Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1909-07-19
TEAM IS BACK;
THREE ON CARPET
President Sexton Disciplines
Players Because of Contro-
versies With EMPIRES.
MANAGER TlGHE is ONE
Murphy and Mclean Are Rebuked
Playing on Tie Game
With Davenport.

L ne ISlldHueTS returned tOudN
from Peoria. concluding one of the
most disastrous trips the team has
made so far this year. They went
away in the lead By a narrow margin
and came home in second place by
some 30 odd points. Despite the
fact that six out of nine games were
lost during the trip, the Islanders
played good ball and we still think
we have the best team in the league.
Today is down on the schedule
as an off day. which gave the Island
ers and the Prodigals a chance to
play off the tie game of July 4. To-
morrow Dubuque comes for a pair of
games and then come in order, Pc
Oria for three games. Bloomington
for three, Springfield for three, De-
catur for two. and Cedar Rapids for
three. This long run of games at
home will very likely put the Island
ers at the top of the heap again and
with an even break of luck they can
be counted upon to remain there for
the rest of the season.
Players Under Discipline.
Manager Jack Tighe and several
of the Islanders are in bad with
President Sexton as the result of
some alleged misdeeds at Peoria.
Funny man Shaffer, who performs
his monkey antics on first base for
the Davenport team. is probably the
man who causes most of the troubles
which confront the Islanders while
they are on the road. The monkey
makes it his business to spread
stories throughout the league which
cause the umpires and the manage
ment to look with suspicion upon
Tighe and his men whenever they
land in town. Shaffer tells them that
Tighe is a buffer and worse than
that, and the result is everybody is on
the lookout for trouble when the
Islanders land in town. When any
one is looking for trouble it is easy
to find it, and that is what occurred
in Peoria. Jack and Murphy and
Mclean all made protests of some
of the umpire's decisions in Fridays
games and Skaters stories caused
these protests to appear like real
war to those who were looking for
trouble. Shaffer can grab the arm
of an umpire and yank him around
to his hearts content, but he is so
silly that it does not cause offence.
If Tigne makes protest, however.
| it is a crime which cannot be over
looked. This is said with reference
to umpires, not to the leagues head.
He made several strenuous protests
in Fridays game and the result was
the language he used and the fact
that he had made strenuous protest.
was telephoned to President Sexton
by the president of the Peoria club
and the umpire also made a report.
The head of the league, of course.
has to investigate the charges and
he promises TO hand Jack something
| which will fiatten his pOcketbook, in
case he finds that there is anything
more than spite work behind the
reports and charges.
Murphy showed his anger at one
of the decisions of the umpire by
| picking up pebble and tossing it al
| that individual This cost him 10
bones. Mclean suffered from poor
decision of the umpire and when he
made kick he was put down on the
| list with Tighe and Murphy. He re-
ceived reprimand from President
Sexton and a warning that il he is
reported again he will have to warm
the bench for time
Right Kind of Pep. AL Right.
President Sexton is perfectly right
| in enforcing good order in the
league, and il is undoubtedly mortify
| ing to him to have his attention called
so frequently to misbehavior on the
part of members of the team repre-
senting his own town. 1t is to be
hoping from this on there will be no
cause for complaint. Rock Island
has both the best manager and the
| best team in the league and the pa
| irons of the game like plenty of pep
and ginger, but the players will
serve all ends better by cutting out
anything that either the other clubs or
The umpires can take exception 10.
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