Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1908-05-19

WHlle 1t is mere.
Also notice that She ball team is
home to open series of games and
remember that about all the good
weather we have had in the last two
weeks has been coincident with the
return of the champs. Credit the
weather man with this much, at least.
Try to overlook his admission that it
is to be cloudy tonight. cloudier to,
morrow and most anything is likely
to happen inside of SO hours.
This afternoon and for three days
We have with with us Clintons chief
contender for the bottom of the list.
The Boomers have been hard luck
players this season, as their number
of near victories attests. However,
they are likely to do surprising things
lat any moment and the champs will
have to work for what they get. Jim
my Novacek is due to make his debut
as an Islander this afternoon
Yesterdays layoff all around the cir
cult was rather welcomed by the
southern clubs, as it gave them a bet
ter chance to get TO the places where
they open in the north end today
This is the first invasion from below
this season and, weather permitting,
1t will serve to give some light on the
relative strength of the two divisions,
thing which the recent trip of the
northerners south failed utterly to do
Diamond Drst.
Swacina appears to be picking up
In his batting with Pittsburg.
Companion has pitched two four-hit
games in succession for Dubuque.
Pitcher Reyes has been returned
to Quincy by Decatur He was not
needed.
Dubuque papers are taking great
deal of satisfaction of the defeats adj
ministered to Cedar Rapids.
The Decatur team enroute to Du-
buque stopped over in the city and
took supper at the Harper last even
ing.
Mckee of Muscatine held a Kewa-
nee team down without a hit or a run
lat Muscatine yesterday. Better sign
him at once
N'AohooSt iNo"Auhu was pun Ou lUt
grounds at Cedar Rapids Sunday and
he and Lejeune were fined for coach
ing from the bench.
Dubuque and Decatur expect to have
merry time of it fighting it out for
| first place in the three games begin
| ming at Dubuque today.
Davy Crockett was a second sacker
before his Introduction to the Three
Eye, SO it is reported. He seems to
| be doing good work at that station
Tor Clinton, though his batting does
Lot improve.
! Pitcher Allen has been cut loose by
Manager Corners of Bloomington
From the number of twirlers that
have been released lately it looks as
| though Corners had been trying to
corner the market
Eugene Salisbury, now Blooming
| ton twirler, is a University of Mis-.
souri, boy who was recommended to
Springfield last year by Buck Ebright
He has sprinting reputation and is
said to do 100 yards in 10 seconds.
George Ives, the former Davenport
Iplayer who has been with Freeport
for two years, has refused to give UP
| his business and report to South Bend
| by which team he had been drafted
His release has been purchased by
Madison and he will play with the
| Wisconsin capital team
/ Peoria Journal: Despite the fact
that Setley has threatened to douse
the writer's glim, sympathies were ex
| tended when he got that foul off Ian
ldry's bat i'll exactly the same spo
that the chicken got the ak. Bill was
knocked clear out but he got bach
into the game with his head screwed
a little to one side.
Umpire Setley is getting in ba(
down in the southern end of the cir
cult. They are talking of knocking
his block off, and all that sort of thing
/ Decatur has raised the loudest wall
claiming to have been almost robbed
4 of that thinning game with Peoria
and Manager Reed has protested Sat
urday's game claiming that Henr,
blocked Tenant and prevented hin
rom catching a fly.
i Springfield Journal: Pat O'CoRno
is at his old job of recommending ant
Belden Hill has taken on St. Louis
4 youngster named Robarg for try a
pitching on Pats say-so. 1t should
not be forgotten in this connection
that Patsy brought Harry Swacina t.
i Decatur and also tried to get the loca
management to sign Artie Hoffman
/ but the figures were too high. Pa
I also claims to have first discovered