Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1916-06-21

The scheduled game between Moline
and Rock Island yesterday at the Pillow
City park was called off on account of
rain as well as all other games on the
beat. A double-header has been ar
ranged for today 1t viii he the first
occasion on which the two rivals have
met since May 3, when the Pillow Boys
appeared here Both teams have been
greatly improved since that time and
the fur is sure TO fly. Either Ware,
Neal or Geiger will work on the mound
in both games. Geiger was with the
Islanders both at Bloomington and
Peoria, but failed to get a chance to
show.
Manager Listers hand has practic-
ally healed and he expects to get into
the fuss today The Islanders will
open at the home yard tomorrow with
Dan OLeary's Blue SoX as opponents.
OLeary is determined to stop Dav-
exports losing streak and with Red
Lynch back in the lineup the club
should start moving forward again
Davenport viii be with US Thursday
and Friday.
Saturday Moline comes here for a
tw0-game series. remaining over Sun
day Monday. June %, the Islanders
viii cross the creek to do battle with
the Blue Sox, remaining there over the
9TH Listers men will play at Rock
ford again June IS and %.
Good Catcher Big Asset.
Quincy's recent winning squirt can
he traced directly to good catching
through the addition Of Earl Tyree
former Rock Island lad, who came
from Minneapolis Tyree steadied
Quincy's young pitchers and as d re-
suit they tWirled winning ball. Phi
Appel has the following to say in
commenting on Quincy's improved
showing:
a few wins make quite differ
eHCe. Last Friday Quincy was tied
with Rock Island for last place, and
today the Speeders are three full
games to the good, while Davenport
leads by only three games and No
lines margin is only three and a
half games 4 winning streak would
soon change Quincy's position in the
standing Of the teams. All the pitch
ers are going good and the addition
of Tyree undoubtedly has added
much strength to the team. Kuhr
is one Of the best young catchers
this league has had since Billings
graduated from it. but he needed ar
old head to coach him. Tyree viii
make him far more efficient and this
in itself is a guarantee to the fans
that the present winning stride is
not an accident, but the result Of
supplying just what the team need
ed an old head behind the bat While
Tyree is still young man, he ha:
had the experience which counts His
stay in the big league helped him t
absorb baseball knowledge not foun(
IN the minors, and he can be classet
with the old timers in this league
as far as actual geneTalshIp goes
Quincy viii win more regularly thar
IL loses from now on and Quinc!
fans can feel confident that they ar,
going 10 see good game Of bal
every time they go to the park
Garter Club Busy.
The Garter club campaign in Dav
export has been seriously Handicapped
by the Centennial, Elks and othe
conventions this week r X. Engle
hart of the executive committee an
nounced yesterday that the committe,
had practically closed with man t,
take charge OF and direct the cam
paign. However, he did not believ'
they wouId be in a position 10 an
nounce his identity until today. "W
expect TO close up the campaign b!
the end of the week. he said. The
ticket committee is working as well al
could be expected under the handicap
OF so many other activities now goin,
on in Davenport and the success o
the campaign, although it is takin!
lOnger thau Was II first rNnnrted i