Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1903-12-17
Peculiar Names Found
Among Baseball Players

The game of baseball perhaps af
fords greater number of peculiar
names than those of any other sport
The personages of the diamond make
up some of the oldest combinations
IN nomenclature. Numerous articles
have been prepared relative to the pc
culiar names of baseball players, but
the following compiled by Dan Stuart
a prominent sporting writer in a
recent number of the Sporting News
seems to be the most complete:
link, Of the Dakota league; Steele
of Pine Bluff. Nicol of Kansas City
Flint of schenectady. Stone of Boston,
Rock Of Providence. Cole of Cedar
Rapids. Clay of Meriden. Gass of De
catur. Wood of Milwaukee. Root of
lola. Moss of birmingham. Bush of
Montgomery, Wood of Salt Lake,
Pease of Nashville. Bean of Jersey
City. Rico of Kingston, Hays of Con-
cord. Reed Of Terre Haute. Berry of
Chicago. Pears of Omaha. Coffee of
South Chicago. Stroh of Joliet. Pear
tree of Troy, Applegate of Worces-
ter. Hemphill of ST. Louis, Tannehill
of Chicago and Berryhill of Burling-
ton. wind up the minerals and vege-
tables.
The trades, professions and titles
are Cook of Des Moines. Baker Of
Minneapolis, Miller of New York
Cooper of Nashville. Turner of Toledo.
| Carpenter of Syracuse, Weaver rof
| Pittsburg. Taylor of New York. Tin
| ker of Chicago. Barber of Denver,
Mason of Washington. Slater of Holy
oke. Collier of Rochester. Carter of
Omaha, Oyler Of Minneapolis. Clymer
and Walker of Louisville, Farmer of
providence. Butler of Shreveport.
Mailman of Chicago, Gardner of To-
ronto. Shepherd Of Davenport. Fisher
Of Shreveport. Hunter of Nicksburg,
Archer Of Duluth. Cutter of Milwau-
,lee, Baker Of bloomington. Pickett
Of Marion. Marshall of Pittsburg,
Whistler of Montgomery. Christian of
Henderson. Pastor of Cleveland, Bish-
op of Cleveland, Prince of LeMars.
Earl of Utica and King of Meriden.
Hogg of Spokane heads the 700, with
Wolfe of New York. Fox of India
napolis. Lyons Cf Springfield. Coon of
Kansas City. Doe of Lewiston. Pea
cock and Fish of Hudson, Guese of
Little Rock, PARROT of Nashville,
Swami of Shreveport. Roach of Butte,
Partridge Of Sheldon. Leach of Potts
burg. Horn of Nashville and Finn of
Little Rock to help out.
The roo could be decorated with
Green OF Chicago. Blue of Pine Bluff,
White Of Chicago. Brown of st. Louis,
Gray of Montreal. Ruby of Davenport,
Sorrcl of Houston. Golden of Toronto,
or Silver of Michigan City.
The different nations are German of
Toledo. French Of Memphis, Wales Of
Louisville and Malay Of Joliet.
Any sort of weather here: Freeze
at Sheldon. Frost and Summer at Nat
chez. Hale at Memphis. Wind at Rock
Island. Terrence at Evansville, Winter
at Boston, Rainey at Troy and Day
and Night at Manchester respectively.
\ Flood at Brooklyn, Poole at Gin
cinnati. Ford at Indianapolis. Falls
at ST. Joe. Shour at Rockford. Bay
at Cleveland. Lake at Lowell. and a
krick at Sioux City.
Explore a Glenn at Natchez. Hill at
Kansas City and Knoll at Nashville.
Physiology is responsible for Lipp
Of Colorado Springs. Chinn of St. Joe.
Beard of Lawrence, Hart of of Peoria.
Bode of Seattle, Mann of Grand
Forks, Leidy Of Monroe. Peoples of
Spokane, Ladd OF Derby. ChiIds of
Montgomery. Parent Of Boston and
Persons of Little Rock.
You will get Knox at Spokane, a
Rapp at Manchester and Il Belt at
Springfield