Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1908-04-01
PLAYERS BLOW IN
Six Baseball Recruits Arrive
and Have First Workout
at the Park.
MORE TO BE HERE TOMORROW
Reaching Town at the Same Time as
Cold Wave Practice Is Neces-
sarily Abbreviated.

Manager Cook had his bunch of re
fcruits out this afternoon limbering up
as best they could considering the
condition of the weather. The raw
wind made warming up very danger
Gus, SO the men confined themselves
to the conservative, throwing, catch
| ing and batting the ball around over
| the grass out in the field. Pitchers
Mckee, Hardgrove and Powers were
on hand, but nothing as to their
| pitching ability could be learned this
/ afternoon. Third Baseman Detwiler
and Outfelders Burdette and SEVERED
have also reported. The rest of the
recruits are expected in tonight and
| tomorrow the real practice will COM
mence if the weather permits.
Despite. recent rains Manager Cook
reports the diamond at the Island City
Park to be in good condition and only
a few hours of sunshine is necessary
| to put it in shape for infield practice.
| Rock Island has one of the best dia-
| monds in the league in this, as in
other respects. Last season, it will
be recalled, during the long home
series in July and August, it .rained
Inearly every night or early morning,
| Tut not a game was missed, the
grounds drying out by afternoon.
Other teams have been having trouble
| ir getting the water off the field in
| time for practice. AT Peoria Manager
Donnelly himself used a shovel last
week digging bitches to drain the dia-
mond. AT Decatur the grounds are
reported in deplorable condition and
| the management is considering the ad.
visibility of elaborate filling or of
purchasing canvas to cover the field
when rainy season is on.
Hill Speaks Mt Last,
Manager Belden Hill OF Cedar Rap
ids has at last made public his list of
players for 1908. They are as follows:
Catchers-Rollo Brown. Mike Simon.
Pitchers-Roy Radabaugh, William
Fox, William Renzenbrink, J. p Mali
cot, ]. Lavefle, Nv. HI. Allen, Erwin
Ray. Lee Van Nice.
!, ard, Louis Willig, Karl Crandall, Coils
Spencer, Claude Lamb, Fred Mattick.
Paul Garzee, Fl. McKeen.
Outfielders - Ben Davis, John
Weaver, John Loughlin, c. E. Miller.
Denver MahiTv,
Hill will report his team in about
week. The series of practice games
for the Rabbits follows:
| At Cedar Rapids, with Oskaloosa,
April II and r.
At Cedar Rapids, with Coe college,
April IS and H.
At Oskaloosa, with oskaloosa, April
10, 16 and II.
At Ottumwa, with Ottumwa, April
IS and 10. ~
At Waterloo, with Waterloo, April
81 and %.
At Cedar Rapids, with Waterloo,
April 90 and "a
| AT Cedar Rapids, with the Pastimes
of Chicago, April 25 and 26.
i At Cedar Rapids, with Wausau,
Wis, April % and 49,
/ Diamond In Good shape.
| William Rapp. the backstop signed
i by Decatur in deal with Mobile,
wants big league salary and his
lpresence on the Commodores has
Ceased to be figured upon. Manager
Reed is therefore hot on the trail of
another catcher.
I Catcher Lee Lemon. who was for
! merly with Decatur and later with
Davenport and Clinton, and who was
traded early i'm tho Winfar IN Erepnorf
for Infielder Mackey, declined to &C
to Freeport and has been traded by
the latter association to Keokuk in
the Central association for Pitcher
I Cummings.
Manager Donnelly of Peoria has
signed another catcher. A. A. Ander
son, formerly with Minneapolis and
Little Rock. He resides in Scio
Ohio. He was idle last season, de