Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1904-04-26
FOUR TEAMS COME
Twelve Consecutive Games on
the Rock Island Ball
Grounds.
SEASONS PEN1NG NEXT FRIDAY
Cedar Rapids, Dubuque, Rockford
and Davenport In Order-Don-
ahue Has Been Sick.

Il Arrangements have been completed
| for the o pening of the Three-Eye
league schedule season Friday of this
week. BeIden Hill and his string of
Rabbits will be the first to try CON
illusions with Rock Island There will
he - games on the home grounds be-
fore Thornton and his team leave for
their first swing around the tircuit.
After Cedar Rapids in order will come
Dubuque, Rockford and Davenport.
| three of the strongest clubs i'm the
league, 80 that Rock Island will carly
have a display of the comparative
strength of the aggregation that has
been gotten together to go forth and
battle for baseball honOrs in the
name of their city.
Springfield i believed to have the
| highest salaried team of the eight.
How DcnnelIy has been able to get to-
gether the array If talent that has re-
ported TO him has been pulling the
other managers who have striVen CON
scicntiously 10 keep within the salary
limit. In other professions one fire.
quently hears of men working for
glory. but il il not believed Donnelly
can pay off in Jokes any of the talent
that he has under contract. Dubuque
and Bloomington. too. have assembled
teams that look at though they were
not procured inside the salary limit.
Holiday is Suggested.
President VI. II. Sexton. of the local
association. has suggestions from a
number of business men that there be
a general closing of stores and offices
Friday afternoon in order that all de-
string may attend the first game OF
the season on the home grounds.
Bleuer's band has been engaged and
will escort the local and visiting teams
over the three cities i'm a special troll
ley car. The ceremonies that have
prevailed i'm former seasons, in having
the mayer pitch the first ball. will he
dispensed with.
+. f.. Donahue. the st. Joe fielder.
writes ap"logizing for his delay in re
porting. He states that it is due to
an attack of grip that laid him up for
several days. lie has now recovered
entirely and will reach the city tomor-
row morning ready to practice with
the players here for the first game
Friday.
Simon d MOSenfelder have offered
any hat i'm their store to the Rock
Island player making the first home
run of the season on the local
grounds.
Smith Selling GrocerieS.
Smith. the Cambridge hoy signed as
catcher by Rock Island. is back i'm the
| Henry county town dealing out shoes
and sugar. He has been taken in as
partner in a business there. and has
| abandoned the ambitions he once
cherished of earning fame on the
baseball diamond. He would have
made one of the star catchcrs of the
league if he could have been induced
to stick He has not been given his
release. but he has declined to play
| ball.
! In Big Leagues
Chicago. April 2G. Following are
! the base bali scores:
! League: Al New York - Brooklyn
. lew York o: at Boston Phila-
delphia q. Boston =; at Pittsburg and
! Chicago Weather.
Amrican: At Washington New
| York I, Washington l; mt Cleveland -
! Chicago 4. CIevelan 4: nj Philadelphia
-BostOn o. Philadelphia ,; at Detroit
ST. Louis =. Detroit 4.
! Association: At all scheduled points
Weather.
| Western: At Colorado SprincS-Om-
aba Il. Colorado Springs 10; at Den
vcr-Dcs MOines 3. Denver o: at Sioux
| City-St. Joseph 3. Sioux City 1.