Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1905-09-16
BREEZES FROM FANS

Two at Cedar Rapids.-Announce
ment comes that Cedar Rapids and
bitville tomorrow. Every little bit
helps.
Back to Rock lsIand-Harry Wal
lace, who is still owned by the Rock
Island club. but who has been pitching
for Marshalltown, is here today.
Players Going Home. - Manager
Jack Mcconnell leaves tomorrow night
for his home at Carrollton, Mo. Some
of the other members of the team viii
go Monday morning. but enough will
stay 10 fill an engagement of two
games at Clinton with the IndepenG-
ents there early next week.
Watch Progress of Two Games
Manager Hayes has arranged for the
bulletining of the results by innings of
the double header at Cedar Rapids to-
morrow on the Davenport grounds so
that those who attend the Rock Island
Davenport game will be able to keep
LldC dl the SdHlt TIME Vi IIe OJHeT
contests that cut a figure in the pres
ent race.
Hughes Makes Good.-The Boston
American league management evi-
IDENTIFY sees something promising in
Eddie Hughes. the former Davenport
pitcher. and il may be that the faith
is justified. Yesterday he was given
his third trial in the double header
against the leaders. Philadelphia, and
won his game. allowing but five hits.
netting two runs in the first inning
lie struck odt two men and gave three
passes, getting one of his own teams
hits himself. The score was . 70 >.
Showed Foxy liprert Up.-I.ippert
who has long enjoyed the distinction
of being first among the base runners
Of the Three-Eye. was the victim of
4 smooth trick at the hands of Hans
Wagner. when Pittsburg played at
Springfield Thursday, that must have
made Looie look rather cheap for a
minute. Lippert hit safe and stole sec
ond. Wagner covered the bag, and see
ing that Lppert had the ball beat in,
ne pretended to miss it and motioned
for the center fielder to get 1t and
throw to third. LOoie was entirely TAX
en- in and Immediately started on. AS
soon as he had left second, Wagner
touched him out.
Springfield Goes to Third.-As a re
suit of yesterdays games Decatur
Yields up third place to Sprin gfield.
The Commodores are badly crippled,
being especially weak in the box, and it
.ooks as though they will not be able
10 get back again in the two remain
ing games TO be played They have
the added difficulty of going against
Milan, who is at Springfield now, ana
who has about as much love for Deca-
tur as he has for Rock Island.
Milan Hard Load for HoIIand-Um-
pire William Milan will hold the indi
Gator in the coming series of games
between the Senators and the Commo
dores at Springfield This cheering in
formation was received by Secretary
Treasurer Oldham this morning in d
letter from President Holland. This
favor is extended by the league presi-
dent at the eleventh hour. for the Pant
agraph only this morning, in printing
the schedule for umpires, states that
Milan was to go to Cedar Rapids for
the closing series and Flaherty TO Dav
export. Milan was resurrected from
4 sick bed to hold the indicator in the
two games between the Boomers and
Il Com mr. MnnHau KNOWING he
would not be stood for here, Holland
sent him to Davenport and Cusack
came TO Decatur. Now Milan IS
switched from the north and CuSack
is sent TO Cedar Rapids. = Hayes
at Davenport wrote Holland letter
saying he would not have Cusack. Sex
ton protested that he would not stand
for Milan in the closing series with
Davenport, but this did not prevent
Milan acting at Cedar Rapids in the
games with Dubuque Thus the trans
fer to Springfield is unexplained here.
Ii can only be accounted for on the
theory that Frank Donnelly asked it.
Even a Bloomington paper admitted
that the Springfield players had but TO
speak harshly TO Milan 10 bring a scar
ed look to his face DonneIly wants
third place. In fact the fight for third
is now the only real one left as Du-
buque has the pennant practically
cinched. So be it. Let Donnelly. Mi
Ian. Holland. ct al have third. Decatur
will be satisfied with fourth or any
thing else that the powers that be are
willing TO hand out. The COmmo |
dores felt they had chance until |
they heard that Milan would umpire |
and that had a mnsf denressinz effect |