Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1895-03-01
TRl.ClTY TEAM TALK.
Base Ball Prospects for Rock leland, Mo-
line and Davenport.


George s. Shugart, of Council
Bluffs. arrived in Rock Island this
morning to work up . tri-city base
ball organisation to 60 into . new
semi-professional league which he is
interested in forming. The plan or
iginally was to call it an Iowa league,
but since there lie a feeling in Daven-
port to have Rock Island and Moline
Join in presenting . club for this To-
cality, it will probably be changed to
the Mississippi Valley league. The
cities included are Dubuque, Bur-
lington, Cedar Rapids. Ottumwa and
Clinton. Last evening Secretary
McHugh was approached on the mat.
ter and views it with favor, and will
be present at the meeting to be held
at the Kimball house, Davenport, to
morrow night to consider it.
Tho Davenport View.
The Davenport Leader Of last night
says of the propositions:
The twin-cities should never have
made the attempt to force their way
into the Western league after the
shabby treatment they received, as
they have entirely too good a ball
town to 90 about begging lot of
sand baggers for place in q league.
The shoe will be on the other foot
before the season is half way over.
Quincy has never supported q team;
neither has Jacksonville, and the lit
tie gang of small-bore league mag
mates will be mighty glad to welcome
a paying town like the twin-cities,
but when that time comes, they will
get the cold shoulder. But we want
base ball, and there is no reason why
we should not have it. A new Iowa
league is being organized which will
be composed of Dubuque, Clinton,
Burlington, Ottumwa, Cedar Rapids,
Waterloo and Marshalltown, and
they want us. MIR. Shugert, of Du-
buque, who is taking an active inter-
est in the organization of this league.
will be in Davenport in a few days.
and we should be ready to talk bust
ness. The leading spirits of the Rock
Island. Moline club are willing and
anxious to merge into tri-city club.
They have an opportunity of going
into the IL league, of which Schmidt
is president, but the people across
the river would prefer to unite with
Davenport and have q tri-city team
in the Eastern Iowa league or what
ever it may be called. This is dis
position that should be welcomed
with a feeling of hearty cooper
alton on the part of the lovers of base
ball in Davenport. There is no vast
amount of money required to make
the tri-city club 60. Grounds in
perfect order are all ready to begin
work. If Davenport people want
some of the games here, and that
would be desirable. all that is neces-
sary is to get good grounds on some
OF the car lines here, but that is not
. necessity to start with, because for
the time being, we can 60 over and
see sour" club play across the river,
and with greater interest, because it
will be q team which will belong to
the three cities and be called the
"Tri-City team" and as soon as we
can fix up grounds here We can have
our share of the games here if we
want them. The uniforms and out
fit are also ready and require no out
lay Of cash. Enough season tickets
can be sold to furnish the little cash
that is required to begin with, SO that
there is no necessity of hustling for
funds.
1t is proposed that the lovers Of
base bali in Davenport have meet
ing at the Kimball house parlors Sat-
urday evening of this week and dis
cuss the matter. The other towns
are taking great interest in the mat
ter. the sentiment being voiced by
the Clinton Herald when it says:
''All that is wanted is good, clean
sport and honest ball, and this can be
obtained with a salary limit of $500
to $500. Under this limit, if strictly
enforced, and the teams all kept
about equal in strength, any one Of
the cities mentioned can play the sea-
son out. and some will have balance
on the right side when the pennant
is awarded. Clinton last season with
its amateur team enjoyed some ex-
cellent games, and there are many
people here who would like to see
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