Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1904-08-11
New Fielder for the Colts.
DUST FROM DIAMOND.

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Rock Island had three double plays. |
Rock Island opens at Rockford to-
morrow.
Dunno. it seems. has jumped from
released.
Charles Smith, who has been play
ing behind the bat for Clinton, while
under contract by Cedar Rapids. has
been recalled by Beldcn Hill.
Everyone deprecates the use of I'M
becoming language at baseball game,
but when Tacks Latimer undertakes
to expatiate on the subject it is like
Satan rebuking sin.
HcssIer played nicely behind the
bat In the seventh he ran back half
way to the grandstand for Ebright's
foul and then doubled Hankey at
second. He got three hits, too, you
will notice.
To the casual observer it would
seem that Rockford is using the pitch
crs that have already been cast off in
the Davenport series and is saving the
best members of the staff to use
against NiCol's team.
Umpire Milan, who has been stop
ping at Davenport since he was sent
here Monday by President Holland
would not be able to officiate at the
Springfield-Rock Island game.
Newton Randall, who comes from
the Northern league, where Rock ISL
and discovered Catcher Frank Cheek
and Left Fielder Walter Carlisle, has
been signed by the local association,
He may not report for the present.
Some vile language was directed at
Umpire Milan from the bleachers. Mi
Ian would have been backed by the
audience if he had called a policeman
and caused a few arrests. Such pro
family has never been and never will
be tolerated in the Rock Island base
ball park.
The Rock Island team will not be
home again until the cath of the
month when Decatur comes for three
games. Then Rock Island goes to
meet Bloomington and Decatur, after
which the team returns home to play
Bloomington and Springfield. Rock
Island closes the season at Springfield.
! threw down his glove repeatedly,
! booted the ball. and made himself
otherwise obnoxious in trying to make
it appear that Milan was not giving
| him a square deal. Milan should have
plastcred him flyer. He would not
| have tolerated such actions from a
Rock Island pitcher, it is safe bet.
The confusion in the 10th inning
when Rock Island won the game could
have been averted had Umpire Milan
not been in such a hurry to give his
! decision, as was the case the day be
! fore when he called Thornton out be
| fore the ball was in the hands of the
| Springfield catcher. Yesterday if he
had waited until Latimcr had received
| the ball there would not have been
any wrangling either on the part OF
the audience or the players.
Four Davenport fans who were in
| the grandStand were seen to
stop Manager Donnelly after
the game and offer to furnish tes-
timony that Latimcr held the ball
when Hessler was called safe at the
plate in the last inning. But Donnelly,
having been here two years and hav.
ing had occasion TO understand tho
fans on the Davenport side and what
prompts their solicitude in behalf of
the team that opposes Rock Island
in the behest of fair" play, gave no
heed TO them. AS it happened Lati-
mer. on the way to the hotel in the
bus after the game. admitted TO Man
ager Donnelly that he did drop the
ball. Which goes 10 prove how
weighty Davenport baseball evidence
iS oSDecialIv whom Rock Island &c in