Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1901-02-02
MANY AFTER PLACES
President Sexton in Receipt of
Applications Galore From
Baseball Men.
soNIER WOULD BE AN UMPIRE
An interesting Glimpse into the
Past - Good Players
Brought Out.

II the mail of President NJ II Sex
ton, of the Three-Eyed Baseball asso-
citation. continues increasing he will
either have to employ private secre-
tary or burn midnight OIL in order to
keep even with his correspondence.
Today he received basket of letters
They came from all parts of the coun-
try from persons desiring positions as
umpires, manager, and players.
Among the number was one from
Harry Sonier, the well known twirler
who asks appointment as umpire
furnishing Belden Hill and Others as
reference.
Tonight the subscribers to the Rock
Island baseball fund are to meet at
the Office of Bakersfield & Sexton to
elect officers and get matters in shape
for the beginning of the season. The
officers will probably be as given in
last nights ARGUS, j. F. Munger.
president; l. G Eddy, secretary, and
L. F LaVelle treasurer.
There is much discussion over the
management of the team. Natur
ally. many want to see Harry Sage.
who has so successfully guided clubs
in former years. again in the traces.
but it is doubtful if Harry can be got
ten back into the game the coming
season. Tim O'Rourke is also ia
vored for the place. Tim has played
in Rock Island and is known to be a
first-class man.
Sage Tells of the Past.
If the Three-Eyed league pans out
as there seems little reason to doubt
it will this season will be the seventh
in which Rock Island has INDUCED in
professional baseball
Harry Sage, while in reminiscent
mood last night, talked interestingly
OF old baseball day here He said that
prior to the rise of professionalism
among cities of Rock Islands size. in
80 and 'S3, the Rock Island Stars did
good work as amateurs In 'S4 a
professional team was formed, organ
i1ing as what was termed an alliance
team with the Northwestern league
By this it was meant that the r ,ck
Island aggregation would have
place in the league if any other team
dropped out. But this failed to hap
pen and Rock Island carried salaried
club through the season with no other
income than that derived from ex-
hibition games. Steve Hogan, of
Chicago, was manager. The park
used that season was located west OF
Forty-fourth street. near Fifth ave-
nue.. Among members of the team
of '54 who afterward played fast ball
were Nat Hud son. who played in the
National league; Joe Walsh, who
played with Omaha, and Sage, him
self, who is well known as manager of
all the later aggregations bearing the
city's name.
City Takes Remnant Twice.
In '92 Rock Island got berth in
the IL league and won the pennant,
although some of the teams did not
stay in till the finish. Rockford tied
were decided in an exciting series of
games. For time during the sea-
son it was nip and tuck between five
towns and baseball stock went soar
ing. This year the Forty-second
street park was built.
In '94 Rock Island and Moline Sc
cured place in the Western associa-
tion and the aggregation was known
as the Twin Cities. The season was a
successful one and was played out to
the finish, the Twin Cities winning
the pennant. BY many it is thought
that the team of '9a put up the best
article ever seen in these parts. 1t
such men as Sonier and
JAY Andrews, who afterward dis
themselves pitching in the
Western league; Dannie Sweeney,
who subsequently, played with Louis
vile in the National league; and the
doughty left fielder, Joe Katz That
other local player. Putty Zeis.
came to the front that year, and Paddy