Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1898-02-08
BASE BALL WANTED,
Club for Rock Island Next
Season 70 A..
sured.
REPLY FRoN HICKEY AWAITED.

menS now under way 10 successfully
carried through-and there seems
little doubt that II will be. The
meeting ct the Harper house last
night brought ont . goodly number
enthusiasts. Reports were re.
ceived from various SOURCES volun.
teering generous subscriptions. and
. general canvass OF the situation
showed that 81. 500 could be secured
for the asking; and il was thought
there would be no difficulty in rails.
ing the additional $500 necessary to
get the club started. It Was the
unanimous sense Of the meeting that
Rock Island accept the Western Is.
sociation franchise which hss been
rendered BY President Hickey.
L. g Eddy stated that he had re-
piled to Mr.. Hickey's letter, and
stated the condition of things here.
He told him shat II Rock Island
should 20 into the association, 1t
would be rather difficult matter to
get together . frst-clsss team such
- the town wanted by the opening
Of the season, and asked II he would
acc ,mpany the franchise with q club.
Mr.. Eddy said he expected . reply
from Mr.. Hickey Wednesday. The
meeting Was thereupon adjourned to
Wednesday evening at Turner hall.
when further steps will be taken
looking to the completion OF the
local organisation.
Il 10 predicted that next season
will b one Of the brightest in the
history Of base ball. This 10 evi.
denced BY the anxiety OF towns
In this territory to get into
tie Western association. Rock
ford, for instance. has her guar.
antee money and club all in readi-
ness to begin the campaign. But
Rockford 10 too remote from the 9th.
Or citiesi which It 10 expected will
compose the association the coming
year, and President Hickey has vir-
tually given the fans there to under
stand they had better seek new
fields. Mr.. Hickey's idea is TO have
all the clubs In bunch. 90 to speak.
That 10 why Rock Island 10 receiving
such encouragement ct the hands OF
the associations executive. Rock
Island. besides being . central point,
10 rafting good base ball town.
It's team proved little too speedy
for its neighbors in the past, csptur-
ing she Western association and
IL league pennants every time It
was connected with each organize.
tiou.
Another winning club can be put
In here the coming summer. The
base ball movemens 10 on the ascend.
ency in Rock Island. While II looked
somewhat gloomy st the outset
probably the cold weather had some.
thing to do with the apparent chill.
ness Of lovers Of the gsme-the oppo-
site extreme 10 the case now, and the
base ball boom 10 on for keeps. The
fans are talking In earnest and are
anxiously awaiting the opportunity
10 sitness the real article in Rock
Island that kind that was dished ND
70 ~ when We had such players o
Danny Sweeney, Doc Sage, Paddy
Lynch. Be!dy Hill. Jay Andrews.
Harry Sonier, Joe Cantillon, Bill
Kreig, etc. While We may not have
these men in the proposed club, as
Mark Murphy says, "there are Just
% good see in the 6sh q ever was
caught"
The meeting ct Turner hall tomor-
row night will be . public one. and
everyone interested in having base
ball club il urged to be present.
1ssy Have % slassa.
Burlington, Iowa, Feb. s-The
Western Base Ball association 10 in
session behind closed doors to Or.
range circuit for SO. II 10 said
Ottumwa has been put In in Quincy's
place. and possibly, Des Moines
dropping out, the circuit will proba.
bly, be st. Joseph. Sioux City, o.
tumws, Dubuque. Cedar Kapide,
Rock Island, Peoria and Burlington.
sporting Notes.
Nonemscher yesterday afternoon
signed Q contract with the Mobile
team. and has now been formally en-.
gagged BY them. He will remain the
rest Of the winter in Quincy.
Belden Hill. manager Of the Cedar
Rapids club, says he will have Q
crsck.a-j Jack team the coming sea.
son, and that be vill keep the other
clubs in the Western association
busy to Keep even with him in the
race for the deg.
Farmer Burns seems to be meeting
defeat at every turn. Saturday, %
told In last nights Argus dispatches,
st Marquette. Mich. hs WAS thrown
four out Of Eve styles BY Jack King,
Who got his ie::s d inside hold. Corn.
ish, and collar and elbow. Burns
threw King % cstch-as-catch-can.
King weighed 200 pounds. Burns
Judge Thompson. at Gslesburg
Yesterday. charged the grand Jury to
Investigate the reports Of the cooking
maia hsld . month ago in Lake
George natstorium. The instruc-
lion produced Q sensation in court,
md has caused dismsy among tie
sports In astsudance from that city.
The matter 10 more serious In that