Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1898-04-02
BASEBALL BUzz|NcS,
Rock Island Team Meets on
the Diamond With the
University Boys
FIRST GAME OF TIE SEASON TODAY

Champagne an Idsal Place For Prsiimi.
ntrg Worb, the ri sysrs Having Aoossl
TO the Gymnasium, Hand Bel, Court and
Bsshf-C ming Home the 18th For q
Series with . Chicago GLIB.
IOcK ISLANDS baseball club
10 having its eason's first ex.
~ bib ton game today with tue
y State University boys al
Cham paign. A series of IL gamea
will be PLAYED there. Saturday,
April 9 ard 10, the local club Will
meet the Peorias at Peoria, return.
ing to Champaign Monday for five
more games with the university boys.
Saturday. April 16. the team will
open series Of exhibition games on
the new Rack Island grounds with
Harley Parker's strong Chicago club.
The following Saturday and Sunday
the home boys will battle with the
Chicago Unions, the strongest
team Of colored players In tn coun.
try.
The following play ers ha:e report.
ed for duty at Champaign: Varney
Al derson and Paddy l. nch. Rock
Island; William Batter, Hamilton,
Canada; Charles McGinniss. Chicago
Frank Dillon. Normal, Ill; Rober,
Warner, Warren, Ill; Pat Flaherty,
St. Louis; Joe Wright, Oshkosh, Wis;
Joe Strauss, jacksonville; Jack KY
len. DeKalb; Charles Young. Luray.
Va Frank Albersop, Washington,
Iowa. Champaign is an ideal place
for preliminary work, the boys hav.
ing access to the University OF Hi
nois gymnasium, hand ball court and
baths, and they should, barring bad
weather, return home April Is in fl
condition for the opening OF the reg.
ular championship season.
On paper Rock Island, Cedar Rap
ids. Peoria and Burlington appear to
have the strongest teams, but at
this early date it is hard to predict
what will happen. All agree, how
ever, that kock Island is one OF the
strongest in the bunch, and il Mana
ger Anderson gives US first division
team we will have no complaint to
make whatever.
Manager Pete L1hman of Quincy,
places Rock Island second only to his
own team. WELL" said Manager
Anderson yesterday" iii we have only
Quincy to fear, the pennant is already
OURS"
Tips for tho Fans.
This warm weather has set the
fans agoing. Keep it up.
Two o'cat don't 20 this summer.
We're to have the real article.
Ottumwa has built a grand stand
for the exclusive use of the ladies.
Pitcher Butler. with Dubuque las,
year. has signed q Burlington con.
tract.
George Carish, who was with the
pennant winners last season. is on
the Quincy list.
Jay Andrews is to hold down short
for Cedar Rapids. lie will no doubt
be seen in the box occasionally.
A dispatch in the Chicago Chroui.
Gle says Warren Bsckwith has de-
cided not to play ball this season.
The umpires are believed to be
Frank c. Lsnders. Ed Cline, "Jim.
mic" Ward and Tied" Ready. with a
+ disability OF bob" Caruthers being
on the staff.
Reach's official baseball guide fox
1898 is out. 1t is a complete accur-
ate statistical diary OF contests on
the diamond during the past year.
1t Is invaluable to one who wishes To
keep thoroughly posted on baseball
matters.
Maybe Warren Beckwith has de.
cided to play ball to ascertain how
much OF drag he has with his papa.
in-law, Robert I. Lincoln. Wsrren's
mother has already been after him
attempting to induce him to throw
up his contract.
The Quincy fans feel very highly
elsted over having secured Frick and
his baseball club this year. Erich
says that everything is coming hil
way. and that this will be the tes,
baseball year that Quincy has had
for q long while.
Oae OF the best known lsdv fans
IN Dubuque Is dead gone on Manager
Sullivan-from a baseball point oil
view. She says she has been reading
all that he has said in the papers anG
what the latter have said OF him, and
has come to the conclu sion that hs
is the right man in the right place.
1t was hoped that Rock Island
would play her first championship
game at home and thereby save rail.
road expenses. which are felt more
heavily at The beginning of ths sea
son than later on. when the club viii
have replenished its exchequer. Tn,
local management is not complain
ing. however, as it will manage Il
get along about as we'll as the rest o.
them. The games here should b,
we'll pstronized from the frst-ir
fact they must be-in order to max,
the club q 20.