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Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1909-07-26

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the pitching game when all things are
said and done.
Steen, the Boomers hurler, struck
out every time he faced Wilson. He
would step back and swing at Chris
tvs wide curves in a comical manner.
as though he realized that they would
be strikes whether he swung or not.
and he wanted to get his moneys
worth.
Snyder robbed Kelley of hit in the
sixth inning by going back into short
center field and picking one out of the
air while on his way towards the
fence.
Has ii occurred to you that Otto
Vogel is covering second base since
coming home this last time in a way
that ii has never been covered before
in this city? In the last six games
Otto has had 50 chances without an
error and fully third of his assists
have been of the sensational kind. His
batting has been a feature. too. as he
has copied six hits out of Is times up
which gives him an average OF .333 for
the six games. His careful batting
which has won for him seven passes
in the six games, and the fact that he
has been hit twice, has worried all the
pitchers and been instrumental in the
ascensions which most of them have
taken during the latter part of each
game.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1909-07-26
Islanders Clean Up
Entire Series With
OonneIIy'S DistiIIerS

me Islanders cleaned up the entire
series with Peoria, by taking the game
saturday by a score of to 2. Neal
dld the heavy work for the locals and
ai'er the fourth inning he was all the
goods. During the opening rounds,
blliy was a little unsteady. and Peoria
located him for five safe hits and two
scores. but after they had done that
hilch 10 him. he settled down and
gave them but two more hits in the
next five innings.
Connie Walsh did the honors for
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1909-07-26
SPILL FOR BLOOMER TEAM
Wheel on Bus COllapscs on Way to
the Grounds,

The Bloomington ball players were
the victims of peculiar accident
yesterday afternoon while on their
way to the ball park. The bus
which was conveying them. had just
reached Eighteenth avenue and
Twelfth street, when without warm
ing, a wheel collapsed and the bus
with the players inside, turned over.
The occupants were spilled out on
the pavement, and piled up one on
top of another and the bus on top
of all, but fortunately no one was
injured beyond few scratches and
bruises. Pitcher Davidson seemed
to have suffered the most damage, as
he was able to show more scratches
than any other one man. The team
is none the worse for the experience.
not even having to walk home. as
another bus was sent out to the
park to convey them back to the
hotel after the game.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1909-07-26
TAKING LOOK AT WILSON
Detroit Scout Here and Others VIII
Come During Series.

Jimmy Caravan, another Detroit
scout. is in the city looking over the
material which the local club pos
sesses Christy Wilson. it is under
stood, is the center of attraction now.
although Murphy and Berger are get
ting attention There are number
of big league scouts and men from the
larger minors. who are due here dur
ing the remainder of the present SER
les Among these is a man from the
Chicago Cubs, who it is understood
will take a peep at Wilson. President
Murphy has evidently taken notice of
the statement made by Bobby Lowe.
to the effect that Christy is the class
lest pitcher he has ever seen in the
minors.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1909-07-26
DOPlST BECOMES
RABID IN DEFENSE
Davenport Writer Advances Theory
ON Behalf of SIlaffer That Does
Not Agree With Facts.

A dope writer on the sporting page
of the Davenport Democrat becomes
so worked up in his attempt TO con-
vince himself that the Davenport asso-
citation would not trade Shaffer and
two or three others on its team for
Manager Tighe, he gets dangerously
near the point of bearing symptoms of
rabies. At this time of year such
physical condition is possible, particu-
larly in a town affected as Davenport
is by the rise and fall Of its ball team.
show that the charge that Shaffer has
gone over the league seeking to preju-
dice the baseball mind against Tighe
is preposterous in view of the fact
that Tfghe and Shaffer are old-time
friends and were brought up together.
Under these circumstances the con-
duct of Shaffcr is the more reprehensi-
bile and outrageous. and the difference
i'm the sportsmanlike spirit of the two
men is shown in the fact that while
Shaffer has tried to injure Tighe's
standing throughout the league, the
latter has in no instance had AN UNI
kind word to say of Shaffer Tighe is
| The kind of man himself that will
stick for another manager or another
player AT every stage of the game
| that is, when the game is not on. He
| is fighter as well as a general on the
fol hut
versy off the diamond, and he has
nothing whatever to do with the pres
emf dissertation.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1909-07-26
Islanders Take First of Series
from bloomington by
8 to 0 Count.
WILSON MAKES A KILLING
Pitches Nice Ball and Is Stingy With
His Passes-Saturday's Game
Ours, Too.
GAMES TOMORROW.
Bloomington at Rock Island.
Peoria at Davenport.
Springfield at Dubuque.
Decatur ar Cedar Rapids.

