Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1907-09-10

10 pitch for Cedar Rapids and has
gone to help Burlington win the Iowa
Gague pcnnant
A post card received by Jack Her
bert accuses kinsella of maintaining
a soldiers home with Herbert, Smith
and Donovan rs inmates.
Manager Tighe brought home more
money from Dubuque today than any
other manager has taken out of thaI
city this year. Rock Islands share
was $3.50.
That Peoria does not show a very
strong disposition to check Decatur ia
by the results of the last three days
and also by letting Swacina go before
the end of the season.
The result at Bloomington yesterda'
upsets the dope at this end of the line
as the dope in the south has been
spilled by Sundays result at Dubuque
and the hard struggle the Islanders
had yesterday to win out. We gladly
withdraw all insinuations and trust
the southern neighbors will do the
same.
Springfield, by losing yesterday, has
had its pennant prospects materially
dimmed. while Decatur. by winning,
takes the position of Rock Islands
chief rival on the last lap. Spring
field has two games with Peoria thIt
are likely to spell disaster and it is
doubtful if four or five victories over
bloomington will enable the Senators
to pass both Rock Island and Decatur.
The CommOdOres, on the other hand,
are playing Bloomington two games
beginning today and finish with three
with Peoria.
Swacina will leave the Peoria team
at the close of the springfield series
and will Immediately join Pittsburg.
Hence he will not be present to help
hold Decatur i'll the last series. Fred
Clarke of Pittsburg was at Peoria
yesterday watching Swats work. The
big first baseman was throwing the
ball all over the lot and had already
virtually given Decatur the game
when he learned Clarke was there.
Immediately he settled down to bust
ness but III his eagerness made an
other bungle that let the winning run
Secretary Miller of the Three-Eye
league when here during the recent
unpleasantness over Dubuque assure
citation that "I' would send Umpire
Carruthers here for the last two series
with Cedar Rapids. Instead, Umpire
Wilkinson arrived last night to Off
ciate. There seems to have been al
other shakeup and it is fair to ask tn
reason. Was ii made necessary be
cause Umpire Setley decided he dii
not care to work at Cedar Rapids any
longer and left that city on his owr
account. forcing a player to officiatc
| yesterday. Setley seems to have ha
his own way and was at once put t:
work at Bloomington.
One of the most absurd stories tina
has found its way into print in a sea
son of absurdities appears in TIL
Bloomington Bulletin. 1t contains tn;
threat to GUST Rock Island from thu
| loo of tho failure nf thf
local association TO turn over the pro
Ceeds of the last Dubuque game her
| to Secretary Miller ON his deman.
when he was attempting to TAX,
charge of the team, and the holdinG
of the cash for further developments
The Bulletin declares this is enoug'
| to forfeit the franchise. Another par
agraph in the same article says Presi
dent Spencer of the Rock Island asso
citation is acting as attorney for th'
| Dubuque team. With respect to tn,
| FORGETTING of the franchise it need onil
be said that Rock Island will be o.
| hand when this is done and will know
the why and the wherefore. Th'
charge against President Spencer i
| too silly for serious consideration. /
seems clear that the mental state o
Secretary Miller ought to have inyes
/ tigated. Plainly the inspiration TO
| this dope comes from him. Everybod,
knows that President Holland is bet
! ter informed and has more gumptioi
THAN this indicates. The league ex