Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1903-08-29
Ballet and Krebs.

Game to Begin Early.
On account of the Turner festivi-
ties in Davenport tomorrow the ball
game between Rock Island and Dav-
export in that city will be called at
$3.50 instead of at o'clock, as is the
custom Sundays and holidays.
Scores In the Big Leagues.
Chicago, Aug. 29.-Folowing are the
base ball scores:
League: At Bos+on-New York II,
Boston q; at Cincinnat:-Chlcag 3,
Cincinnati D; at Pittsburg-St. Louis
!, Pitts3urg only one game; rain.
American: Weather prevented all
games.
Western: At Kansas City-Kansas
City 4, Milwaukee 3; at Denver-Oma-
aha I, Denver 16; ut Colorado Springs
-Des Molnes s, Colorado Springs q;
at st. Joseph-Peoria /; st. Joseph -
ten innings; Second game Peoria o, ST
Joseph 10
Association: At Columbus-St. Paul
2, Columbus 3; at Louisville-Mllwau
kee 1, Louisville .; at ToledO-Wea
err.
Gossip OF the Diamond.
Catcher Roth, who used to hit the
home runs for the Evansville team,
was spiked in II recent Philadelphia
Pittsburg game and is out of the
game temporarily.
Owens may not be able to pitch for
Rockford for several days. He has a
very sore finger, and cannot grip the
ball to pitch it.
Hugh Dutfey's Creams have practic-
ally cinch on the pennant in the
Western league. They are now leading
by comfortable margin and have
a long closing series on the home
grounds, which begins next week.
st. Paul seems to have pretty fair
hold ON the American association pen
nant. Any one wishing to head off
the Saints Will have to play ball. Joe
Gantiilion's aggregation of stars is
bringing up second place.
Deller, who quit Davenport because
of sickness, is now playing with Grand
Forks in the Northern league.
Frank King, once with Rock Isl
and, while playing shortstop for Su-
Pcrior in the Northern league. met
with a serious accident at Winnipeg
Thursday, Il pitched ball shattering
his ear drum.
President Sexton dropped line to
Umpire Hart at Rockford that there
should be better control of the play
crs and -Hant announces that here
after he will do better.
RUDE Nickers has doomed up again
with something unusual, but this time
he is likely To get into trouble. He
went To Holyoke recently owing the
Brooklyn club some $3.50 in salary.
which nc agreed TO pay out of his
IIOlyoke cmolumcntS. Now he has de-
Cided To quit the Connecticut league. il
is said, and the Brooklyn management
has placed Il lien ON what is due him
ut Holyoke. In addition, he may not
be permitted To play ball anywhere
among professional clubs.-Boston
Herald
Wallace, the Richmond pitcher. has
been signed by ffie Evansville Central
league team.
Cleveland yesterday released Left
Fielder Jack Mccarthy. who has been
a member of the Blues for three
years. Poor hitting was the cause
For the rest of the year two men will
be tried Hardy. secured from Fort
Columbia. The Youngsters will he
tried in right field, Flick going to left
Rock Island and Davenport arc at
it on the field across the river this
afternoon in the opener Of n three
game series. The Iowans having fail
ed to win once from the locals thus
far the present season, the fans there
have offered purse for the defeat of
Rock Island this afternoon. Rock Isl
and has bested Davenport i'm II games
so far. We can afford to lose one. but
will make the Davenport boys play
Just as hard as they have heretofore
to win. One suggestion the local fans
have to make is that there he
change of umpire at Davenport. The
gentleman who is officiating at pres
ent has been on at Davenport nearly
long enough to obtain a legal resi-
dence there.
Rock Island comes for the closing
series on the home grounds, opening
Sept. , with Cedar Rapids. then come
in order Dubuque, Rockford and Dav-
export.
Rock Island and Davenport have six
more games 10 play. three here and
three across the pond.
Rockford baseball fans are Just now
trying to persuade Manager NicoI. of
the local Thrce-Eye league team, that
it's up to him to don the spangIcs be-
fore the season closes and show them
that he still has few good playing
days left in him.
DeArmond. gof Terre Haute. holds
the record for the number of hits in
one game for the Central league, hav-
ing recently hit six times in as many