Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1909-08-31
Travis in slump.
LINE O. DOPE

Harry Berte. formerly manager ni
the Jacksonville team. has joined Keo-
kuk
Peoria. with its team winning more
than half its games. drew 700 Sui
day. which IS about record there for
the season.
The Islanders arrived home from Dl-
buque at II This morning and this
afternoon opened with Davenport
across the creek.
kinseila is reported to have paid ST.
$50 for First Baseman Metz. the Texan
who has joined his team and who has
been sold to the Giants 10 report ut
the end Of the season.
Charles lrby. an outfielder from the
Tacoma club. has reported at Dayen-
port as material for next year. though
he is expected to work regularly from
now Oil. Another new man is Rub,
Ills, a HouRgster who has been play
ing independent ball in the Dakoias.
He Will not be likely to have a chance
to work much this season.
Otto Fogel has begun 10 work ont
after the accident which put him on,
of the game with a broken bone in his
right hand. He got out under orders
from Manager Tighe and caught AMI
threw the ball little. He found that
the hand does not bother him very
much except in throwing. and he hopes
that he will overcome this difficulty
in few days. The hand is still
swollen little but il is rapidly round
ing into proper shape and he will prob.
ably be in the game before the season
closes despite the fact that he was
thought to be out for the remainder
of the year
If Springfield loses and Davenport
wins once more the Prodigals will be
in second place. 1t is the fond hope
of the fans across the river that their
team will eventually land second. any.
way. Springfield. it is said. has yir.
tually quit the race. The Senators
had hoped 10 land first. and seeing
their chances slip away has taken the
heart out of them. On the other hand.
Davenporters have had little hope at
any stage of winning the pennant. sec
ond place being as high as they have
allowed their hopes to soar. and so
they will fight valiantly to the end
of the season. while Springfield NAV
be expected 10 slip still further back.
Glad we are through with Dubuque
for this year. Getting baseball scores
out of that town at night is like get.
ting a wireless from Greenland Be
cause of either soreness, indifference
or mistaken sense of humor on the
part of the usual sources of informa-
ton, erroneous bulletins were sent out
all over the league last evening. The
first bulletin left the score tied in the
ninth; the next gave the game 10 Du-
buque 5 to in the 10TH Persistent
inquiry finally brought the correct
count. If the public generally takes
The same attitude toward the game as
those who furnish the nightly bulle-
tins it is no wonder the city is on the
verge of losing its franchise.
Cedar Rapids and Dubuque news
papers are not willing TO concede that
there is any sentiment in either city
favoring the dropping of baseball and
in both cases the people are being
urged to raise the attendance to 80 ,00H
~ Sept. &c, the close of the season
The Cedar Rapids Gazette says:
Cedar Rapids cannot afford to lose
is Three-Eye franchise. II it does t
yill be the first indication that Cedar
Rapids is losing lis grip. just as Mater
100 and some of the other towns of the
1tate are claiming. If necessary, the