Christy Wilson pitched excellent
ball yesterday against Jim Novacelrs
BlOomer boys and the result was Il
beating for the DOWNSTAIRS by a score
of 81 TO o. Steen, who did the twirling
for the visitors, showed that he. too,
possessed form, but his Witness and
two errors behind him at critical time
did the business and the Islanders won
the game with no more hits to their
credit than Bloomington made.
The first of the Islanders scores
came in the fifth inning and was the
result of two sacker. a single and Il
wild pitch. Stark pried open the
round with high fly in short LEFT
FIELD which was just ont of Erwin 6
reach The visitors left fielder tried
to get it. but il bounded over his
noodle and Stark went to second base
while Erwin and Long were digging
the sphere out OF the grass. Vog ii
followed Stark and pulled off such
perfect hunt that il was good for d
hit Otto rolled the ball down the
third base line just out of the pitchers
reach and as keenan, had to hug his
base in anticipation of throw from
the pitcher 70 catch Stark. no one was
in front of it and Otto reached first
without hindrance and Stark perchad
himself on third. Steen threw wide
one 10 Wilson in order TO allow Smith
free action in throwing TO second,
should Vogel attempt TO steal, but the
4 ,ln,, ~ i
figured on and it got away from Smith
with the result that Stark scored the
first run. Vogel moved around to third
while Smith was chasing the ball 70
the grandstand. Wilson skied out TO
Erwin and Murphy was passed to first
and stole second. but despite this there
was nothing more doing this inning, as
out and caused Mclean to knock u
slor, grounder to Melchoir who beat
him 10 first base and ended the inning
Two With One Hit.
In the seventh inning, two runs were
made with only one hit to aid. After
Stark had been robbed OF a two sacker
by Erwin. who made a beautiful catch
e vi liner lltO ltIl Heiu, NOSSl lOl-
lowed with base on balls. and Viii
son drove him to third with a two
saeker in practically the same place
that Stark's drive had gone. Murphy
looked too dangerous to Steen to be
trified with and he threw Frank four
wide ones which filled the bases. Ber-
gers best was weak one TO Steen.
who forced Vogel at the plate and
gave Smith plenty of time to throw
Berger out at first Smith lined it
down and the side should have been
retired. but Melchor made his first
error and while he was looking 70:
the ball, Wilson trotted home with the
second score of the game. Just as
though his first error was not bad
enough. Melchoir erred again on Ne
loans grounder and threw wide 10
Steen. who was covering the bag.
Murphy crossed the pan during the
melee this time and made the second
score of the inning for the Islanders.
The score.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1909-07-26
AMERICAN ASSOCIATION.
RESULTS YESTERDAY.
THREE-EYE LEAGUE.

RESULTS YESTERDAY.
THREE-EYE LEAGUE.
Rock Island. 3; Bloomington, 0.
Davenport, /: Peoria, 0.
Cedar Rapids. 3; Decatur, g
Dubuque. 81; Springfield. SO.
AMERICAN LEAGUE.
Chicago. 3; Philadelphia, 0.
Detroit, 0; Boston, 4.
st. Louis. G; Washington. 0.
NATIONAL LEAGUE.
Cincinnati, 4; st. Louis, Z.
AMERICAN ASSOCIATION.
Toledo, 50; Kansas City, "a
Louisville. 3-3: ST. Paul. %.
indianapolis, /; Milwaukee, 2 rs in
nings).
Columbus, 20; Minneapolis. 1O-2.
CENTRAL LEAGUE.
South Bend, 3; Dayton, l.
GAINESVILLE. 2-S; Terre Haute, L.
(second game seven innings).
Wheeling. I: Evansville, 0.
Grand Rapids. 3; Fort Wayne. 3 u5
innings).
WESTERN LEAGUE.
Topeka, Z; Denver. (eight innings.
rain).
Wichita. 20: Pueblo. 50.
Ather games postponed, rain: Oma-
ha-Des Moines, Sioux City-Lincoln.
CENTRAL ASSOCIATION.
Jacksonville, 10; Hannibal, GO.
kewanee, As: Burlington, Is.
Ottumwa. 10; Waterloo. 20 (second
game forfeited to Ottumwa).
Quincy SO: Keokuk. 81 first game
II innings).
Observation-Disclosures LEAGUE.
Oshkosh. 40: Madison, 10
Appleton, 2; Freeport. G.
Fond du Lac, 2: Racine, 3.
Green Bay. 2: Rockford, 5.
ILLINOIS-MISSOURI LEAGUE.
Canton. o; Monmouth. 5.
Pekin, 4; Beardstown, Z.
Galesburg, /; Macomb, Us in
ninss).
RESULTS SATURDAY..
THREE-EYE LEAGUE.
Rock Island, Z; Peoria, 2.
Bloomington, 3; Davenport. 0
Springfield, 0; Cedar Rapids. 0 (call
ed in filthy.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1909-07-26
Kansas City Wins.

