Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1903-04-30
grounds Saturday afternoon with
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grounds Saturday afternoon with
Monmouth college.
Talk of the Diamond.
Davy Crockett has arrived from the
south to cover first for Davenport
He has been coaching a college team
in Dixie land and says he is in good
shape. Jess, the outfielder, has been
released, and Wilson, the pitcher, has
suffered a like fate. The Clement
brothers have gone to Council Bluffs
and Quitman has departed to play at
Clinton in a professional aggre-
cation.
There is contest on over Hackett,
the big right fielder of the Davenport
team, and it seems that he was spok-
en- for first by the Springfield, Mo-,
team in the Missouri Valley league.
The prospect of losing him has given
Manager Hayes the blues.
Kennedy, the former Evansville
manager, has been released by Beld-
en- Hill The Cedar Rapids Republi-
can says that he had a great deal too
much avoirdupois in the first place
and his sprocket was too small to
keep up with the pace set by the rest
of the players. Clarke, the pitcher
who wouldn't play Sundays, was also
released, being too light for this
league, in which the playing this year
is expected to be of the
strenuous variety. To take the
place of Snapper" Kennedy on
second base, Manager Hill has
secured star performer in Walter
Hickey, the well-known second base
man of the Western league, who may
be depended upon to cover the second
sack for the Rabbits to the satisfac-
tion of all the fans.
Krans. the Bishop Hill lad. who was
with Rock Island in. 1891, has been
let go by Manager Hill, as has Cook,
also a pitcher. Manager Hill still has
four pitchers left. Letheby, the lat
est to arrive, was the star twirler of
the University of Nebraska team last
year and promises to be a hummer
and no mistake, the Republican says.
The other three are Holmes, the big
man, Petty and Moore. If one were
to make comparisons this early in
the season he would compare Holmes
Moore to "Dud" Risley. Anyway.
these four pitchers give promise of
being most efficient twirlers of the
sphere for Cedar Rapids.
\ pennant will fly over Rockford's
baseball park tomorrow afternoon
for the first time in the city's history.
The unfurling of the flag will be a
feature of the opening game. The
opening day will be made great &C.
casion. The two teams with brass
band will parade over the street car
system. special cars being provided
by the street railway company. The
start to the grounds will be made
rather carly in order to give time for
the ceremonies incidental to unfurliug
the pennant. President Stanton Hyer,
of the Rockford club, will preside and
will make a brief address to the play
ers and audience. The flag will then
be thrown to the breeze and three
cheers will be given for the cham
pioris,' s'''i -
Willis, a new pitcher signed by
Joliet, is little late in reporting, and
the News explains it by saying that
he is making Sc a day as glass blow
er at Chicago Heights, and is a little
reluctant to0quit his job. No wonder.
1t is evident. says the Joliet News,
that in McNutt and Kubitz Manager
Tebeau' has two steady little pitchers,
who will make their mark in this
league. Both have shown good form
in the trials so far. Newman is a lit
tie all-round terror. He covers a lot
of ground at short. worries the OPP
posing pitchers, and once on the base
lines has the catcher in the hole.
Larry Schlafly is playing second for
Milwaukee in the American associa-
ton and is doing well. Claude Elliott
is pitching well this season.
Scores In the Big Leagues.
Chicago, April 30.-Following are
the scores at base ball:
League: At Brooklyn - Boston o,
Brooklyn 2; at New York-PhiladeI-
phia >, New York o; at st. Louis
Pittsburg 4. st. Louis o; ut Cincinnati
Chicago {, Cincinnati 3.
American: At Philadelphia - New
York ., Philadelphia 4; at Cleveland
st. Louis /, Cleveland 4; at Detroit
Chicago 1. Detroit 10; at Washington
Boston ), Washington 9.