Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1916-05-22
On ODE Sidelines
Observation-Disclosures


Ware was a little off form yester-
day, but Andy was the stuff, and is
bound to show better next time.
The poor condition of the diamond
after the third inning made good
fielding and base running almost i'm
possible.
Catcher Lingle fell fat on two oC-
casions, slipping when he chased foul
flies.
Manager Johnny Castle of Quincy
is an old-timer, but he can show some
Of the youngsters how to chase flies
in the outfieId. Yesterday he made
three nice catches. His capture of
Wolfe's long drive was of the sensa-
tional order, literally diving to catch
the pill after hard run.
skinny Isaacs, an infelder signed
by Manager Castle, failed to report.
Quincy has now got hold of an infeld-
er named Holmes from Fayette, Iowa.
Julie Munich, first catcher, is suf-
fering from a sore arm, and Vance
was forced to work both Saturday and
Sunday.
The secret is out 1t is said that
all these years Al Cummings, Quincy
hurler, has used oatmeal to fix up
the sticky stuff for his paste" ball
The story has it that Al carries little
Of the cereal in his pocket, using it
from time to time to mix the paste.
Jumps took one ball away from him
yesterday with some paste on it.
Freddie Marks was touched freely
Saturday in almost every inning, but
he put the skids under the Distillers
in the pinches.
The chances for Pitcher Black of
Peoria making good look very dark at
the present writing.
PechOus damned a ball over Bos-
tons bean Saturday. We mean Wolfe
Batting averages for the week show
that Heine Biltz continues to lead the
Islanders with a 1913 average and
Wolfe is trailing with 1927. Munich is
again above the 300 mark and Lister
has improved considerably.
Ray O'Brien, Davenport outffelder,
hit safely in IS consecutive games
and continues to lead the Blue Sox
clouters with 1896 Lynch is second
with $40, and koepping third with
.323.
Yank Davis tops all batters in Mo-
line and in the tri-cities, in fact, with
402 in y games. None of the other
regulars is above the charmed 800
mark. Pettigrew is hitting .293, Falk
272, and Boss Hughes .266.
In the first 10 games of the year
Hannibal has played before 1868
fans, actual paid admits, an average Of
1900 day. A little of that would
help our way
In Rock Island he question these
days is to play or not to play?' Eight
O'Clock in the morning the noise comes
| over the wires: NO game" Sport
Ed plans upon vacation of a couple
OF hours in the p. m Ten o'clock
brings: will play" Sport Ed reg
listers all the sorrow that could be ex-
pected in losing rest Noon comes
the message: Game off" And there
is more jubilation for the scribe. But
at . O'Clock JOY is knocked into a kick
ed bonnet, when Surely play" breezes
along. Some situation.
Freddie Enck, Aurora scrapper. who
| has many friends in this city, has been
matched to fight Danny Goodman at
Aurora May %. The bout is sched-
uled for 10 rounds.
! Otto Vogel, one time member of the
| Champion Islanders. made his first
appearance at the local park in several
years, yesterday. Otto played second
base for Rock Island and his team
mate was Snyder, at short. These two
were nicknamed the Gold DutcE~
twins by The Argus al that time.
Nogel tells us that Snyder has dropped
| out Of baseball.