Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1903-07-06

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day. Further, he declared that after
the afternoon game Saturday that
he would never play the postponed
games on this side if he could avoid
it.
From the BIeachers.
Now watch the can factory get busy
in Davenport.
! The curfew rang one hour earlier
in Davenport last night.
| As a famous naval officer said
There is glory enough for ALL
! The Rock Island players made the
Davenport bunch look like nine
from the pca-pickers' union.
Some of the enthusiastic Davenport
fans had wagonload of fireworks
at the afternoon game Saturday
| to shoot off when Davenport
won. Wonder what became of them
Dcller pitched magnificent ball Sat
urday afternoon striking out 10 Rock
Island players. In the third and ninth
inning he retired the side with three
successive strike-outs.
The Davenport scorers gave Wan
dine an error for play made ut the
Saturday morning game when he
slipped on the muddy ground and fell
in fielding ball. IL was hard
chance at the best and no error
should have been given. The same
sort of thing was done in the after
noon and Livingston was the victim.
1t was play upon which Davenport
made one of their pair of runs. With
two men out in the sixth and three on
| bases, grounder was batted to Lis
| ter and he folded it cleanly. Instead
of throwing to first as he should have
done, he attempted To make an out at
second and Livingston was unable To-
get to the bag. The ball was tossed
to him and he dropped it, but the run
ner would have been safe anyway hav-
ing beaten the play.
| Lister. the new ShortStop. is but 10
years of age. He was given a brief
trial here last season, but he had just
began playing and needed seasoning.
There is every Indication that he will
make good.
game at Cedar Rapids sci a new mark
for pitchers in the Three-Eye league.
He held Bloomington down without a
hit or a run.
Hoag and Rebsamen have both
jumped and left the town. Nobody
knows where they went and nobody
cares. President Casteel of the Iocai
association has blacklisted both play
ers and they Will not be permitted to
play again IN a legitimate league.
The spirit of rivalry between
Bloomington and Decatur is evidenced
| by the fact that one of the Blooming
ton papers has referred to the Bloom
| ington players as 'curs" for allowing
| Decatur to take five out of the recent
series of six games.
Rock Island has now played eight
games with Davenport this season.
counting The two exhibition contests,
and won them all.
Each of Rock Islanders errors yes
terday was made through over-anX-
iety.
After the morning game Saturday
the Rock Island team was taken by
the management to Schuetzen park
for lunch. There they had good OPP
portunity to rest up for the after
noon game.
Beatty reached town Friday after
noon but was unable to PLAY ON ac-
count of sore hand. He will be Civ
en- a trial when he is in shape.
The Davenport rcotcrs, like the
Davenport team, put up a stiff front
when they are ahead.
Manager Corners. of Bloomington.
hurt his hand Saturday. and is once
more on the bench.
Say, you're rotten umpire" bawl-
ed the irate Davenporters at Levin
son Saturday after the afternoon
game. Did YOU ever see one that
wasnt?" asked his jumps. we'll
don't know but you're right" the 9th
or replied softening. come have a
drink" But Lewinson declined with
thanks. He said he was afraid he
would be sandbagged if he got away
from the crowd
The Three-Eye teams rest today.
and tomorrow Rock Island goes for
tour of the northern towns in the
circuit, first to Rockford, thence to
| Dubuque and lastly to Cedar Rapids.
The next home series will begin July
IL. When Davenport refused to play
postponed game i'm this city today
the local management tried to get a
game at Clinton with the Independ-
cnts of that city. 1t happened, how
ever, that Ringing Brothers shows
are in that city today and of course
it would be impossible to get pay
ing crowd
What have the people that claim
that the games between Rock Island
and Davenport are fixed to say
about il now?
We have company in the 400 class.
anyhow There are but three teams
above 800.
Saturdays games took the lead
away from Bloomington and Decatur
now heads the column with narrow
margin.