Seattle. Wash, July 26.-Kansas
City won the annual Y. NJ. C. A. inter
national championship meet at the
Alaska-Yukon-Pacific exposition Satur-
day afternoon with Al points. Chicago.
with "a points. was second; Van
couver. b. c., with 81 points, was third.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1909-07-26
Again Breaks Hammer MARI.

New Haven, Conn. July 26.-John
Flanagan of the Irish-American Ath-
letic club of New York. broke the
worlds record at throwing the 16
pound hammer here Saturday at the
annual state field day of the Clan
National Gael, hurting it distance
of 1S4 feet 4 inches His former record
was 179 feet ! inch. made at Travers
Island. month ago.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1909-07-26

Two base hits = Stark, Wlisol.
Stolen Murphy, Mclean, Vogel,
Cutshaw. Bases on balls-Off Steen,
G. wild pitches-Steen, ]. Struck ont
By Wilson, 6; by Steen. 4 Time CT
game-1:25 Umpire
Parkins Cleans Peoria.
Parkins allowed but two hits yester-
day. Davenport winning from Peoria,
] to 0. McGrews double. Reitz's sac
riiice and Geyer's single scored ths
only run of the game. The score:
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1909-07-26

Home run = Berger. Sacrifice hits
Mcbride, Neal. Stolen bases-Berger.
Mclean (2), Mcbride. Rowan. Double
playS-Neal-Berge Berger Stark
Bases OH balls-Off Neal. /; off Walsh.
A. Base on dead ball-Vogel. Struck
out-By Neal. /. Time of same-1:5O
Umpire-McKe
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1909-07-26

stolen bases - Collins, Cooley. Sail
la1d. Clemens, Cote Two base hits
Spencer. Purtell. Three base hit
Rohler Struck out-By Spencer. 4
by Cowell. 5. Bases on balls-Of Cow
ell. , Hit by pitchcr-By Cowell. I.
umpirc-COnlin
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1909-07-26
One Apiece at Dubuque.

Dubuque. Iowa. July 26.-The miners
presented the first game to the sena-
tors yesterday. . to 5. Pitcher Ray re-
turned in the second game and secured
revenge, Z to 3. Score of first game:
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1909-07-26

Stolen base-P Smith. Two base
hit-McGrew Struck out-By Parkins.
6: by Gilbert. 6. Bases on balls-Off
Gilbert. /. Umpires-Earle and Hol-
LING swOrth
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1909-07-26

President Sexton gave out the Off
teams today. Rock Island. Davenport,
Bloomington and Cedar Rapids have
one tie game apiece and Springfield
and Decatur two. Rock Island has
six postponed games, Springfield eight.
Davenport four. Bloomington five, De-
and Cedar Rapids two.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1909-07-26

Mike Donlin, who refused 10 report
to New York on account of salary trou-
bic, has accepted the management of
the Philadelphia Nationals, succeeding
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1909-07-26
Diamond Dust.

Diamond Dust.
Wilson starred in the fourth inning
when he grabbed Snyder's grounder
with his bare hand and threw the lit
tie shortstop ont at first base
Vogel made q brilliant stop of Smiths
roller in the fifth. and earned hand.
him.
Christy had perfect control and was
in danger at no time during the con-
test. He could strike out men at crit
ical times, which is the big thing in
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1909-07-26
LINE @ DOPE

The New York Giants have released
Catcher Curtiss to Albany.
Catcher Mig Langdon of Blooming
ton is out with a broken thumb.
Hicks and Wall have been released
by Cedar Rapids and Saillard made
captain
Jack Taylor. the former Cub pitcher,
has joined Dayton in the Central
league
Cincinnati has an option on Pitcher
Carmichael Of Cedar Rapids whom
Rock Island hoped to- secure.
Rufus Gilbert. the Peoria pitcher,
has been chosen as football coach by
Bradley college at the Still city.
Charley Bomar. who was repurchased
by Decatur from Des Moines. joined
his old team yesterday.
fOuF lHlCaSOdilS are Sdiu 10 nave Sc
cured an option on the Memphis club
in the Southern league for $25, 900.
Third Baseman Andrews has been
farmed to Burlington by Springfield
and Mcclure will hold down the job
from now on.
Hadley. former shortstop with Du-
buque and once for a short time with
in the Southern Michigan league.
Dubuque is in the throes of finan-
cial panic. 1t was stated that the at
tendance yesterday would largely de-
termine whether the club was to be
kept.
Lou Hail. well known in this circuit
has been appointed umpire in the Cen
trail association, and his friends think
his equanimity will make him a favor
lite, as umpires so.
Lincoln is likely to recall Catcher
Nunamaker from Dubuque Aug. 20.
when the term of ownership in this
league ends under the agreement. II
this is done. the Miners will be. badly
crippled
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1909-07-26

