Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1903-09-02

export games fairly. They are al
Iplaying the baby act over there The,
are jolly good fcllows-great sports
when they arc winning, but they d,
not know how to bear grief. One. o1
the Inconsistent assertions of the Re
publican Isl that The Argus lis sore.
! But. The. Argus. pauses to inquire why
| it should be sore. Rock Island car
keep ON beating Davenport till the
| Judgment day and. that smile thai
won't come off will be found itiunina
ting The Argus. 1t is the crouch that
the pond just now.
Dust From the Diamond.
Arthur had some new tangled bend
crs yesterday that made the Daven-
port batters sidestcp. Once when
Osteen was up he started one that
looked from the grand stand as
though it would come closer to third
base than the plate. 1t proved to be
the third strikes
Umpire Cusack is toppy fellow i'm
appearance. He carried his diamond
uniform to the park in Il suit case.
Some thought he was Jim Jctfries. He
resembles him somewhat. If his UNI
Piring of yesterday is Il fair sample
of his work he ought to do anywhere
in the ThreeEye league.
Just the way John l.. Sullivan won
his battles until Corbett got on to his
pitching" remarked 4 Disguised Dav-
export fan ON his way home on the
street car after the game yesterday.
T1h / l.
ed before he got inside the ropes. Had
him scared of him. Same thing with
the Davenport players. They are
shivering in their boots jhe moment
they see the Rock Island boys take
to- the diamond. And they don't re-
cCvcr- from their shivers until after
the game, either. I'll tell you. we lack
the nerve over here; that's all there is
to it,
Today is another off day in the
league. Rock Island tomorrow begins
the closing regular series on the
home grounds. Cedar Rapids comes
first, then Dubuque, Rockford and
Davenport i'm order.
The Rock Island rooters sought to
comfort the Davenport crowd with
songs.
, Lister was caught of third in the
second while trying to make home
run out Of his three-bagger.
Down in Burlington they are active
~ considering the chances of getting
into the Three-Eye league next year
and the sentiment is strongly favura-
bic to making an effort in that direc-
ticn.
They are not all daffy in Davenport
over baseball. The Davenport Demo-
crat talks sense when ii says: The
fans are wondering why some of those
open dates aren't used to play off Dav-
EXPORTS postponed games in Rock ISL
and. y little Decatur grit in this con
ncction ought to bring Il nice showing
of gate receipts, and who knows. We
might win Il game from them some
time"
Petty and Killian. erstwhile Three
Eye tw-irlers, were pitted against each
other yesterday, representing. respec
tivdy. st. Louis and Cleveland in the
American league. Cleveland won, aid
cd largely through Pelty's fielding err
rors. The hits were and and the
score and 0.
Rock Island and Cedar Rapids are
playing postponed game at the
Twelfth street park this afternoon.
The Chicago White Sox took an
other fall out of the Clinton Independ-
ents yesterday. The score was Is
and ,.
Lister batted 1000 Yesterday. In
four times up he got his base-each
time. getting three-bagger, a two
Dagger and single and being hit in
the slaves once. He brought in four
of Rock Islands six runs.
Scores In the Big Leagues.
Chisago, Sept. 2..Following are ths
base ball scores:
League: At New York-Philadel-
phia 3. New York I; at Chicago
cinnati 3, Chicago 0; at Brooklyn-
Boston 3, Brooklyn 8; second game
EOston O, Brooklyn 5.
Americana: At Phil6delphia-New
York >. Philadelphia /: (sacond game)
New York l. Philpadeliphia 1-nine in
nings. darkness; at WashingtOn-ROs
ton ,. Washington /; at st. Louis
Cleveland 1. st. Louis o.
Association: At Louisville-St Paul
0, Louisville Z; at Indianapolis-NIin-
neapolis ,. indianapolis 10; (seconG
game indianapolis 4. Minneapolis /:
Mt TOledo-Kansas City Z, Toledo O; at
Observation-Disclosures D. Columbus B.
Western: at Kansas City-St. IO-
seph B; Kansas City g; at Denver-Des
NIoineS ., Denver 1; at Milwaukee
Peoria 1, Milwaukee 8; at Colorado
Springs 10, Colorado Springs
innings.