Rock Island Argus., 1906-06-19

| Ralph Lord, the Dubuque pitcher
who was recently operated upon for ap
pendicitis, has been released from the
hospital. His physician is of the
opinion that he will be able to play
during the latter part of the season
The Lima team in the Interstate
league has given up the struggle, and
will hereafter play independent ball
AS President Cbappelle owns the only
park in Lima, this means the dissolu
ton of the league unless another city
is found to put a team in the fielC
without loss of time.
The performance of Eddie Seitz, the
| released Rock Island pitcher now with
Moline, in holding the St. Louis May
| fields at Muscatine to no hits and nc
runs is attracting considerable atten
| ton. There were but 2S men faced
him, one being hit by a pitched ball
| The MayfieldS are a weak aggregation
and were pie for the Molines.
| The following appears in the Bloom
| ington Paragraph under the caption
Everybody Wins But the Boomers"
Everybody wins but the Boomers.
They lose every day.
Everybody wins but the Boomers,
Do they know how to play?
| Springfield bats the umpires,
Cedar Rapids displays sand,
| Everybody wins in the Three Eye
But the Bloomer band.
Rock Island has its Sexton,
But they sometimes win a game.
Everybody wins in the Three-Eye
But the Boomers are always lame.
Davenport has the knockers.
But still they clout the ball.
Everybody wins in the Three-Eye,
But the Boomers lose them all.
Since Decatur took on Murphy
They have landed one or two.
Everybody wins in the ThreeEye
But the funny Bloomer crew.
Dubuque may win the pennant.
But Swain deserves the boost,
Everybody wins in the ThreeEye
Except the Bloomer roost.
Then let's take on some players
Some men who know the game.
So when all win in the Three-Eye
The Boomers may do the same.
We want some heavy hitters.
Some men who can kill the ball.
To stop the daily funeral march
And check the continual fall.
Speaking of roasts for the umpire,
guess this from the Bloomington Pan
tagraph is going some: The most in
dignant crowd of baseball patrons who
ever left Bloomington to witness ball
game returned home last evening after
witnessing the contest at Peoria yester-
day. They claim that in all the history
of the Three-Eye league there was nev-
er such an outrageous exhibition by an
umpire as that by Schuster yesterday.
At critical point in the game, with
man ON third, a ball hit to the infieid
vas returned to Donovan, who stood
at the plate waiting to touch the run
ner. The latter ran far out of the line
and behind the plate. and yet Schuster
called him safe. But for horribly in
accurate decisions in nearly every case
against Bloomington the visitors might
lave won. The awful handicap of such
IN umpire took the heart out of the
players and even some of the Peoria
spectators denounced the one-sided rul-
ngs. The complaints against Schuster
we're made by fair minded patrons, who
10 not try to excuse the team by put
ing the blame on the umpire unless it
really belongs there. For protesting
The nauseous decision at the plate.
Smith. Vogel and Levings were fined
ID each. but as such fining is illegal,
he amount being IS and then expul-
sion from the game, Schuster Will not
have the satisfaction of seeing these
sums collected. For calling Thiery out
when he was easily safe Thiery grabbed
Schuster and gave him a shakeup, yet
no fine was assessed against the Peo-
ria PLAYER The Bloomington manage
nent as a result of the exhibition of
yesterday decided to forfeit all games
hereafter in which Schuster might ap
,ear to officiate against them. Here
,fter the team proposes to stand up for
heir rights and will not tamely submit
any such robbery as that of yester-
lay. Manager Corners gave Levings, n
'ormer Peoria player. a trial in Satur-
lays and Sundays games, but he failed
make good and was dropped. Ralph
Jraig was given his release Saturday
md returned home. A hard hitting out
ielder from Pueblo is being sought, and
Until good man is secured one of the
'atchers or pitchers will be used in
light.
When the Davenport team departed