Two base hits-Streeter (2). Blaus-
ser. Hit by pitched ball-Plass. Stolen
bases-COsgrove t2) Sacrifice hits
DAILY. l.erchen. Bases on balls-Off
DAILY. 3. Struck out-By Ray. /; by
Wilder. 1; by DAILY. g. Umpire
Clarke.
SECOND GAME
R. H. =
Springfield ....001OO2O00-3 /
Dubuque .....022 0020@-7 10 6
Batteries-Milier. Johnson and Don
'Ovan: Ray and Nunamaker.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1909-07-26
Rabbits Keep Gait.

Cedar Rapids. Iowa. July 26-Bril-
liant all around playing by the bat
terry saved the locals from disaster,
they winning. > 10 9. The score.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1909-07-26
RESULTS SATURDAY. :
THREE-EYE IEAGUE

Rock Island, q; Peoria, 2.
Bloomington, 3: Davenport. 0
Springfield, 0; Cedar Rapids, o (call-
ed in filthy
Los Angeles herald., 1909-12-28
FRED REMINGTON

PPENDICITIS, the scourge of
a higher civilization, has claimed
IA another distinguished victim
Frederick Remington. an artist Of
whom America has had particular rea-
son to be proud, inasmuch as his art
was essentially American, died after
an operation. Mr.. Remington was In
robust general health. He did not look
a day over 4O and he was only in his
forty-ninth year. the period of life at
which the careers of Grover Cleveland,
Theodore Roosevelt and other great
Americans have expanded into national
usefulness and International fame.
The news of Mr.. Remngton's death
created CONSERVATION as well as sur
prise in the art circles of the United
States and the world. Again there is
presented for our confusion battling
contradiction of the theory that care
full living leads to long life. Scottish
fatalists believe that to every man
there is a time appointed to die, and
he must die when his time comes. Such
doctrine would seem to find counte-
nance and support in case like this
Art and America are poorer because of
the unexpected death of Frederick
Pennington, the master-limner of the
Mains
Los Angeles herald., 1909-12-28
THIS

Times threatening to bludgeon any cit
izen that dared to accept. OF the forty
men who were asked and who refused
one said: II don't want the place. but
If you can't get anyone else, count on
me-" That was George Alexander and
he was finally drafted into candidacy.
The newspaper that said he sought 1t
is a liar, but that's no news to any
body. Presently the detectives em-
ployed by Mr. Earl to protect his hon
est and fearless paper, the Express,
from a libel suit, reported what they
had found out about police graft in the
redlight district, and Mr. Kern prompt
lv resigned from the board of public
works.
Two days later the mayor told wal
ter Parker that he was all in and
wanted to resign, and Walter said 1t
was all right, he might go now, as he
had il all fixed up with his council to
appoint a successor, to wit, one George
A. Smith. So Harper resigned; but the
council got scared and compromised
by appointing one of the recall leaders,
w. d. stephens, to fill the interim.
And the court held that the election
must be held.
The vote of the people made Alex
ander mayor and he filled his commits
sions with the best men obtainable. For
the first time in many, many years
for example the police commission con-
tanned no FOUNDERS" no men with
tough affiliations, no men under obll-
cations to saloons and breweries. That
kind of a commission could meet all
issues fearlessly, looking only TO the
interests of all the people. AS re-
suit we have had the best police ad-
ministration the city has ever known.
But all these gains for good govern
saI
the last grand triumph--the complete
overthrow of the machine and the
election of an entire city ticket on the
basis of merit not partisanship-a set
of officials that represent the people
| instead of the Southern Pacific railway,
The year 1909 is the greatest in the
history of Los Angeles.
Los Angeles herald., 1909-12-28
STORM AND SUNSHINE

