Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1904-07-14

Republic predicts that something is liza
Die to drop unless the fans there wake
up and find the bali park oftener than
they have been doing the season thus
far.
At may not be generally known, but
it is a fact that Snapper Kennedy,
Ottumwa's winning baseball manager,
s an ardent churchman, who is guilty
Of none of the vices and whose ball
PLAYERS are in a number of cases as
God fearing as he is. Mr. Kennedy
Ioes not believe in rOwdyism nor will
he permit any member of his team
from indulging in the flowing bowl
On pain of dismissal.
President Hermann of Cincinnati,
created a sensation in baseball circles
here when he announced that Suthoff,
he red pitcher. had been released.
The Philadelphia team has taken SUIT
hof's contract and he will join the
team at once. Suthoff's work this sea
son has not been up to the standard.
Last year he took part in p games.
winning 1G This year he has played
in II and lost five. The other pitch
ers have done much better and it was
decided to let Suthoff go.
Paul Moore the tramp" pitcher,
who has given Belden Hill so much
trouble during the past two seasons
has been suspended for the rest of this
season. 1t would have been better fOI
the peace of mind of the manager, the
percentage of the team and the pleas
ure of the spectators, the Cedar Rap
ids Republican says, if he had been
tut loose before, but Belden Hill tried
to save him from himself. He made
trouble in the team last season by his
wild ways, but came back this year
promising to give the team the best
hat was in him. He pitched brilliant
Oall for a few games but his old fail
ings got the better of him and he fell
by the wayside.
Tomorrow afternoon at Twelfth
street park occurs the game between
Teams selected from the congregations
Of Memorial Christian and the United
Presbyterian churches. Tie contest,
n which considerable interest is being
shown, will be called promptly at
o'clock. and big attendance is expect
ed. The teams will be composed as
follows: Memorial Christian G.
Graves, third base; Tarbox, first base;
Z. Graves, second base; Patterson.
left field; Mol. catch; Hull, center
field; Means, short; Bergston, pitch;
Frazier, right field. United Presby-
terrain - Henderson, catch; Thomas,
pitch; Hamilton. first base: Bryan.
second base: Keyser, short; Luken-
biehl. third base; Black, left field
McNary, center field: McKown, right
field. Muenster and Margrath, sub
stitutes.
Rockford Republic: Pitcher Johnny
Baker was today laid off for two
weeks without pay by Manager NicoI
of the Red Sox. The layoff is to give
Baker chance TO get into condition
| TO pitch the ball of which he is cap
able. and the little fellow very will
| ingly accepted the enforced vacation.
lie realizes he has not pitched the
sort of ball of which he is capable and
when again he gets into the game he
will be in shape to play ball right
The new man. Wagner. has arrived
and was played this afternoon in cen
ter field Darby O'Brien was sent to
short and Tommy Mills of Beloit was
put in at second, the position he is
used to. O'Brien has played short be
fore and is at home in the position
SchOonhoven has been laid off for the
present. His hitting is away below
par and his fielding. though good, is
not enough to keep him in the game
while he is so weak with the stick.