Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1899-02-04
TO TALK BASEBALL.
Meeting to Be Held Here
Wednesday of Next
Week.
ARRANGEMENTS FOR THE SEASON

Rock Island Association to Discuss the
Situation With Citizens, and Organize
for Business, Collection of Necessary
Funds, Etc.-Sage for Managerial
Around the Circuit.
Wednesday evening of next week a
meeting of the Rock Island baseball
association will be held, probably at
Turner hall, for the purpose of shap-
ing matters for the forthcoming sea-
son. Committees will be appointed
to solicit the funds required to put
the club on its feet, and general
plan of procedure adopted. 1t is the
desire of the officers of the association
that all interested citizens, business
men especially, make it point to he
on hand, and make suggestions and
lend their support, to the end that
the club NAV be launched on a solid
and substantial basis. The time is
rapidly approaching VIII IL finances
will be needed and it is the desire of
the association to arrange matters as
soon as possible.
There will be several changes in the
directorate of the local club. Oscar
Schmidt will be made one of the new
directors.
Friends of Harry Sage are pushing
him for manager of the Rock Island
team, Doe is known as one of the
most reliable men in the profession,
and would doubtless give to the city
first-class club.
Gossip of the Diamond.
John j. Rafferty,, who has OBLIGATED
in the Atlantic. New. York State and
Eastern leagues, wants place as UNI
pire in the Western association.
Buck" Ebright opines that lac would
enioy himself handling the indicator
in the Western association. He saw
little service in the Western league
last year. Ed Boland, of Evansville,
Ind, makes application and so does
Charles Tindill, of Chicago, recon-
mended by Tony Esterquest, and like
wise George Black, last year con-
nected with the International league.
George j. Wagner writes encourag-
ingly of the baseball situation in
bloomington. He is firm in the con-
viction that baseball will pay in that
city. He has offered to put in team
, on a good footing and get everything
in readiness for the opening of the
SSdSOIi ISdN luS IL W luo ClllLeuS " tO
their share to carry the game along.
This is a square offer and all indica.
tions are now that Bloomington will
be as enthusiastic as any city in the
league.
The Cedar Rapids people hope to
secure II 500 subscriptions for the
ball team, and propose to make the
II donors directors of the club. Aid.
w. q. Haskell, Aid. Buck, Attorney
u. c. Blake and George A. Lincoln
will raise the money.
A Rockford special says: .'Presi-
dent j. Stanley Browne, of the West
ern Baseball association, returned to-
day from trip to Bloomington and
other southern cities in the circuit,
all of which he found enthusiastic
over the prospects of the season. He
will soon announce the eighth city to
complete the circuit. Many applica-
tions for positions as umpires are De
ing received. Jimmy Ward will be
one of the staff. A meeting Of the
schedule committee will soon be called
in Rockford
Cy Young, the south-paw, who
twirled here last season, and who has
been signed by Detroit, has his photo
in the Sporting News this week. Cy
is at present working for the Ameri-
can Express company at St. Louis.