Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1909-03-01
JACK ON The JOE
Manager Tighe Lays OF From lob |
the PI0W Works to Look After
Baseball.
WILL WORK OUT AT THE PARK
Number of Players Who Have Winter
ed Here Will Be With Him When
the Weather Is Fine.

Manager Jack Tighe Saturday eve
ming resigned his position with the
Rock Island Pillow company, and will
|henceforth devote his attention to base
ball. with its various frills. He viii
spend part of each day when the
weather is fine at the Island City park,
where ne will have company composed
of Billy Neal, Frank Murphy, Christy
Wilson, Gus Eng, Clyde Mcbride, Har-
Try Howard and others who make their
homes here i'll the preliminary work
outs. Jacks winters work has put
him in fine condition, and he will not
have much surplus weight TO take off.
President NJ. Fl. Sexton OF the Three
Eye league today received the $50
| assessment voted at the Davenport
meeting to replenish the league treas
ury from number OF the clubs.
Here anu There.
President Childs raised the number
| of pitching candidates for Decatur =
an even dozen Saturday by signing
George Richenback, an Indiana man.
There are now 30 men on DR.. Childs'
playing list. About half the dozen
pitchers are south paws.
Word comes from Springfield that
a "pennant raising day" is being plan
ned and the Decatur team is wanted
to participate This date will be ar
| ranged to suit.
! President Kinsella has arranged tn.
opening game of the year for the Sen
ators. The Gillespie Trolley league
team will be played on Sunday. March,
Is. The White Seals, from St. Louis
will appear on the following Sunday.
| Announcement has just been made
that the ST. Louis Cardinals won out
in the draw for Forest More, the twirl
er sold by Springfield TO the champion
Cubs last fall. The Cardinals got the
pitcher in draw with Boston
i Cecil WeiSenberger, the brakeman
twirler, must play with Beardstowr
this year. He was one of the msT
Havana sold in a lump to Beardstown
but thought the sale would not 90 ant
signed a contract to pitch for Topeka
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belongs. which is under Manager Rig
gin at BeardstOwH.
/ Because of the trouble over the sal
airy question, Harry Swain may bur
his own release from the Decatur club
The club does not particularly neet
him and is willing TO make the deal
Swain SAYS he has an offer of SIT
from the Lynn club of the New Eng
land league.
Springfield Record: There's no get
ting around the fact that the loca
] baseball association has nicely shown
that the salary limit will not be sucl
a bad thing after all The only playe
who would be likely to back up at thu
$3.50 contract is Dick Smith, and Kin
sella. in securing him as manager, ha
fixed the first baseman so that stipen,
bugbear does not affect him. Ther,
, was some doubt about Rube Grandy
but as the big pitcher has signed it j
now certain that all other men will b.
within the limit
Dr. Childs says the. Decatur bal
club is worth over $4,000. The new
ball park improvements are counte,
at $4,000. while the franchise is WORT
lseveral thousand more. Johnny Bark
, well is worth 81 500 easily, and thel
there are something like 50 other play
ers, each of whom might bring some
thing if he were offered on the market