Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1903-05-16
games that might be expected We're
it more conveniently located.
Change at Third.

it more conveniently located.
Change at Third.
A change was made in the Rock
Island team today that it is believed
will result in the strengthening of
the inheld and of the batting of the
team as whole. Fred Doll, of Chi
cago, the little third baseman, was re-
leased and his place taken by Bow Van
Dyne. of Des Moines, who arrived this
morning and went into the game to-
day. Van Dyne is an old and tried
man and Manager Donnelly tried TO.
get him last year. He was with Des.
Mpines, bnt this year that team made
a find and he was displaced. Several
teams of the Three-Eye league were
negotiating to secure his services.
Doll has not been hitting well, though
he is good fielder and is a young
ster that promises well.
The Wartburg college team is play
ing this afternoon with Augustana on
the local college campus.
Through n Kpothole.
Hackett, who has been released by
Manager Hayes, played on the first
bag for Rockford, Kennedy being
lame,
Hill has been playing "a Rabbit
pitcher in right field, waiting for
Murphy, his first baseRan. touted as
a crack, to get over the rheumatism.
Novacek will go into right garden
when Murphy gets we'll Novacek is
the batter of the team, and a handy
man to have.
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of the Cedar Rapids team, and as a
catcher he is doing remarkably well.
Thus far he has caught all but one
game in which Cedar Rapids has APP
peared since the opening of the sea-
son.
Osteen, Davenports' new shortstop,
yesterday had the honor of batting
ont the first home run of the season
among the Davenport players. For
this feat he was last evening present
ed with SIS gold piece by Eugene
Petersburger, $3.50 pair of trous-
ers and an order for months shaw
ing and hair cutting at local barber
shop. 1t is common practice in
number of league towns for the mer-
chants to offer prizes to the players
for exceptionally brilliant playing or
heavy batting, and the custom is be-
ginning to take root in Davenport.
The prize of IS offered by the Cigar
Makers Union to the player who
knocks a ball over the blue label sign
upon the fence of the Davenport
park, applies not only to the home
players but to any player of the visit
ing clubs as well.-Davenport Leader.
Pelty's record of Thursday of stril1-
ing out II men of the Dubuque bat
tiers at Cedar Rapids, is among the
noted performances in baseball. Only
once, it is recorded among the big
leagues, that pitcher did better than
that and that was Martin Duke, of
Minneapolis, who in 1890 when the dis
lance thrown was 10 feet or more less
than now, famed out Is members of
the Denver team.
The statement that one of the Me-
mortal games between Rock Island
and Davenport will be played in the
latter city was erroneous. Both morn
ing and afternoon games will be play
ed here. In return for this both games
will be played in Davenport July A.
Scores In the Big Leagues.
Chicago. May 16.-Kecords on the
diamond were as follows:
League: At Brooklyn-Chicago Z,
Brooklyn 4 at New York-Cincinnati
5, New York 4: at Boston-St Louis
0. Boston 10; at Philadelphia-Pitt
burg -. Philadelphia 2.
American: At st. Louis-Philadel-
phia 1. ST. Louis 2; at Chicago-Wash-
ington 4. Chicago 4; at Cleveland
New York 3. Cleveland 3; at Detroit
Boston q. Detroit 8.
Association: At Indianapolis-Tol
g. indianapolis 2;at Louisville-Colum-
bus >, Louisville 3; at Kansas City
Milwaukee 1, Kansas City 3; at st.
Paul-Minneapolis .. st. Paul 10.
Western: At Oma Milwaukee 6,
Omaha / at Des Moines-Peoria 3,
Des Moines 1; at Denver-St. Joseph