Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1903-04-24

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Milwaukee beat Decatur in the latter
city yesterday, 0 to 4.
/; Bloomington was beaten by Terre
Haute,s6 to 1.
Peoria defeated Fargo, II to o.
Diamond Notes.
The Dubuque Telegraph Herald
likens Manager Hayes Davenport
bunch to CoXey's army.
Manager Hugh Nicol, of Rockford,
has released three players who are
not up to the Three-Eye standard.
They are Hosea Vaughan, pitcher
from Indiana, McEvoy and Ramsey,
infielders.
Ted McGrew, last year with Bloom
ington, is with Marion in the Central
league this year
Pitcher, who tried out with Bloom
ington last year, is covering second
for the Fargo team.
f. NJ. Menl<e who was elected mayor
of Matoon Tuesday was manager of
the Matoon team when they won the
Indiana-Illinois penant.
Garland (Jake) Stahl, the big L..
of |. catcher from Elkhart, has signed
with the Chicago Nationals at $3.50 a
month to cover first. He also had an
offer of $1,000 to coach a football team
this fall.
Fred Kecll, who signed to. play in the
field and as change catcher for Du-
buque, has asked for his release,
and says he will not play ball during
the coming season. Since last Decem-
Der his health has not been good and
he explains that he did not care to
start out with the team and be COM
PEELED to quit.
Rock Island will run afoul of Ring
hng's circus almost at the very open
ing of the season Ringling's show
is in Decatur May ?, but the second
game between the team of that city
and Rock Island will he played there
according to schedule, under the
present arrangements, circus or no
circus
The Argus has been favored with a
neat score book for the season of
1903, published by A. G. Spaulding
& Brothers. of Chicago, and secured
through the good offices of President
NJ. II. Sexton. The new book is even
more convenient than the style form
erly issued and is valuable thing
for any good consistent fan to keep.
One reason for the many errors
that are made at Iowa City is the
condition of the diamond, the ground
being very rough.
The Iowa City people are much ta
ken with the Rock Island team of
this year and say that the aggrega-
ton is distinct Improvement both
as to players and otherwise over the
team of last year. Guy Dickey's work
on first has made him particular ia
Vorite.
President Sexton will have three of
the Western league umpires here for
instructions tomorrow. Those who
will be in the city are Kelly, Brennan
and Mesmer. McCarty, who is ON the
Pacific coast, will not come here, but
will GO direct to Denver, there to be-
gin the season. Brennan will go to
Colorado Springs, Mesmer to st. JOS
eph. and Kelly to Kansas City.
Dark caps have been ordered for
the locals to go with the light gray
SUITS a.. - -
a pitcher named Brown has applied
for a job with the Rock Island team.
He was tried out by Dubuque, but did
not make good, it seems. Manager
DOnnelly says he has pitchers enough
and that the principal trouble now
lies in picking the best ones out of
those now belonging to the team.
The National Association of Minor
Leagues have sent out to the presi-
dents of the Is leagues affiliated with
the organization passes that are good
for any game in any of the leagues
during the season. The pass is neatly
gotten up and leather bound. 1t is
the intention to use it also as a sort
of visiting card among the officers.
The Rock Island team puts up at
the O'Reilly house, owned and man
aged by Michael O'Reilly, himself a
character in the growth and develop
ment of Iowa City. As the old song
used to run, there is "Mr. OReilly,
they speak of so highly; it's Mr..
O'Reilly that keeps the hotel You
couldn't find a person living for miles
around Iowa City that doesn't know
Mike O'Reilly. and he has kind word
and a smile for them all. He went. to
Iowa City about thirty years ago with
hardly a dollar and today he is rated
in the hundreds of thousands. He is
an freshman of the old type, and as
he sails about town in swell auto
mobile it's easy to see that O'Reilly
is descended from the Irish lords in
the days of Brian Boru. The ball
players have a soft time when the
landlord has them help him exercise
the devil wagon and they. make him
think it needs plenty of it. The boys
will return to Rock Island Saturday
night.