Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1908-04-03
WILL Be D0lNcS
s - ~ ~
Eaoer Fans Have First Oppor-
tunity to Sseisiarder Re-
ceuits IN Action.
GALL GAME SUNDAY AT 8 P. N.
Enough Men on Hand to Make Up
Two Mines and the Grounds Are
in the Best of Shape.


Rock Island fans will have their,
first opportunity to see the Islander re-
cruits in action Sunday. 1t was de-
eided this afternoon to split up the
squad now on hand into two teams
and play an exhibition game at the
usual Sunday hour, o'clock
There are enough players here now
to make up two mines, all being re-
cruits with the exception of Eng and
Murphy. who are likely to also get into
the argument. A day or two of fair
weather with brisk wind has dried
off the diamond so that it is as firm
as it need be at any time during the
season.
The Islander recruits INDUCED in
little more strenuous practice this
morning and as the weather warns up
their workouts will be increased.
Christy Wilson and Frank Murphy
are on hand ready to don uniforms.
Gus Eng was out this afternoon.
Gus and Hardgrove look SO much
alike that they get mixed up them
selves and want to know who is
which
Several local ball players are warm
ing up to the seasons work with
Manager Cooks recruits. Clarence
Ficken, who has signed with Gales
burg. will train here until ordered to
report. Pat Leverich has also signed
with Galesburg and will get into
shape here.
Burdette is proving a man of mys-
terry. He has an arithmetical puzzle
which will tell just how many brothers
and sisters one has both living and
dead. He has worked 1t on all his
teammates and is still looking for
some one else who isn't wise to it.
General Diamond Doings.
The Sporting News takes occasion
editorially to urge upon President
LOTUS of the Three Eye league the
need for close supervision of salary
lists about the circuit.
Pete Lister has written Manager
Lajoie of Cleveland saying he hopes
to be back in fast company within
short time and would like nothing bet
ter than landing his old berth under
Lajoie. Even Charley Hickman
hasn't a thing on Lister as a rolling
tstone.s In his letter he wrote: "This
makes the fifth team | have been
with IN a little oeer year, and hope
to stick to Toledo until am good
enough for the Maps. A little over
IL months ago was with Portland.
They. sold me to Birmingham, Ala
From there, J. went to Nashville and
then on to Cleveland. Now I'm a
Mud Hen"
Knox college turned upon the Bur-
lington leaguers yesterday and shut
them, cut to 0.
Dubuque reports the roster of men
nearly complete. The latest to arrive
was Jack Carr of Washington
1t is perfectly evident that Dubuque
sporting writer's are in for time with
that name Vandine. They start out
by spelling it ivan Dyne."
Clinton and Dubuque are scheduled
SdiutS tOlIOlIoW anu
Dubuque. sA
Decatur is to make extensive
changes on the ball grounds, raising
the diamond inches and also raising
the fence, which was blown down.
Manager Armour of Toledo after in
vestigating the style of millinery the
ladies' are to wear this summer issued
an edict barring the particularly wide
ones from his ball park on the ground
they will obstruct the view OF the
spectators.
Peoria Star: 1t is said Jack Herbert,
the Senator third baseman. is one of
Billy Sundays converts. It is hoped
that he will labor with Dick Smith
and put him in shape to mingle with
decent people by the time the Sena-
tors arrive here for their first game.
Jack Tighe. who won the Three
Eye pennant for Rock Island last sea
son, is looked upon by fans at Holy
oke, Mass, to repeat the stunt in the
Connecticut State league this year. A
Holyoke writer to the Sporting News
has this to say of him. Manager Jack
Tighe and his wifesarrived on March
II and the rotund Jack has made him
self popular with the directors of the
club, and meeting a number of the
deep dyedin-the-wool fans. He did
not need any introduction to the fans
for he is we'll remembered here fol-
his work when he was manager and
captain of the Norwich Rosebuds
While he does not promise to land
| the blue bunting for us again, he says
| that his club will have something to
say about the disposal of the purse
that will be hung up for the first di
vision clubs. With a number of last
years pennant grabbers back agair
and a bunch Of young phenoms, we
have every reason to place our faitf
and coin on him."