Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1903-04-13
GAME IS CANCELLED
White Sox Leave for Chicago
Without a Contest in
This City.
RAIN AT PEORIA YESTERDAY
Manager DonnelIy Makes Arrange
ments for q Game
Thursday.

No game was played THIS afternoon
between the Rock Island team and
the Chicago White SoX, as the park
is veritable quagmire. The Chicago
players have gone on to the city.
| The game at Peoria yesterday af-
ternoon had to be called off for the
same reason. At IL o'clock in the
morning the park was in good condi-
ton, and everything was favorable,
but at noon heavy shower came up
and spoiled any possible opportunity
for playing.
Consequently the game was declar-
ed off, but arrangements have Practi-
cally been made with the Peoria team
for a game Thursday, and if the
weather permits the team will leave
again Thursday morning for the dis
| tillery town and make another effort
to get Il game.
Team Nearly Complete.
With the arrival of Hecht the local
team is complete with the exception
of the two Greens, who will arrive
here some time during the week from
Cheyenne, Wyoming. One of the
Greens will play second base, while
the other will be in the outfield. This
Is their first season in recognized
league, but they are said to be COM
ers, and it is expected will put up an
article of ball which will surely sure
| ly surprise the natives. Hecht will
play in the box. and comes highly
recommended. This is his first APP
pearance with the Rock Island team.
The disappointment of the fans i'm
the Chicago game is tempered some
what by the fact that the regulars
would not have played here in any
case. The team which appeared in
Davenport yesterday was made up of
the substitute players, the regulars
being at Kansas City. Outside of Is
bell none of the stars which have
made the White Sox famous appeared
and the game was a notable disap-
pointment in that respect.
White Sox Win Also.
Yesterday afternoon the. Chicago
White SoX met Davenport on the dia-
mOnd across the river, the contest be-
ing played in a, drizzling rain on a
diamond at the ball park that was
improvised over in the left garden.
The second division of the visiting
team played and had an easy time,
winning Is to 0. The twirling for
Chicago was done by Dunl1le, and he
had the DayenpOrters at his, mercy.
Hughes, Clement, Weisbrodt and
Stauffer pitched for Davenport.
About 1000 people saw the contest
Following was the score by innings:
Davenport ......O o o o O o o 0 o. o
Chicago .........0 0 ? 0 0 0 *-13
Results Elsewhere
Bloomington, April 13.-Despite the
threatening weather 1000 people as
sembled to witness the ball game yes
terday afternoon between the Joliet
and Bloomington teams of the Three
Eye league, 600 coming in a special
train from Joliet. The game was
called at the end of the third inning
on account of rain, with the score
standing 1 to in favor of Blooming
ton.
Decatur, H., April 13.-Sixteen hun
dred people saw Milwaukee defeat
Decatur yesterday in a clean, fast,
snappy 1O-inning game. The feat
ures were three double plays by De-
catur. The score:
Decatur ........0 0 o O O / o O 0-1
Milwaukee % 0 0 0 0 1-2
Batteries-Jacobsen, Wright and
Krebs; Kenna and Lucia.
The following press dispatch dated
at Bloomington indicates that base
ball enthusiasm is as rampant as ever
in that city:
IAN angry mob of several hundred
people pursued Arthur Robinson, col
ored, with threats of lynching last
night, but the arrival of a squad of
policemen at the barn where he was
at bay saved him. Robinson, who is
a depot porter, struck John Hills, of
Joliet, on the head with an iron bar
during an alteration following the
ball game and Hills may die. Robin
son, who alleges self-defense. is in
Jail, and Hills was taken to Joliet.