Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1895-04-18
THE BALL TEAM.
Manager Sage's Men to Report
Next Week.
THE PERSONNEL OF THE CLUB.

TEE PERSONNEL OF THE CLUB.
Ten Men Signed and Negotiations With
Several Others in PROGRESSED Number
of Exhibition James Arranged-Meeting
at Davenport To-day to Fix the Schedule
-Buzzings.
Manager Sage expects all his play
ers to report for duty by the first Of
next week, when they will begin to
get in shape for the seasons contests,
which open May 10. Several exhibit
ton games have been arranged, and
Manager Sage has number of other
communications from clubs DESTROYS
of securing date prior to the be-
ginning of the championship series,
so that the tri-city aggregation will
have ample opportunity to get
loosened up before getting down to
actual business. Ten players have
already been engaged by the local
management, and negotiations are
on with several other good men.
doc" has endeavored to exercise his
best judgment in the selection of
men, and is proceeding cautiously,
and taking from the applications only
the best. The public can rest as
sured that we will have good arti-
Gle of ball the coming season-be-
cause we are not in the Western asso-
citation does not alter the case, as we
had good base ball before that organ
ization ever existed, and there is no
reason why it cannot be had now.
The Players.
In many cases Manager Sage has
been very fortunate in the engage
ment of players, his popularity and
reputation as an honorable manager
having been instrumental in getting
men over the heads of other mana
gers whose offers of increased sala-
ries were discarded for the local
mana cement. Those who have al
ready signed are: Ollie Pecod, of
Toledo, Ohio, first baseman; G. K.
Samuels, Rush medical college stu
dent, third baseman; Vincent
Zmunt, of the Iowa University
team, pitcher; Gilmore and Ty-
ling, pitchers, and Danny Gels
Ter, catcher and outfelder, all off
the Peoria club; Lammering, who
was signed as short-stop by this
seasons Memphis club. but released
for Langsford, and johnson, of Kan
sas City, with last seasons Omaha
club. With Mr.. Sage, this makes 10
men. The management is dickering
with several more. and expects to
have fourteen or fifteen players here
by the first of next week.
Exhibition Games.
Twin-City park is all in readiness,
and the team will get down to work
as soon as possible. Exhibition
games have been arranged as follows:
At Peoria, April 25 and &c; at home
with Clinton the 2Sth; with Peoria,
goth and 30th; at Clinton, May l and
2. The Page Fence Giants. a travel
ing colored aggregation from Adrian,
Mich, will play the local team May
9. This promises to be an interest
ing exhibition, as the Giants are con-
sidered excellent ball players.
The League Meeting.
The new league is in session at the
Kim ball house, Davenport, today for
the purpose of arranging the schedule
of the season and probably of chang.
ing the title from Eastern Iowa tc
some name more comprehensive and
appropriate in its scope.
Fauology.
Jimmy Connor has signed with
Galesburg.
1--WE havn't got thing" said Bill
Kreig last evening, .'but $4,000
planted in one of our Galesburg
banks"
We will miss Paddy Lynch, but il
the prophesy made by an old base
ballist last evening can be depended
on, he will have an opportunity to
return to his old love ere many
moons.
The Rock Island and Moline High
schools will cross willows at Twin
city park Saturday afternoon. Thi:
will be the first OF a series of cham
pionship games to be played between
the tri-city High school clubs. TIE
Rock Island boys have a good team
and will work hard to capture tn,
penannt.
Our Bill Kreig is attending tn,
meeting at Davenport. accompanies
by Harry DuShane, with whom he il
associated in the management of tn,
Galesburg team. Bill will fulfill hi
contract with Galesburg, despite tn,
threats OF Hugh Nicol, of the Rock
fords, who claims he has cinch OIL
the Zig first baseman. Bill is sever,
in his condemnation of the Western
association for dropping Rock Island
and it made a great mistake when i
submitted to the treacherous propo
sition of the Rockford management
to disfranchise an old and success
fully tried base ball town for tn,
representations of Hugh Nicol. Kreie
was anxious to return to Rock Island
and this season he says there was d,
doubt that we would have had GU
old team intact, as all the playcr
wanted to come back.
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