Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1903-06-04

Meyers, p .~,.......... 0 0 o 0
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Totals ....... 81 IL 0
Cedar Rapids ......-.0 2O00003 50
Rock Island ......,..oO2OOOOOO-2
#Hil1 out on bunt third strike.
Summary: Two-base hits - Ryan,
Novacek, Donnelly. Sacrifice hit
Graham. Double plays - Hill-Berte-
Petty, Pelty-Berte, Berte- Hickey-Pel-
ty Struck out-by Meyers 6, by Cad
wallader 6. Bases on balls-off Mey-
crs 4. off Cadwallader 6. Hit by pitch
ed ball-Dickey, O'Leary. Wild pitch
Meyers. Umpire-Lewison.
f- Davenport L, Decatur B.
JaeQhsenIs pitching was too deep a
problem for Davenport yesterday and
the team was saved from a shut-out
only by Crocket's hit in the ninth,
heightened into a Home run by the
ball getting lost in grass pile in
right field McFarland's batting for
the visitors was feature. Hughes
pitched a strong game and the two
pitchers in the fourth and fifth in
nings struck out eight batters in sue
cession. Score:
Decatur .......O OOO010 Is 10 >
Davenport .OOOOOOOO1-1
Batteries - Jacobsen and Krebs;
Hughes and Lobeck.
bloomington @, Rockford >.
Rockford, June Umpire Braig's
decision so displeased the 1,4OO spec
tatoIss at yesterdays game that at its
combustion nearly one-half of the
number surrounded the officer. He
was chased through the grand stand
and ont of the park, where the police
rescued him after he had been drench-
ed with water. Bfaig was placed UNI
der the grand stand and guard kept
without until the crowd had gone
home. Bad umpiring cost Rockford
the game. The score:
Bloomington 1901 3 II 90 9 Z
Rockford ........1 OOOOOO-3 >
Batteries and Donovan;
Killian and Stark.
Dubuque B, Joliet L.
Dubuque. June Eastman pitched
a great game and Joliet was defeated
by avscore of to /. 1t was perhaps
the most interesting game played on
the home grounds this season and
was replete with brilliant plays. The
seores
Dubuque O0O30OO%-3 Z /
Joliet ............0O0 000-1 ) 8
Batteries Eastman and Smith; Ha-
german and Reading.
Small Chance for Joliet.
President Sexton arrived home from
Joliet last evening. He states shat
while there is a possibility that that
city will still decide to retain its fran
chise in the league, it is not likely
that such viii be the case, and Spring
field is the most likely candidate as
its successor. The sentiment in Spring
field is strongly in favor of embracing
the opportunity to get professional
ball, and meeting is to be held in
that city tomorrow evening TO organ
ize with the end in view of accepting
the chance to get into the Three Eye.
President Sexton will go TO Springfield
tonight to attend the meeting. If
Springfield comes in it is not likely
that any radical changes will have to
be made in the schedule, Joliet hav-
ing been rated in the southern sec
ton, where the capital would properly
belong.
Braig to be Relieved.
Braig having proved a complete fail
ure as an umpire. President Sexton
today announced that he will be re-
Iieved at Rockford tomorrow by f. w.
TruXeH, of Moline, who several times
Officiated on the local diamond in the
absence of the regular umpire and
showed good judgment. Braig's most
conspicuous failure lay in lack of
control Of the players, rather than ina
bility to properly judge the plays.
President Sexton today issued an
order for all teams in the league to
straightway get down to the 12-play-
er limit. This step, which has been
neeessitated by the conditions that