Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1904-04-23
PLAY THE RUBBER
Rock Island and Davenport in
Third Exhibition Game
Tomorrow.
WET GROUNDS AT IOWA CITY
Prevents Contest OF YesteTdAy-Knox
College Defeats Dial will
liams' Team.

Il Wet grounds prevented the game be-
tween Rock Island and the university
team at Iowa City yesterday after
noon. The weeks practice there will
be completed this afternoon and
Thornton and his players will he home
for the third exhibition with Daven-
port on the grounds across the river.
\ second team will be sent to Burling-
ton, where Thornton has arranged
games for tomorrow, Monday and
TUESDAY The schedule season will
open Thursday with Cedar Rapids on
the local grounds. Thornton will prob
ably be able TO announce his team the
coming week. Four pitchers will he
carried, for a time at least.
Coy and Camp. infielders, and Ora
ham. outfielder. the latter a brother
of Peachie Graham. are the only men
signed by Rock Island who have not
been given Il trial. They have been
notified they do not need 10 report.
The three are amateurs and from
what the management has been able
tn learn of their records would not be
any Improvement on the material on
the ground. although they are young
players of considerable promise.
Cromer. the catcher. who has been
spending the week with the team at
Iowa CITY. * under contract to Du-
buque. and must report there if the
management of the club insists on his
doing so. Rock Island had negotia-
tions with him. and he accepted
terms, but, it appears, this occurred
after he had closed with Dubuque. No
tice of protest was given by Dubuque.
but Rock Island. realizing it would
lose out in Il fight for the player, waiv-
cd its claim on Cromer. Manager
Hines of Dubuque was notified accord
inrly. but he having failed to call Gro
Ter for practice he reported to Rock
I>iand.
Eonahue. the former member of the
-. ice Western league club. who has
been signed by Rock Island, is a field
or and change catcher He will be
tried in right. He was one of the star
cnachcrs in the Western last season.
Re- tired by the Fans.
Evansville. Ind, April 23.-One of
the interesting features of the late re-
publican county convention of Van
vi DUR ColillN WIS lHt baN II
OF State Senator Crumpacker. who
a. kcI for u second nomination. His
defeat was brought about by the base
ball enthusiasts of this city. Senator
Crumpa cker was elected four years
ago. In-the last session of the state
legislature bill legalizing Sunday
baseball came up. and when the bill
reached the senate Senator Crumpack
er east the deciding vote against the
bill. This stand against Sunday base
ball proved the death knell of Crum-
packers political aspirations. The
baseball men here swore tn get even
with him, aud in the recent conven-
| ton Edgar Durre, former prosecuting
attorney, was brought out against
him. and after Il sharp contest Crum-
packer went down to defeat. Durre
Is, baseball enthusiast.
Cedar Rapids *. Ames 3.
Ames. Iowa. April 23.-Ccdar Rapids
took the fifth game of the series from
Ames 10y the score of 5 to (. Score:
Cedar Rapids .21OO1O2O
Amcs ........1 90 1000 O-4
Knox :. Davenport 6.
GaIesburg. ILL.,. April 23.-EnoX col
ltse. DN a idic bdtIinS SlTtdk- over
came the lead of the Davenport league
team and won. Score:
| Knox .OOO OO31I - IL 1
Davenport .O11OO3 O1O-6 l
Batteries Chilis and Hiding; Els
and Wilder.
Springfield Wins.
Manager DOnnelly's aggregation de-
feated Nokomi's at Pana 10 To &.
In Major Leagues.
Chicago. April %. - Following are
the base ball scores:
| League: At Extraordinarily q.
| BOSTON 2: Mt PittSburC Cincinnati
| H. Pittsburg /: ut New NOrk-PhiIa-
delphia 3. New York Is: at Chicago
Wet grounds.
American: At Washington - Sew
| York. -. Washington q; at Detroit -
St Louis 4. Detroit 1 - twelve lit
nings. darkness; at Cleveland-Chi-
Cago -. Cleveland III; ut Philadelphia
boston 3. Philadelphia 1.
Association: At Toledo - Minneap-
oils 4, Toledo 1 at Columbus-St Paul
., Columbus 3; at Louisville - Mil
waukee 6. Louisville /; ut lndiaIa3O-
lis-Rair-