Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1903-09-01
leading batsman of National League,
in the Illustrated Snoring News

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in the Illustrated Sporting News.
Signs waddeII for Next Season.
Manager Connie Mack, of the Phil
adelphia American league club, has
signed Pitcher "Rube'' Waddell for
next season. WaddeH is under sus-
pension for the remainder of this sea-
son for characterization. Manager
Mack has also closed "A deal with the
Utica club by which he will get Pitch
er Fairbanks and Infielder Hilley, who
will report Sept. 16.
Exchange of Players.
The South Bend club was notified
yesterday by Minneapolis that Pitch
err Danny Ream had been selected in
exchange for Second Baseman Angus
Grant, captain and manager of the
South Bend Central league team.
Ream has won Is out of II games he
pitched.
Notes of tho Diamond.
The Standards defeated the Twelfth
street Strollers Sunday afternoon by
Il score of II to 1. The batteries for
the Standards was Allen and Keim and
for the Strollers, Kramer and Obcrt.
The o. L. o. L. team beat the River
sides 20 to :.
Dubuque papers publish Il report
that 'Hunkey" Hines, captain of the
Davenport team, is to assist Manager
Buelow, of Dubuque, in winning the
pennant next year in the Threc-Eye.
Dubuque means to be in the front row
next season and players are now be-
ing signed.
Cedar Rapids played the last game
on the home grounds yesterday and
played today. StaufTer is in the box
| for Davenport.
The Rockford Star springs the fol-
lowing ON the former pitcher of that
city who is now with the Cleveland
American league club and was caught
in a wreck in Ohio last week: Ed
ward Kilian. the erstwhile twirler of
| the Rockford team, was with the
| American league club which, together
with the St. Louis team. occupied a
sleeper derailed. I'm Indiana while run
| ming at high speed. There was a
great -conglomeration of ball players.
suit cases. bat sacks and uniform bags
/ after the smashup. The crash over,
| Killian pulled his right leg from n
satchel it had entered. lifted IL couple
of bat sacks from the back of his
neck and peered out over a broken
section of berth. As he raised his
head the pitcher saw an old gentle
man with a long beard stretched
across another pile of grips. Check a
dobber!' cried Killian. and the re-
mainder of the bunch Immediately
knew that XII was unframed"
This is the day Hugh NicoL is TO
play his annual game at Rockford.
He Will hold down second.
Hess. the Rockford shortstop. and
Rusty" Owens, the pitcher. were ar
rested yesterday for assaulting a
switchman while out for time Sun
day night.
| Umpire Brennan has gone to Cedar
| Rapids and Cusack. who has been on
duty there. is officiating across the
/ river this afternoon. '
New League Proposed.
Marquette. Mich, Sept. 1.-The or
ganization of an upper peninsula base
1 ball league has been proposed. The
plan as suggested calls for an eight
| club association to include Calumet,
Lake Linden, Hancock, Dollar Bay,
Ishpeming. Escanaba. Marquette and
Sault Ste Marie, all of which, with tue
exception of Escanaba, are on the
South Shore road. Except the Esca-
naLa team. which disbanded few
weeks ago, all the clubs are seni-pro-
fesfondl, and since the season opened
they have been playing fast ball.
1t is low proposed that next season
they may as well adhere TO regul r
and other similar regulations that
would tend to make the contest for the
northern Michigan championship close
and interest 1g. This season the hon
ors lie with Calumet, which has won
almost every game played. Baraga and
Crystal Falls, with strong teams, are
aspirants for membership.
Scores In the Big Leagues,
Chicago. Sept FOLLOWING are the
base bail scores:
| League: At New York-Philadel
phia 1, New York 4; (second game
Philadelphia =, New York o: at Brook
| lyn-Boston 4. brooklyn IA; at st
Louis-Pittsburg 8. st. Louis 6; al
Chicag 3, Chicago 6.
Americana: At st. Louis-Cleve
land 3, St Louis s; second game)
Cleveland ,, St. Louis Il; at Washing.
ton-BOston /, Washington ?; Second
gameD Boston 8, Washington 2-eight
innings, darkness.
/ Association: At Columbus-Milwau'
kee 4, Columbus @; at LOuisville-St
Paul q, Louisville 3; at indianapolis
Rain; at .TOledO-Kansas City 8, To
ledo s.
Western: At NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS. O
Milwaukee 1.