Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1904-04-02
OFFICERS CHANGE
M. n. Sexton Likely to Become
President of Local Baseball
Association
AND JAMES E PETIT SECRETARY
NJ sssrs. CasteeI and HeaRy Wishing
to be Relieved-lnterest in
Name Contest.

DuTinG TIC COIllii8 wen ~ - AiANls
there will be Il change in the officers
of the Rock Island Baseball associ-
alton owing to the desire OF ii. f..
Casteel. the president, and NJ =.
Heagy. the secretary, to be relieved.
They served faithfully in these ca
pacities the past year and were re-
elected at the last annual meeting of
the association.
If satisfactory arrangements can be
made whereby he viii not have to look
after the clerical details of the posi-
ton VI. II. Sexton has consented to ac-
cept the presidency. James +. PeetZ
has been offered the position of secre-
tary and treasurer and probably Will
take it. lie has Il thorough knowl-
edge of the game and his business
training specially fits him for the du-
ties of the office.
Neither Mr.. CasteeI nor Mr.. Heagy is
resigning from the association be
cause of a lack of interest in the well
fare of the Rock Island club. They
do so simply for the reason that the
nature of their private affairs makes
it difficult to devote the attention nee
essary to the proper fulfillment of
the duties of the offices in which they
have been serving; Mr.. Casteel being
president of the Rock Island National
bank and Mr.. Heagy a clerk in the
office of the government engineers.
Mr.. Sexton. as president of the Wes-
tern league. will be more or less Oc-
cupied with baseball anyway. and will
combine the duties of that office with
those of president of the local as
ISOLATION. The fans will be gratified
to know that the services of such n
capable man as Mr.. Sexton may be
secured.
Tickets Sent to Players.
Manager Ross Thornton Yesterday
afternoon forwarded transportation
to the following players. who are to
report here April ): Arthur Lundin.
Orion; Carl Moore. St. Johns, Kans.;
Hugh Lally. Des Moines; Buck Bandy,
Kansas City, Kan; y. b. Hagermann,
Springfield. H.; James Clark, Peoria;
Thomas Guam, Chicago; Harry Wo-
mack. Keokuk: Peter Lister. Savanna,
! n; Ora Clark, Iroquois. H.; Robert
| Charnier. Keolluk; and William Rcb-
scheT, Galesburg. With Thornton.
| Livingston and Nandine. who are al
ready here, there will be - men on
the ground to begin practice at the
| Twelfth street park next Tuesday. The
J 20 other players signed will be in
tue ed to "cport the III. In the in
term the first squad Will be tried out
and each one given ample opportunity
TO demonstrate his fitness,for the po-
sition he aspires to fill. What are con
l,,. h., hn ~,
of those under contract have been
summoned to report first. Those who
will arrive later are an unknown
quantity, but will be given Il faiI
show, and if any timber is developed
that is an improvement on what has
been Offered il will he held. The first
exhibition game will be played at
Davenport the 10th. The 18th, 18th
and 18th Thornton will have his aggre
CATION at Burlington, Iowa. and from
the 10Th to the 23rd they will be al
Iowa City in games with the univer
sity students.
| Gossip About Baseball
There was another flood of nomina
tions for name for the Rock IslanC
team received at The Argus office to-
day surely a good one should he
had out of the lot. There is great in
terest shown in the contest among the
fans Get your name in early, for time
is an important factor. as the one first
suggesting the name receiving the
highest vote and adopted by the as
sociation will receive the free seasCT
ticket offered by Hildebrand & Cash
Names can be submitted until Apri
IS at p. IN. On the following day
all those suggested will be printed il
The Argus. On the 9th voting on the
nomination will commence and vii
be continued until noon of April 27
Have you sent in the name that yor
think would be appropriate for the 10
4 cal baseball team? If not you haC
better hurry. You may be the one
to land the season ticket.