Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1904-01-08
MAY GET EASTMAN
Rock Island Management is
Negotiating for Dubuque
Pitcher.
IowANs LOOKING FOR A TRADE
Bunch Of Pennant Winners at North
End of CircuiI-About
Players.

| Dubuque Telegraph-Herald: The pro-
motors of the Dubuque baseball team
are actively engaged these days get
| ting things in readiness for the com
| ing season. Particular attention is
being paid To the personnel of the
team. From present indications il i
safe to say that Dubuque viii have an
entirely new team. Vt least half
dozen new men have been signed and
negotiations are pending for the re-
lease or transfer Of others. Manager
Buelow and Hunky Hines have their
eyes on a number of good PLAYERS and
within Il fortnight they will have
strings on them. They are now in
correspondence with the captains of
several Three-Eye teams with view
of trading. Rock Island is DESTROYS
Of getting Eastman. Dubuque'S crack
pitcher. and there i disposition On
the part of the managers 10 let him
go. provided Dubuque gets what il
wants in return. Proba Utilities are
that Hughes Will not wear Dubuque
uniform next year and il i believed
that stronger player will be secured.
Hagerman, the crack pitcher of the
Springfield team. Will undoubtedly
come to Dubuque, as deal to this
effect has virtually been closed. \
good catcher from Il Michigan team
and an infield player from LeMars
have also signed Dubuque contracts.
The management of the local team i
bent on getting the strongest team
possible together and the season of
1904 will open full of promise for
clean, snappy ball.
Trouble at Colorado Springs.
And now it is the Colorado Springs
team of the Western league that is |
having its troubles. According To Il
recent decision handed down by the |
national committee. George Star
maggie who caught last season for the
Colorado Springs team. now belongs |
to the st. Louis club. The commits |
sion announced that the Colorado |
Springs club had no right to rcserv"
any of its players of the season of |
1903 that they were free agents on ac- |
count of the manner i'm which the |
season was terminated. and had the
right 10 sign with any club they |
chose.
Prepare For Carnival.
The directors of the Rockford Base
ball association met Tuesday after |
noon in the office Of Col. \. T.. Fisher |
to arrange fer the coming carnival. |
The chairmen of the various com |
mittccs were appointed as follows: |
Music. Thomas l.. Sizer; program, y.
Y. COmings; booth construction. ID. :. |
Schureman; decorations. Fred Fish; |
refreshments. Frank Hess; country |
store. W. {. Stevens.
Notes of Players.
Manager Nicol. of Rockford. has !
signed Pitcher NJ. T. Malven. Of last |
seasons Manchester Uowm team. |
Malven has been three years at Man |
chester and has managed the team as
we'll as pitching. Last season he won |
Is out of % games and tied one of
the others. He i a left-handed hitter !
and accumulated an average of .3O6 |
for the season. He was offered the po- |
sition a. coach Of the Grinneil college |
team. but preferred to pass it up and |
go to Rockford.
AccCrdin" To report. Jake Stahl. |
the famous Illinois athlete. will for
sake professional ball and its aIluEng
salaries to devote himself Ia law. II |
i said that Jake and John Allen, of
Hoopeston, will form Il partnership |
at Chanute. Kans. Chanutc is a town
of some 5000 inhabitants. 1t has been
reported that Stahl would 60 with
Washington. but if the report is true
concerning the Kansas venture. he will
drop professional baseball.
Eddie Killian. the former Rockford
pitcher. released by Cleveland, has
been signed by Detroit.