Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1906-09-01

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Roxy Walters held Wanner on third
base in the Eleventh inning of the
game the other day that Davenport
finally won in the sixteenth inning
If Rock Island has seen fit TO pro-
test it might not have been so funny.
Leewee is expecting a recruit in the
person of Ward Isbell, of Dubuque,
brother of the Chicago White Sox
player and who has previously had
some experience in the ThreeEye. 1t
is possible that other players may be
added to the Commodores before the
season ends. At the last pay day four
directors went down in their pockets
for 5000 each to pay salaries and an
other hacker of the sport is said to be
ready to dig up the cash necessary
to buy some Kitty league players.
Regarding the meeting called at the
request of Belden Hill at Peoria next
Wednesday morning to investigate
charges made in that city against the
Cedar Rapids manager in particular
and the rest of the league in general
the enthusiasm of Buelow's hackers
seems to have played out. The Journ-
al is the only newspaper still waving
the bloody shirt, and the rankest kind
of dope is being used TO bolster up the
position so rashly taken.
James J. Callahan has signed with
the Chicago White Sox for the remain
der of the season His services have
evidently been secured by the manage
ment with view of having him for a
post-season series for the worlds
championship with the Chicago Cubs
both teams counting on winning the
pennants. Callahan still insists that
he will play part of the time. Sundays
at least, with his own team, the Logan
Squares. He has been willing all sea-
son to play with the White Sox provid-
ed he could play Sundays with his own
aggregation. 1t is not announced
where he will work.
Decatur Review: AS might be eX-
pected, Belden Hill objects to being
called crook, thief, a scoundrel, ETC.
etc, by various and divers persons
connected with baseball in Peoria, and
he has demanded that they prove it.
Now what will they all do about it?
In this connection here is another
thing that should be looked up The
Peoria Journal quotes Patsy Flaherty
as follows: Baseball is, or should be-
an honest sport, but in this league it
is not. In order to hold job here this
season an umpire is compelled to as
Sist one particular team to the pen
nant This | would not do, and | SIM
ply quit" Now if Patsy said such
thing, either he or President Holland
should explain. Probably Patsy didn't
say it.
If manager Mcconnell con manage
to get one game out of each of the
remaining series during the season il
appears likely from the manner in
which the other tail end teams are
playing, that we can hold our present
position. However, it must not be
supposed that the fans here will be
satisfied with that proportion of vic
torieS, particularly when Davenport
comes.
team is willing to take 1t all back and
be good. In fact, he does not seem TO
be such a bad fellow as he has been
represented by his own papers. After
hearing that a meeting had been called |
to make an investigation he is quoted |
as saying: well, | guess Belden Is
about right in this matter. I'd like to
know myself l thought when saw
that cock-and-bull 'umpiring tipping |
signals story in the afternoon papers |
that some of the players had been
stringing the boys to make the loss OF |
the double header to Cedar Rapids |
little easier on them | don't think |
Buelow was in any way responsible for |
the warn. nor do think he believes it. |
I know why those games were lost and /
it was a lack of condition on the part |
of at least one of the players. Bue-
low. of course, knows this and would /
hardly make charges against Belden |
Hill which he could not substantiate |
and which 1 do not think he made / /
am sorry they were taken seriously, \
and. of course, will do what | can to /
set Belden Hill at rights in the mat
ter. AS stated Tuesday morning, we |
had no grounds for protest, and never /
intended a protest. 1t was out of the |
question. We made no official charges |.
ones, that / know of, except possibly |
what some of the players may have |
told the afternoon papers, in the way |
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