Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1903-01-26
THREE-EYE TEAMS
Men Who Have Been Signed by
Several Clubs in the
Circuit.
WILL BE MANY NEW FACES
Best Of Last Seasons Players Go to
Larger Organiza-
tions.

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Eye league towns, says the Sporting
News, of st. Louis, indicates good
progress in getting teams together
for the coming season and indications
are that by the time the directors of
the league meet again in Joliet on
Feb. 20 to pass on the schedule to be
presented at the time the different
club managers Will be able to report
practically complete teams.
Decatur was first to announce that
1T had all the men wanted and from
the list of 81 signed it would appear
that it has reason to be satisfied.
Bill Corners, of Bloomington, was
next. He did not report such a long
list but those he has chosen are all
tried men, most of them reengaged
| from last seasons team. so he
wouldn't be expected to have so many.
Donnelly, at Rock Island, has re-
| tanned five of his old men-himself.
Dan O'Leary, Pitchers Charley Case,
Ed Smith and George Graham. He
also has Guy Dickey for first base.
Guy is the Chicago man last season
with Decatur and sold to Evansville.
Donnelly's new men are j. Bourgoise.
| catcher; Pitchers Orel Clark, II. Cad
walader. Al Hecht and Ted Green
NJ. +. Matte is signed for a trial at
first; Harry Miller and John Lindsay
for shortstop; Thomas Sullivan and
Thomas Lovette for third; Fred Doll
for second; j. o. Key, Hill Gray and
John Green, outfielders.
Tebeau's Bunch.
Al Tebeau, at Joliet, has signed
sen, for catchers; Thomas Campbell
for first; Walter Lyons, second; j. p.
Neuman, shOrtstop; Mat Donahue
third base; Jack Campion, outfielder
He is still looking for pitchers. Sever
al of the men signed were with
Joliet's independent team last season
and are not considered good enough
for first company.
Clarence Rowland, of Dubuque, still
wants pitchers. but gives out this list
for other positions: f. o. Jamison,
catcher; MerI Sears. infieId or catch
er; StOner, catcher; Brewer, third
base; Jack Richards, infielder; Peter
Lister, Stub Wright; Gale and Al
len, an amateur battery from War
rem, H.; f. j. Jones, n pitcher from
the New York league; Chuck Flem-
ing and Charles Buelow.
: Hugh Sicol is slow about getting his
men together. He is busy making ar
engagements for a winter carnival TO
raise funds for his club. and with
that out of the way will get to work.
He has released Johnny Thiery to
Newark, y. ]. He will have in his
place Clyde Stark, as catcher, who
was tried out last season.
Belden Hill, of Cedar Rapids, has
lost some of his best men and at last
reports has signed but one man, John
Hines, who played first for him last
season. Among his team of last sea-
son who go elsewhere, are Miller, who
will be with Spokane; Durham. who
was sold to Omaha, and then jumped
to Kansas City, and Snapper Kennedy.
Dahlquist, one of his pitchers, can
be had. but his work last season was
not high class and he may not be
wanted.
Corners announces his Bloomington
team as follows: First base, Domi-
nick Mullaney; second base, Harry
TRULY; shortstop, Victor King; third,
'Dickey" Brown; catcher. Frank
Belt; Outfielder, Corners, Goodwin and
Donovan; pitchers, Bishop, Barker,
Smith and McGreevy. They have not
all signed, but are as good as landed.
Thinks Hines Great Catch
Jim Hayes, of Davenport, thinks
his greatest catch besides "Hunky"
Hines, who will be his captain, is F.
p. Ransom, the college catcher who
was given a trial by the Chicago Ma
tional league team last year. Others
on his list include:
First base, Crockett; second, Doug
lass; third, Ruby or Alperman; fielder,
Kinlock; catcher, Moore; pitchers,
McCord, Stauffers, Barnes; Jacobs
may possibly play short; Weisbrodt,
formerly of DesMooines.
Decatur has among others: First
base, Piper or Wellenkamp; second
base, Roxy Walters; shortstop,
Olmstead; third base, Hankey; catch
er, Krebs or O'Connor; left field, Goss;
center field. Thornton; right field,
Wittkow; pitchers. Weigand, Wright,
Jacobsen, Hugg, Mertens, Desmond.
There are two others of the name of
Walters that will be given trials. One
is Arthur Walters, recommended by
Kruegen, of st. Louis; the other,
Henry Walters, who filed a short en-
gagement with St. Joseph, Mo-, last