Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1909-03-05

alton.
The new Davenport diamond was
laid out yesterday and If weather con-
ditions permit the grading will be
started shortly.
Manager Donnelly has not heard
from Teeley Raymond nor Roland
Wolf, both of whom have been sent
contracts at reduced figures.
Charley Case was not sold to Han.
nibal by Springfield. Instead, it is
now announced that he goes to Nash :,
vile and that he brings $500.
Manager Donnelly says it will take
$3.50 to buy the release of AL Swain
from Peoria. He ADDS that AL is old
enough to know which side his bread
is buttered on.
Catcher Bill Ludwig VIII not be
with st. Louis this season. He mas
been sold to Memphis. Nobody
thought he would make good in com
pany much faster than the Three-Eye
Decatur players have been ordered
to show up April 1. OF the big squad
that will report all are in the state
or near it except Manager Moore. n
Florida, Coombs in Louisiana and Case
| in Delaware.
President Childs has had the ques
| ton put to him whether a member
of his team will be allowed to play
with whiskers on and has laid down
the rule that such draperies must be
| amputated in advance of reporting
time.
| Sunday baseball will be legalized by
| the bill that passed the Indiana senate
yesterday Governor Marshall notified
the legislature that he would not veto
the measure this time but would al
low it to become law without his sig
nature.
lington directors a letter advising then
70 go direct to their business meI
with an appeal for financial assist
ance after the manner followed il
Rock Island. 1t is simpler and NOR,
effective. he says. than balls, dolla
ticket sales, season ticket sales, o.
, any other scheme.
: Dan O'Leary and Arthur Lundil
were in the city this afternoon see
ing some of their old friends befor
reporting time. Dan goes back I,
, Memphis and Lundin to Quincy. Bot
Lundy and Dan are looking fine an
say they are anxious to get back i
the harness and play ball ,agaiy
Lundy spent the winter in Nilsson.
on the farm of his father-in-law. an
the work he has done has been benz
, fetal. O'Leary spent the winter ;
Orion and he, too, says lie feels abou
as well as he ever did. w, A. Bowie
of the Orion Times accompanied tn
: two ball players here. Mr. Bowles j
6 the man who recommended two of tn
). most promising candidates on Tighe'
c string this year. Jacobson, the Henri
y county league phenon, and O'Hear
of Toronto. Mr.. BOwles says thu
o Jacobson is in good shape and is a
o ready to report here when the tim
= comes.
President Broberg of Cedar Rapid
has at last said something. He a
I serts that the report that Coils SSpel
Icer had been disposed OF is all rot. II
is now coaching the baseball teal
Y of the University OF Georgia and wi
If report in the latter part of April. A
tof the old members of the Cedar Ra
e ids squad not sold or drafted, hay
l. returned their signed contracts wit
o the exception of Malicoat Those WI
e have signed up to date include Roll
e Brown, who is the playing manage
e Lyle Sauers, who Will probably pla
3 short, Collins. who played right fiel
Hast year, Williams, who did good VOL
IT at short but can do equally good ,
y better work elsewhere, Chase, WI
tgave such an excellent account
g himself at third, and the pitcher
: Carmichael, Spencer and Allen, wit
Malicoat left to decide. This leav,
i three places on the team to be file
y and for these three places there are
y candidates up to date, all of the
= promising youngsters.
y
n Pulliam Goes to Florida.
Nashville. Tenn. March 5s-Pre,