Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1904-01-13
NEXT YEARS TEAM
Nineteen Players For Rock Island
Sigeed by Manager Ross
Thornton.
SOME FAST MEN IN LIST
Miller and Charnier, Who Fail 10
Return Contracts, to be
Protested.

(By Ross Thornton. Manager OF Rock
Island Baseball TeamD
/ do not believe in the policy of
claiming the pennant until the sea
son i over. However. / do believe that
have squad of players TO report
who viii make very good showing
during the coming season. and ! think
the Rock Island directors should be
congratulated on the men they CON
tracted with before a manager was
appointed. | have looked up the rec
ords of these men and find them to
be fir>t-clas- in most cases.
have contracted with men wit
great care. and have taken into con-
sideratiun that the people of Rock Isl
and want good clean ball. and have
got together Il nice genflemanIY lot
Of PLAYERS. | have also tried to learn
the disposition of each man. so a. TO
keep perfect harmony amCng all the
players. This i more important
essential than most managers appreci-
ate.
NJ present / have accepted terms
Will. OF IfttiNttl Nblli d. a. II 'ul 10
men. counting those the directors
signedD This j. not counting Nandine,
vino il reserved, or Jig" Arthur or
George Graham. who may be with us
The coming season
For pitchers there are six men. all
reported fast: Harry Womnck. Arthur
LuHGiu. Frank Lakaff. Iiagerman. who
played with Springfield last year.
Thomas Quay and August BUrchcll.
BurchclI was with Manager Du"iale.
on the coast. last wear. and i Il very
hard hitter "a we'll a. a good twirlcr.
Quay Mas with Albany. N. " and
pitched nice ball Have letters i'm re
gard 10 this man which show him TO
have the right quality of goods. The
Rock Island public probably knows
something in regard To the other
men.
Candidates for InfieId..
For the infelI there are Glen An
drcwS who was with the Chicago
White Socks for time. then with
Toledo. remaining with the latter I'M
til the end of August. when he was
loaned to Decatur to cover second in
place If Roxy Walters. who was put
ont If the game for the season. He l.
fast inficlGCr. bur did not hit a. well
a. he should. He Joined the team at
time when the whole Decatur aggre-
CATION had slumpcd in hitting. and /
hope this may account for his poor
showing with the stick. Lister you
know about. Haas played first base
fer Henderson. Ky. ami was the star
L. LII
800 i'm - games. have accepted
terms with him. Have also accepted
terms ami signed Frank Shields. of
Canton. III. He il reputed to he Il
hard hitter and was highly recon-
mcnded to me by Jap Poor. He thinks
Shields will be good for faster com
pdny after season in the Three-ENC
league. Belden Hill. of Cedar Rapids.
aud President Smith. of Terre Haute,
were both after him. Coy. Rebscher
and Williams are men who were sign
ed before took charge of affairs.
but | think well of them all.
Miller i another man whose terms
have been accepted. He i from Keo-
kuk. Iowa. | know him to be very
fast. but have been unable to get his
contract returned TO me. After fur
Their looking into the matter | have
learned that he has signed to manage
Keokuk i'm the Iowa league. Letters
received from him and which bind him
To Rock Island. have been forwarded
10 President II. +. CaSteel. Of the Roc X
Island association. which has been ask
ed to protest Miller to the national
board of arbitration. His terms were
accepted by me ON the same day as
he made them known. That WAS the
3rd of December.
LaIIy Said to he Speedy.
For the outfield. Hugh Lalley j. one
man who has affixed his name To a
Rock Island contract. After looking
him up | find him To he a first-clas~
man and expect 10 make one of the
best ficIderS in the league. He i very
fast. a curkin@ hitter. fine base rum
uer and knows the game from \ to 4.
have accepted terms of Charnier,
an outticIder. from Keokuk. Iowa.
who was with Davenport last season
during the Illness of Ives. He played in
20 games. hit go and fielded .95s. Up 10
date he has failed To return his con
tract. and | am Of the opinion he has
signed with Miller. a. the two are
close friends. Both belong 10 Rock
Island. a. the acceptance Of terms -
just a. binding a. contract.
am now hot on the trail of a left
handed pitcher. and an old head To
captain the intield. If get the men
/ am after they will be of great value
To- the team.
1t has been difficult to secure play
~ -r.L Ion Mi hin h, limit. W hon