Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1903-09-23
CAPT. HINES HURT
Popular Davenport Player Loses
Eye in Accident at
Rockford.
STRUCK BY PIECE OF BOT STEEL
Was Watching a Friend at Work
Echoes OF the
Game.

Hunky Hines, captain of the Davcn-
port baseball team, and who has been
retained by the management to cap
tain the next years aggregation. was
yesterday the victim of an accident
which resulted in the loss of sight of
his right eye, an injury which, it is
feared, is permanent. He will in all
probability never play ball again.
The accident of which he is the un-
fortunate victim occurred in the shops
of the Rockford Carriage company,
where he was visiting Il friend. He
was standing near an anvil upon
which was being hammered piece of
steel. when a sharp piece of the metal
flew FROM the molten mass and pierre.
ed the eyeball. running the sight The
physicians who are caring for Mr.
Hines will perform an operation prob.
ably for the purpose of removing the
eyeball.
This is the second accident. which
has befallen the popular Davenport
player in the same shop. Last winter
he was injured by having molten met
al spilled on him in the foundry, but
mo serious hurts resulted.
TomorrOw's Bens mt Game.
Bet you twenty-five YOU lose to-
morrow" said citizen from the low.
err end of the county to Il member of
the Cyclone baseball team today. The
latter did not happen to have the
change with him at the time and so
did not put up.
This serves TO illustrate the interest
that is being taken by the fans from
Edgington and vicinity and the man
ner in which they are ready to back
the team that Os. Bruner will bring
here tomorrow to meet the Cyclones
in a return contest at the Twelfth
street park. With fair weather there
Will be delegation of rooters from
the lower end of the county tomor-
row such as never before came from
that direction to see any ball game.
The Cyclones will have to look to
their inurels, for Edgington has been
beaten but once this season. and that
was when the Rock Island team adj
ministered a defeat by a narrow mar
gin at Taylor Ridge Labor day. In
the meantime the country aggrega-
ton has played several games and has
won a succession Of victories. The
most signal performance of the team
was that at Reynolds couple of
weeks ago, when Andalusia and Rey-
noIds were met and disposed of, the
former in the forenoon and the latter
in the afternoon of the same
day. The Edgingtonians are heavy
stiokers, and the local out
tielQers may expect 10 be kept busy
chasing high ones. But their greatest
dependence is placed in their battery,
Jones, the pitcher, being considered
something of a phenom. In the game
at Reynolds above referred to he
pitched both morning and afternoon,
and was apparently as strong at the
end of the days work as at the begin
ming. In one game he struck out IA
men.
The game will be called at o'clock
tomorrow afternoon, the hour being
made early to allow the visiting nine
more time to get home. The pro-
ceeds. by arrangement between the
managers, will be added to the fund
for the benefit of Walter Crum, the
injured Rock Island player.
just Baseball.
c. Z. Adams has offered a pair of
shoes to the player in tomorrow's
CFum benefit game who knocks the
ball over his sign on the park fence.
Springfield Three-Eye leaguers beat
Quincy again Sunday, 9 to 3.
Frank Donnelly, manager of the
Rock Island baseball club, has been
appointed by Game Warden Horace S.
Rearden deputy game warden of San
Canon county.
The management of Dubuque has
sold Shortstop Jack Carr to Manager
Watkins, of the Indianapolis team,
for $500
Rusty" Owens pitched his first
game for Indianapolis, Toledo being
his opponents. The report says ITO
ledo could not hit Owens Rusty
allowed two runs and six hits.
ST. Louis be-Democrat: Mana
ger Mc.Aleer introduced three new
faces to the Washington public in
Second Basemant Bowcock, Right
Fielder Swander and Pitcher Petty.
The latter performed well until the
sixth inning, when three straight sim
giles woke Manager McAleer to the
true state of affairs and he was quick
ly yanked from the rubber. Powell
went to the rescue in magnificent
style, retiring the Senators without
a run, although every sack was occu-
pied, with no one out, when he began
twirling. For the remainder of the
game the Washingtons got exactly
two hits. double and single, but
nary run.
They can talk about improvement
in the game if they want to-" says
jesse Burkstt, of the Cleveland Amer
leans. ''but give me the old days. 70
tell the truth, they have improved the
game, but it is not baseball any more
and the American is just as bad as
the National league. In fact, neither
can come up to the old National
Fleague. Take that team of ours in
cleveland. Pat them together again
and they would make these teams to-
day look cheap, and we only had three