Rock Island.
The Rock Island team will leave at
this evening for Rockford to play
II that city and Cedar Rapids three
yames each before returning home
o meet the same teams here. There
viii be no changes in the team. at
east till it returns. although Kohly
Miller, the new second baseman from
Saginaw, is expected to join the ag
,regation at Rockford in time to
IlaY tomorrow.