Mt EW ENGLAND has been visited
" by a northeaster' of terrific DO
~ tency, to find a rival to which 1t
lis necessary to go back to the famous
storm of 1851" Driving snow, furious
gale, high tide. combined to produce
blizzard effects. There were much dis
comfort, much suffering and some loss
of life.
While our fellow citizens in the east
were exposed to the fury of the worst
storm of modern times, the people Of
lovely Los Angeles basked in the sun
shine and picked flowers. The sky was
serene; the breeze was a whispering
zephyr, the temperature was mild.
The advantages of Los Angeles and
Southern California over all the rest of
the country are so pronounced that it
is marvellous the growth of the popula-
tion is not even bigger than 1t is.
With industrial and harbor develop
ment, Greater Los Angeles will attract
tens of thousands for the thousands
who now come here, and a history of
unparalleled and unprecedented pros
perity will be continued until the city
reaches the million mark in population
and forever after. Los Angeles will
be the greatest, biggest, richest and
most important city in the United
States.
Los Angeles herald., 1909-12-28
WANTS AMERICANS TO
SETTLE IN BIG VALLEY

LOS ANGELES, Dee. 21.-[Editor
Herald: l notice that much attention
is paid by your paper to problems OF
Populations" Your editorial of Decem-
ber 20, which explained the enormous
emigration of our surplus population to
Canada, seemed to me especially timely.
trust that your columns are not too
crowded to register suggestion as to
what to do with part Of this surplus
population.
The good government now i'm control
of Los Angeles directs the water sys-
tenn which is to irrigate thousands of
acres of sparcely settled land. If prop
erly backed by public opinion, this gov
ernment can locate desirable popula-
ton upon these now sparcely settled
lands. If the right kind of citizens are
sold the land in the beginning, it is
reasonably certain that our valuable
geographical position will be properly
used for long period, and perhaps
that some of the surplus population of
the middle west be settled in the San
Fernando and Cahuenga valleys.
If this country Is to be saved TO
"American Americans" action cannot
he taken too soon. The transoceanic
Steamship companies have already an
nounced that they will deluge this coast
with foreigners as soon as the Panama
canal is opened The better classes of
European society have shown no in
clination to come, so we can only
exnect scum from that quarter. The
only alternative is to surround our
selves with a dense white population
from the interior of our own country,
which would be able to outvote any
foreign combination to be formed
against us HARVEY HOUSH
Los Angeles herald., 1909-12-28
DECLARES DESIRE FOR
IMMORTALITY is SELFISH

LOS ANGELES. Dec. 19.-[Editor
Herald: Our spiritualist friend II.
j." gives us some strange inconsistent
cies in his letter of the 10th inst He
affirms his disbelief in supernatural
power" and to clinch his argument he
offers the evidence of the miracle OF
Ezekiel being lifted by a lock of his
hair up between earth and heaven!
What 90 you know about that? Does
"T. j." mean to tell us that this is in
accordance with natural law? Some
body please pinch me; l don't know
where | am. If "T. j." will explain
by natural law this secret of being
transported by spirits l see chance
for us all to 'get on in the world by
saving our car fare. Think what II
means, IT. j." We might even enter
the events of the Aviation meet il you
will tell us right away! "T. j." says
"he loves an honest doubter." so l am
in for my share of his affections.
am willing to be shown, but he can't
hoax me.
l take it that "T. j." supposes the
phenomena of spirtualism" to be in
accordance with natural law. Natural
law has to do with material things
only. There can be no natural law
for immaterial spirit. If spirit or soul
is subject to natural law. as "T. j.
says, then the soul is not an imma-
terial thing, as our dualistic friends af-
firm. And not being material is sub
iect to the laws of cause and effect
The idea of the immateriality of the
soul is merely a wild speculation OF
metaphysics its mental conception is
entirely impossible, for you can think
only i'm terms of matter. Your whole
mental concepts are made up of "men-
tai images" material images IL you
please.
The hope of the Immortality of the
soul and the continuity of life is merely
a pious wish which in its last analysis
is prompted by selflshness.
Dualists want Immortality so badly
they are determined to have it at al
costs and the power of their critical
reasoning atropies before this emo
tional desire If the word soul has any
scientific meaning it means the sun
total of mans cerebral functions" anC
as such Is subject to the same physical
laws as the other various functional
activities. Immortality of the soul
stands contradicted by all the sciences.
1t is cosmologically, ethnologiCally. hi
ologically and physiologically impossi-
BILE. Most of the so-called spiritualistiC
phenomena are explained by a better
understanding of psychology, and ii
really amounts to psychological phe-
nomena.
Practically Immortality is in mos
respects undesirable. If one realizes
that he will be a long time dead he Is
more liable to do it now and bull
strong here. Let's keep out of the
clouds and stay by the hoe.
DIR. HUMANITAS.