Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1904-06-18
DUST FROM THE DIAMOND.

Rockford today. tomorrow and Mon
day.
Lundin will pitch for Rock Island
| tomorrow.
The rooters on the bleachers got in
the game yesterday in fine style.
Davenport is to be with us next
week. Tuesday, Wednesday and
Thursday.
Manager Nicol and the Rockford
players are stopping at the Rock Isl
and house.
Carr, the ex-Dubuque shortstop, is
we'll up in the ranks OF the American
association stickers, with an average
of .315.
Ward IsbelI, formerly with Dubuque.
is pitching winning ball for Kansas
City, the only twirler on the team hay-
ing won more than half of his games
Decatur papers are much impressed
with the hitting ability of Meek. the
big Rockfordite. The Review says
| that when he comes up the pitchers
arms become paralyzed.
The total hits of Rock Island and
Dubuque yesterday were just equal to
the number gotten by the Iowans
Thursday. and one more than the To-
Gals had the same day.
Well. Springfield belongs at the top.
team with 4 $4,000 salary list has
no business down towards the bottom
with those that are trying to keep
close TO the limit. $500 per month.
The Rock Island Independents.
which lay claim to the championship
for amateurs for this part of the coun-
try, will tomorrow play for the cham
pionship of the tri-cities at the base
bali park in Davenport with Rust's
Yales, of that city.
Davenport has signed Pete IIag-
gerty for his hitting. Fans had been
wondering why he had been taken on
by Hayes. Thought it might be for
his Oratorical powers. II was hoped
the league had gotten rid of this fell
low. Still he might reform after he
gets under the wing of Neighbor
Jeems.
The Bunnies have dropped five
straight Rock Island put them on
the toboggan, and it is beginning to
look as if the other teams around the
circuit were bent on pushing them into
trampville before they reach the home
harbor from their swing around the
circuit. 1t is said Uncle Belden is
growing gray hairs at the rate of eight
per day since leaving Rock Island.
The local management had some no.
ton of giving the public a double
header tomorrow to make up one of the
games that have been lost with Rock
ford. President Sexton asked permits
sion of President Holland but this
morning received a reply that no dou-
BILE headers would be permitted till the
last series of the season. So there
will be one game at the usual time.
Bloomington is playing town lot
bail. and in the home of the president
of the league at that. The worst ex-
hlbitiOn of the season." according to
the dispatches sent out from the town,
was given there yesterday. That boy
that furnishes the Sunday dope to the
Chicago papers will have to do some
tall four-hushing tomorrow to keep his
team in the head lines as giving the
pennant an awful chase.
The papers in Cedar Rapids have
taken the grounds that Hills men
have been losing as a result of a
mutiny over the removal of Dan Hupp
from the right garden and the sub
stitution of Clevenger. the Indiana
player. Clevenger has failed to make
good with the hickory and Hill has
displaced him and put Hupp back. But
that has failed to stop the losing
streak. Another line of dope is now
in order.