Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1904-09-13
LEAGUE BUILDING
Report That Decatur is Negotiating
the Sale or It's Franchise to Pec-
ria is Denied in That Town.
BASEBALL POPULAR THERE
Rockford's Fate Will Be Determined at
Meeting of League at Springfield
Next Years Managers.

circuit will busy themselves until the
annual fall meeting at Springfield the
middle of the coming month with the
reconstruCting of the circuit
Decatur rises to diScredit the report
that the franchise held there has been
offered 10 Peoria for a price w. L.
Shellabarger. who has been the most
loyal friend the Decatur team has had
in the past, rightly asserts a baseball
team is too good an advertisement fol-
town to lose. and his word will have
much weight With doubt removed as
TO Decatur. il is again up to Rockford
The latest scheme in that city is to
form stock company taking in al
least 500 of the admirers of the game
there. each to subscribe s. to $40. Il
is extremely doubtful if there could be
found in Rockford 500 men who would
give SIC apiece, and even if this plan
were a success, it would not relieve
the situation.
Attendance is the Main Item.
What the other cities are most in
terested in al Rockfard is the attend
ance at the games. 1t has been mis-
erably poor this season, worse than
ever before since the organization of
the league. There is no assurance that
there will be an Improvement the COM
ing season. Whether Rockford will be
continued as member of the league
will be determined at Springfield.
There will be several changes III
managers next season. 1t is limited
that Davenport has been trying to Sc
cure the services of Bill Corners, who
won the pennant for Bloomington last
year. The Bloomington papers state
there could be no thought of Corners
leaving there. and that even the offer
of $275 per month reported to have
been made by Jim Hayes would not
be an inducemCnt for him to quit his
home town. Corners seems to give
the Bloomington fans the kind of q
team they want-scrappy and full OF
fight to the Objectionable point.
Out in Rabbitville they have turned
a deaf ear to Belden Hill in his talk
of retiring from the game. BeldeE
said last winter that he wanted to win
pennant this season and retire upon
that honor. Belden tried his best, and
came very close to having his hope,
So he must try another year. His
home town will not hear of his quit
ting the team. A baseball team from
Bunnyville without Belden Hill would
be like Hamlet with Hamlet omitted.
DOnneHy to Head Springfield.
DOnnelly will again be the directing
head at Springfield and Hunky Hines
at Dubuque. 1t is stated that Dial
Williams will not be with Davenport
next season. Dial is an excellent bali
player. and he did well with the flock
that was furnished him, and in the
face of the rough treatment from the
patrons of the game there. Dial has
had a strenuous season at Davenport,
but he gave the city the best he had in
him. only to have the misfortune d
week ago to be seriously hurt by be
ing hit in the head by a pitched ball.
He has gone to his home in Anderson,
Ind.
Three men who are feeling for man
agerial berths in the league the COM
Rapids: Snapper Kennedy. who had
charge of Ottumwa. in the Iowa league,
this year, and Bill Kreig. formerly with
Rock Island Bill won the pennant for
Terre Haute in 1901. II will be re-
membercd he uttered some indiscreet
statements that resulted in his disbar
ment from the league.
would Like to Hold Me.
Rock Island has not acted definitely
on the managerial question for next
season. The association would like
to retain Hugh Nicol if it could afford
the luxury of nOnplaying manager.
for there is no better head to be found
today in the minor leagues. If Mic is
not with Rock Island next season. he
will have something better probably.
Decatur likes Monte Mcfarland for
manager. He is a splendid business
man. the papers there state. and han
dies his team satisfactorily. The direc-
tors never need worry about the team
when it is on the road in charge of
Monte. But there has been some talk
of A change there not because of dis
satisfaction with Mcfarland. but be
cause they desire 20 introduce new
faces.
Clinton. 6; Rockford. {.
Clinton. Iowa Sept 13.-CHnton de-
feated the Rockford Three-Eye team
yesterday. the feature being two home
runs by McDonough. Score:
Clinton .....1 OIO121O-G s :
Rockford ......0 00OO100-f :
Batteries-Dick and McDonough;
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