Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1904-07-02

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has been called back by the Denver
Rockford paper adds that he has
proved a disappointment TO Nicol.
Clark Griffith losses a bomb into the
midst of the "AuntieS' when he de
clared: Il think the foul strike rule
the best thing that ever happened for
baseball as it keeps the players
straight TO their business allowing no
monkey work. If they want 10 streng-
then batting make it three balls
Manager Donnelly has ordered Pitch
er Frank Dick TO report soon. Dick
was with the team when the season
opened, but on account of a wealth of
box artists he was loaned to a club in
| the Iowa league. He has been pitch
ing star ball and will join the Spring
! field team soon.
Manager Hayes has secured Gus
Munich. the Chicago twirler who pitch
ed in the last series against Rock ISL
and last year. to perform today
against Rockford. II is asserted that
le was wanted to play tomorrow. but
he has another engagement
No baseball will be PLAYED in Brook
lyn on Sunday. An order 10 this effect
has been issued by the polio commits
| 5ioner. On previous Sundays ohly the
battery of the offending team was ar
| rested. The new order calls for the
arrest not only of the members of
both teams, but score card sellers and
the umpire as well shall be placed IN
Ter arrest.
Capt. Miller and Pitches Lalaff and
Lundin arrived from SprinGhe!d this
morning. Miller is still in a crippled
condition as the result of his injury
at Bloomington THURSDAY. but hopes
20 be in the game in few days. Ii
was very narrow escape from ia
tally. Miller was in the act of fielding
ground ball when Sammis, who
was dashinS for second rushed into
him. Miller says eli he can remember
IS that he touched the runner with the
ball and threw it to first for double
Then he became unconscious, and the
physicians stated the only wonder was
that his neck was not b-OkSr. Mil
Ter states he is steadily improving
He is full of pluck ana declares he
will be back in the game by The
Fourth.
In the season of 1902 Sugden did
the bulk Of the catching for the ST
Louis club, and, while not much of
5atsman, he reached first about as
often as any body on the team-by
being hit by pitched balls. Strange to
say he was almost invariably hit on
the head. The crowd would applaud
and many scream with delight when
4 ball came sizzling toward the plate
and bowled over the foxy old catcher.
who, rendered unconscious, or maybe
only stunned, was revived by dashing
l cup of water in his face; and when
he arose and made his way to first
Ease his admirers redoubled their
praise of his diplomacy. This thing
occurred so often that Robinson, in
order to facilitate matters offered to
give So to the first man who reached
Sugden with a cup of water. The
next day after the offer was made Sug
den was, as usual. hit on the head and,
as on former occasions, he keeled
over. Then came a grand rush of his
club mates, each bearing cup of wa
ter-and poor Sugden was nearly
drowned. After the game Powell pro
posed to Sugden that when hit he
stagger around for awhile and act as if
he would not fall and thus throw off
the others, when Powell would run out
with cup of water just as he fell, and
| they would divide the S.. What do
you take me for?" asked Sugden, thor
| oughly angered. DO you think | am
- fool enough to try to get hit in
he head?"
There are two names that are
| scarcely ever spoken in baseball these
days" said Manager Charlie Nichols,
Of the St. Louis team, yet had their
owners taken ordinary good care of
themselves they might now have as
great a halo about them as have the
names of McGinnity, Hahn, Mathew
son and others of the national league
stars. Whenever Amos Rusie or Jack
gtivetts are referred to one gets the
| impression that they have been out of
| the game for years, and were cOntem-
porary with Clarkson, RadbOurne
Keefe and the other stars that flour
ished before the days of the Brother
hood The fact is that had Rusie and
Stivetts taken good care of them
selves instead OF dissipating their car
GERS away. both might still be pitching
high class ball and earning large sal
aries in either of the two big leagues.
l venture TO say that neither Rusie nor
Stivetts is over Sc years of age, and
both of them were of such massive
build. with such wonderful strength
in their pitching arms, that they could
easily hold their own with the pitchers
of today. But they saw fit TO filter
their prospects of a long career away
in the flowing bowl, and now Rusie is
working in lumber yard in Indiana,
while Stivetts, at last accounts, was
driving a brewery wagon in Ashland.
Pa. 1t was claimed by many that
Rusie pitched the fastest ball ever
known in the history of the game.
This is erroneous. SWEETS could pitch
| lust as fast as Rusie, and so could
cayeraI other twirlers in the business.