Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1904-04-16
.PLEASES THE FANS
announcement That Kohley Mil
Ter is TO Again Play on Rock
Island Team.
he IS To COME NEXT WEEK
Davenport and Locals to Meet al
Twelfth Street Park TOmOr-
row Afternoon.

KOhley Miller wires that he will be
here from his home in Reading. Pa.
next week. Peachie Graham, for whom
he was traded to Colorado Springs ia
| the Western league. has gone west to
join that team. Miller had declined to
report to Colorado Springs He was
transferred from Milwaukee. where
he played last season, when the West
ern league Withdrew from that city.
The mountain altitude not agreeing
with Miller Is one reason that he did
not wish 10 play in the Western. and
there was the additional dread of
floods that he had. having had n mar
row escape last season during the
high water in the west. The announce
ment in The Argus last evening that
Miller was to return to Rock Island
was glad tidings for the fans, all Of
whom recall his brilliant wark at sec
ond base for the local team two sea-
sons back. He will again cover second
base and with Lister AZ first, RebSch-
or at short and, Nandine at third.
shonld give Rock Island one of the
fastest infields in the Three-Eye.
Locals Win at KeOkuk
Rock Island defeated keokuk in an
exhibition game in the latter city yes
terday afternoon by score of : To 6.
The teams are playing again this af-
ternonn. After tomorrow afternoon
exhibition game at Twelfth street
park with Davenport Thornton will
take his string for Il weeks practice
with the university students at Iowa
City.
Davenport Here Tomorrow.
Davenport and Rock Island meet in
an exhibition game at Twelfth street
park tomorrow afternoon. IL will be
called at , o'clock. Manager Thorn
;cu viii try to avenge the defeat re
vcissI last Sunday on the Davenport
grounds. when Rock Island lost by the
marrow margin of one score in a 10
.rnin" contest.
Instructions to UmpIres.
President Holland. of the Three-Eyc
league, is outlining his instructions to
unpircs for the season of 1904. Ow-
;rc to the changes in rules and radic-
ally different construction placed upon
."o:ne Of the old rules by the National
league il is likely that the miner Ieag-
ne, Will have trouble with players if
'I' ' ~ W NhiplNN allt 7tihiN iit' l'iN
tation. 1t = probable that President
Holland will insist that the Three
Eye live up to the instructions ia
vogue in the major organization. He
will assemble the umpires in Bloom
ington about April IS. the day before
the opening of the season. and will
give each Il copy of the Instructions
and any other directions that may he
deemed advisable. I'm addition, each
club will he provided with n copy of
| the Instructions and each manager will
be requested TO keep q copy on file. 50
hat i'm case an umpire enforces some
rule or order. the manager will be in
a position 10 judge whether the action
was in conformity with instructions,
or was an arbitrary and unreasonable
one. This will enable each manager
| to act as the occasion demands and
also satisfy those who might protest
against some ruling of the umpire.
President Holland is anxious that the
season of 1904 in the Three-Eye league
will be marked by absence of friction
and that umpires will not be called up
on to discipline players. He proposes.
however. to support every umpire in
enforcing order and quelling rowdy-