Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1909-09-21
FLAG BELONGS
TO ISLANDERS
Tighc Wins Three Eye Pen
nant for Second Time in
Three Years.
GAME YESTERDAY SETTLES
Team Has Played Consistent Ball
such rs characterized Work Of
the Former champions.

Once more, under the management
of Jack Tighe, the Islanders have won
the Three-Eye league pennant, and we
will have it TO hang up in our ball yard
when next season opens. The winning
of yesterdays game with Cedar Rapids
cinched matters.
This makes twice in three years
that this city has won the bunting,
and Tighe has been at the head of the
team on both occasions The two
teams which won the bunting have
been almost entirely different except
in one or two things. They have won
more games than a Taree-Eye team
has ever won previously. and they
played faster and more consistent ball
than any o.her aggregation in the cir
cult
AS far as the makeup of the
two teams goes. the club which
won the championship in 1909
is entirely different from that which
won it, in 1907. Murphy. Berger and
Eng are the only ones outside the
pitching staff who were identified with
the team in 1907, and, only. three IF
1.-THE pitchers, Wilson, Neal and Eakaff.
were, on the former pennant winning
aggregation. The team which won the
bunting in 1907 included in addition 10
these mentioned above. Jack Hines,
who played first base: Johnnie Wan
Ter at second; Dan O'Leary, catcher:
| Roy bowers and Al Swain in the out
L limo I'D
Cook. utility man. and Harry Howard.
: Arthur Lundin and Joe Scott also in the
pitching staff OF those who left her,
three went into higher company, Wan
ner into the Connecticut league.
OLeary into the Southern league. and
Nandine into the American association.
The -ucn who filled their places on the
team this year have proven themselves-
just as capable ball players and it is
almos. a certainty that most OF them
will be heards of in higher company
after they leave here
Played steady Ball.
Like their predecessors in 1907, tho
team this wear played consistent ball
and livaled the records made in every
{ The 1907 team was in the lead practi-
cally all the year and it wound up the
season with a percentage of .652 after
winning 10 out of the last Il games
played This years team has not made
such brilliant finish, but this was not
necessary for. although the race be-
tween this city and Springfield has
hn
really had much of chance of over
coming the lead which the Islanders
J had secured early in TIE season. The
!, Islanders have led the league all sea-
son with the exception of q
} brief period when Springfield took
a streak and climbed to the top
, During the entire season the team has
never fallen below the 900 mark In
percentage and most of the time i
has been lowering around the .65,
, mark 1t has been the ambition o
Manager Tishe 10 win 90 ball game!
this year, and if his team takes tire,
of the fiveggames which the schedui,
3 iStill calls for he will have accom-
iplishCd not only this. but he will ais,
: have the, record for highest percentag,
ktGferS at AIMED by Three-Eye team
> tied at 652. In case the team shoult
win four out of the remaining games
; 2 new record will be set for the Three
Eye teams of the future to strive tx
iequal as the percentage of the pen
nant winners would then be .659 The
standing of the league today and as
J it closed the season of 1907 follows
and some interesting dope can b.
gained by a comparison of figures: