Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1904-07-11
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Katy league.
This afternoons Rock Island-Deca-
tur game was postponed on account
Of wet grounds. 1t will be played to-
morrow which is an open date.
The exemplary life that "Rube"
Waddell is leading may be very graft
flying to Manager Mack. but it's tough
on the news gatheTers.
Red Donahue, released by Rock
Island and now manager of the Oska-
loosa team of the Iowa State league.
is said to have made a big improve
ment in his team.
Dubuque has reinstateG Chris East
man and Cedar Rapids has taken Paul
Moore back. These two fell from the
water wagon and were benched by
their managers.
The baseball game at Henderson.
KY, yesterday in the Kentucky, Hi
nois-Tennessee league between Hen
derson and Hopllinsville broke up in
4 riot in which one man was wounded.
Manager Donnelly of the Springfield
club has received an offer from
Clarke of Pittsburg for Pitcher Case.
Donnelly has not yet given a positive
answer. but the deal is believed to be
assured.
Thornton hurt himself in sliding to
second in the fifth inning yesterday.
but was able to continue after a delay
of five minutes. He was game, and
did not use his misfortune as an eX
cuse for asking for a runner.
Patsy O'COnnor, the Commodore
catcher, is gabby little fellow.
Whether playing or not he is always
IN the game with his barney. But
Patsy is not a rowdy. lie IS Il clean.
gingcry player. He is the kid of the
league. He is only 10.
The twelfth Street Strollers defeat
ed the CreScents for the third sue
Cessive time yesterday in an exciting
10-inning game. The score was II to
Is. The batteries were Kramer and
Fox for the winners, and Repine and
Broderick for the vanQuished.
Grucbner is blossOming into one of
the fastest shortstops in the league
He played perfectly the past two
games. Yesterday he saved McGilli
the territory of the third baseman and
fielding ball that the latter had
missed and getting it to first in time
to retire the runner.
Albert Thoman, catcher from
Cincinnati, has been signed. He ar
rived yesterday and practiced with
the team. He has never played pro
fessiOnal ball before. but comes high
Iy recommended. Warren Hill of Chi
cagO, and George Dennison, of Mis-
souri,, half brother of Vandine, have
been signed to try for positions on the
infield.
Dayton, o., July 11.-Saturday'
game was called at the end of the
of the announcement of the death at
the St. Elizabeth hospital of Frank
Herbert, Dayton's first baseman, who
was injured on Thursday by running
into AlvOy Spangler in trying to get
to first base. Herbert's home is at
Wheeling, w. Va, and the remains
will be taken there for burial.
Monty Mcfarland is there with the
Swatter as of yOre. He got three of
the seven hits made by his team yes
terday. Monty is in better humOr than
he was on his former Rock Island
visit. He is naturally of a pleasant
nature. a cheerful loser, but when he
becomes riled it takes time for him
to cool. He is said to be the easiest
with his men of any manager in the
league. He has a system of his own
in handling players.
Here is the impression that Gill Ed
wards made on the Springfield Jour
nal baseball reporter in Fridays
game: Young Edwards is said to be
/ 10y who plays lie game mercy foI
pastime. 1t is asserted that his father
has more money that a mule can haul
down hill, and the youngSter plays
the national game to rid himself of
his surplus energy. At any rate he
made a good stagger at pitching yes
terday, and DOnnelly's braves were
helpless before him. The way Ed
wards gets away with the ball is worth
going miles to see. He muses. his
hair up. takes a wild look around the
diamond. commences to swing his
arms like a Holland windmill and
finally lets drive with two or three
other extraordinary motions. BY the
time this program has reached the
finale the batter is in state border
ing on nervous collapse and he is
ready TO strike at anything to end the
agony.
Weak Hearts