The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1884-07-09
NOT DEAD BUT SLEEPING.
ItGently Sleeps, Disturbs not its Stun.
bers, for i'm its Sleeps it Finds
Rest.

The Base Ball association is in stata
quo-that is to say it is in the same state
as before. While it is true that the as
ISOLATION have disbanded the old club, it
is not true that it has died, flguratively
speaking turned up its toes to the beau>
tiful daisies. As stated before in these
columns, the ball games, with the except
ion of the Sunday games, were not well
patronized by Rock Island people. To
say that they were not patronized at all,
would be a statement unwarranted by
fact, but when we state that Davenport
people patronized the games considering
everything) more literally than the peo-
Pile of this city. we believe we state fact
that will not be called into question. The
capital stock of the association was only
$500. This sum seems large one, but
not large enough by half There is not
club in the Northwestern league that has
capital of less than 5000, and some of
the associations have even twice the lat
ter sum. 1t is asserted by number of
parties, and this statement finds utterance
in the Davenport Herald yesterday, that
the association paid out nearly $500 to-
wards fixing up the park. Whether this
is true, we know not, but if it is true, we
have been laboring under wrong i'm,
preston during the past three months, for
we were given to understand by those
who ought to know what they were talking
about, that the new base ball park was
fixed up by the Moline street car com
pany. Be that as it may it was mis-
take on the part of the association TO
locate the park so far away from the city.
1t was done, however, in order to give
the people of Moline chance to attend
the games, but alas but very few of the
Moiineites attended the games. 1t was a
great inconvenience for our people and
the people of Davenport to get to the
park. The transportation was made
quate 1t wasn't so bad in
gong up, but in coming back
it was nothing but Inconvenience. The
association should have secured grounds
nearer the city. The old Star park would
not have been so bad
The association will have another meet
ing soon At that meeting the fate of the
association will be decided Every one in
the city hopes to see the association sur
vive and flourish. Now that the people
have had taste of base ball, they do not
wish to see the association go under.
There is not much Indebtedness contracted
by the association. As soon as some of
the shares which have been taken have
been paid for there will be plenty of money
IN the treasury. There were no dates set
for games in the coming two weeks, and
as the club would have cost the associa-
ton nearly $500 during the time of its
idIeness, it was decided to disband, not
the association, but the club. There is
some talk of securing the Chicago Re-
serves. The Reserves is composed OF
good ball players, better if anything than
the old club With good club, well
managed, the association can make
money, and keep alive their alliance with
the Northwestern league. We, for one,
hope to see some definite action taken in
the matter, and see the association grow,
prosper and flourish like green bay tree
The Peoria Reds are about to disband.
It seems from the following from the
Peoria Freeman that the club would like
to come here 1t would be good thing il
onr base ball association could secure the
Peoria Reds Here is the extract:
We are informed by reliable authority
that the report that the local club would
disband, was started by Manager Flynn
and Stakeholder Woodward. 1t is SAID
that it was the intention of the manager
to take the club TO Rock Island Mr..
Woodward it is said, acknowledged at the
meeting of the board of directors yester-
day, that he said the club would disband.