Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1907-09-05

even and that Bloomington will take
care of Decatur.
Who's managing Bloomington, w
should like to know?
Third Baseman Blausser and Pitcher
Marion have been sent by Hill to Ma
shalltown to become seasoned.
Peoria talks of protesting the five |
games that Springfield won on the |
home grounds from the Distillers re
Gently, though the grounds are not
stated.
John Goodwin. the crstwhile star QUE
fielder with Bloomington and for two
seasons with the Boston Americans,
has signed with Burlington i'll the
Iowa league.
Berger's hand. which was injured il
the Decatur series here, is botherine
him again. Today il developed symp-
toms of blood poison and it seems ii
will be necessary for him to be oar
of the game for few days.
As long ago as July it was reported
that Il Rock Island baseball enthusiast
forgot his patriotism so far as 70
wager that the Islanders would not
win the pennant. The unanimous
hope is that he loses all he put up AMI
more, too.
Peoria Journal: Cedar Rapids i,
locked upon as the team TO stop the
pennant rush of the Islanders. While
Peoria, Decatur and Springfield are
fighting among themselves, the Island
ers are saving wood and winning
games up in the north end OF the
league But they NAV strike a snag
when they hit the Rabbit batch.
The Cedar Rapids Republican arises
to remark that without meaning to b.
i'll contempt of court, the present i'll
junction is sort of blankety blank
affair 1t also adds that if Dubuque
had shown the interest i'll baseball
that is now manifested all this trouble
would have been avoided. This ::
probably true. too.
1t is not so important for Rock Isl
and to get first place now as to hold
onto its present position and TO keel
first place when we eventually do ge
there The thing we need to look on
for now is evidence of a hippOdrumr
when Springfield and Bloomington &c
together. The latter has been a so.
of an mderstudy to the former al
season and the two teams finish tn
season together.
Notwithstanding it is claimed tina
President Holland notified Belden Hi
TO take his Rabbits to Dubuque yestc.
day in compliance with the court il
junction Hill says he received no OF
ders of any sort and consequently +:
buque that he failed to make conuet
tons with the train because of III
lateness of the hour when the mesSag
n was received seems to be i'll error
The Peoria papers are vitriolic i
r their attacks upon Dick Kinsella t
t the Springfield club The Journ;
says: Springfield has swallowed
pill that will not dissolve for year
4 Kicker Kinsella and his band of ru
I fans have been stuck into the mu
y hammered down and broken of
K Smith, Herbert, Owens Hughes an
y Schamweber have been humbled an
X in a measure they. have taken the
y dose like a canine that has been SUI
X jected to a broomstick charivari."
81 Here are few from the Star: g
Y Richard Kinsella, president of tn
x Springfield baseball club, will kindl
Y iabsent himself from the press box an
* the vicinity of the boxes in the gran
q stand he will be comforting a gre;
W favor upon the sport writer's and tn
W occupants of the boxes. Xxi
" sella is the man who kicked up mu-
Il because the stronger teams wei
" weakening the last division clubs /
RI taking their best players. And still
NJ takes Fred Donovan from BIoomin
|R ton right at the most critical point
W the pennant race. Donovan caught h
Vl first game for the Senators yesterdf
W and performed well, although he d
* not get hit"
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