Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1907-02-06
BASEBALL REMINDERS

Arthur Dingeman. a pitcher. has ac-
cepted terms with Dubuque.
Harry TRULY, the former second |
baseman of Bloomington. wants a job |
as umpire in the Three-Eye.
Jack COnnell last year player with |
Quincy. will file an application with |
President Holland for Three-Eye |
league umpire.
lengthy trial by Rock Island and
Bloomington last season. has signed
with Augusta. Ga. for 1907.
And now friends of Shorty" Thunl-
ler, the ex-secretary of the league, are
boosting him for a position as an UNI
pire. 1t is to be hoped that if Thum
Ter lands the job he will do better
work as an umpire than he did as
league secretary.
The players with Clinton il the
Iowa league have been divided by the
Other clubs as follows: Marshalltown
Denny and Cross: Ottumwa. Seitz and
.Sedgwick; Keokuk. Lally and Lewis;
Burlington. Els: Jacksonville, Wag-
ner; Waterloo. Pennington and Peter.
son. .r... ...-
They like Manager Reed over at De
catur, according TO the Decatur papers.
and the fans in Wilson Behring'S town
believe that Reed is going to give them
- top notch team. What is to become
of Lewee, last years captain. seems to
be problem. but it looks as if the
| Kid will be on second base again for
the COmmodores.
| Representatives of the southern di-
vision of the ThreeEye league met in
Decatur Sunday to do some prelimin-
airy schedule work. Present at the
Injecting at the Decatur hotel were
| Charles Miller and President Holland
of Bloomington. Richard Kinsella of
Springfield and a representative of the
Decatur club. AS a result of this con
IlNItHbc opi IhSlitll OptbS at btCdlul
May l fOrrtwo games. Decatur goes
to Springfield for a couple of games in
return. While this playing is in pro
lgress Peoria and Bloomington will be
Idoing the same switching about. 1t
will probably be necessary to transfer
1.-The game scheduled for Decatur May
1911, those being the dates for the De
Icatur cadets tournament
Peoria baseball players have been
ordered to report April |. five days in
advance of the opening exhibition sea
lson, which begins with Minneapolis OF
the American association. Othe,
games of this nature so far contracted
are with Keokuk. Saturday and Sun
day, April 20 and 81, and with Burling
ton on the same days of the following
week thus leaving the Saturday ant
Sunday of the 18th and 18th open
President Watkins of the indianapolis!
team. however has asked for two day
in Peoria in exchange for two game:
in the Indiana capital, and a deal vii
nc doubt be effected The only mid
week game so far arranged for b,
Manager Donnelly is with the Chicago
White SoX and is set for Tuesday
April 9.
President Kinsella of Springfield ar
nounces the complete roster of player
| for 1907 as follows: Pitchers. Charlie
Porter, Max Sold. w. J. Carol
George Demeau, Bert Kinsella. Gu
IWoodring, J. w. Johnson. William Fo,
= Oscar Way. Austin V. WEIGH. Charlie
: &C. Hatch and John c. Ruther Catcl
y ers, Foley B. White, John c. Riordal
X w. F. STANCE and Arthur Quesser II
Y fielders. Harry Myers, James Conner
X Lawrence Doyle. Lee MCGEE. Eugen
" Flood. w. c. whitehall and Hiram !
~ Primer Outfielders. Ross Thornto
NJ and Earl Graham. In addition to ii
~ new players all of those who compose
N the Senators lineup last year are IL
~ der reserve. They are Moore. Ludwi
II Cameron, Scharnweber. Berg. Rub
~ Novacek and Martin, which makes
X total of SO men to select from durir
w the practice season.