Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1905-08-03
BReEzEs FROM FANS

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Now the Decatur papers are making |
a holler about Cusack's work.
Bomsr. Decatur's new pitcher, is |
said to have all kinds of speed.
Ruby was in uniform yesterday for |
the first time since he went TO the hos
pital for an operation.
Donohue, of the Chicago White Sox,
has been suspended indefinitely for
his fight with Umpire Mccarthy.
Mattern, a pitcher from indianapolis.
arrived to join the Distiller squad yes
terday. This brings the staff up TO
four
Mcknight. a Davenport amateur out
fielder, was yesterday given the privi-
lege of working out in practice at the
Island City park.
1t is useless to try to figure out how
Rock Island should have won yester-
day We did not deserve victory and
that's all there is to it.
Outfielder Henline joins the Bloom
ington team at Cedar Rapids. taking
the place of Goodwin, who goes to the
Boston American league team.
Fred Olmsted, who has been given
pretty thorough trial by Peoria, has
finally been released and will return to
his home in Escanaba, Mich.
Stark led the Dubuque batters in the
home series recently concluded with ?
percentage of .412. Buelow stood n
.jlI and the others range far below.
Craig and Spencer have been reIeas-
ed by Manager Donnelly Spencer was
willing but couldn't deliver: Craig
could deliver, but wouldn't. This
leaves six pitchers on the staff.
The exhibitions Haviland makes in
the use of the spit ball ought to ma
teTIally strengthen the movement TO
eliminate it from the national game
and anything that attains this end
should be appIauded
Every team in the Cotton States
league has disbanded as result of the
quarantine for yellow fever Some o.
the players have caught on in the
south. but more of them will come
iorth seeking for jobs.
President Sexton of the local associ-
alton, arranged today by long distance
telephone for the playing of five games
instead of SIX during the three days the
team is at The capital That will leave
one postponed contest there There
will be two games tomorrow, one Sat
urday and two Sunday.
Cedar Rapids Gazette: Umpire
Weston, the best man in the league, is
back again, but is suffering so severely
from tOnSilitis that he couldn't talk
Yesterday. so he announced a code of
signals to the crowd. which nobody had
any trouble in understanding. A voice
less umpire is a new proposition in
baseball, but is works all right.
Tomorrow the Islanders open at
Springfield and then they go to Deca
| tur, closing there next Wednesday
| Then there are two off days that will
| assist in getting rid of the postponed
games at both places which will have
to be played off this trip, as it is the
last to the south end of the circuit The
| team returns here Aug. IL with Spring
| field and will then play II games or
the home grounds.
Burlington Hawkeye: Umpire Bren
nan made a decided hit yesterday, no
so much on account of the decisions he
rendered as the manner in which he
gave them. He has a most delicious
| 'OiTish" brogue and the way he called
lut "streeike wan" and boil three
was a constant delight to the fans, al
! hough they sometimes disagreed witt
| the quality of the decisions. Brennan
dons mask and protector and offici
ates behind the bat when no one is OF
base. He is one of the youngest um
pires in the league.
Cedar Rapids Gazette: There nevel
was a prettier pennant race in the
Three Eye league than at present
Dubuque is slightly in the lead. bu
has two long trips away from home
and what that aggregation will buml
up against on the road may surpris'
them. Bloomington and Springfield
are both bidding for championhsil
honors, although the latter team is de
moralized for lack of pitchers, despit'
Manager Donnelly's strenuous effort
TO land good men The Rock lslan'
bunch plays splendid ball at home. bu
has hard luck on the road. However