Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1909-09-30
GOOD BALL CITY
Rock Island Enjoys Excellent
Reputation Among Players
of Country.
BRING FAMILIES HERE
Treatment Accorded Them Makes
Them Feel That This is Their
Real Home.

Rock Island is d good baseball town.
| Good treatment for the players from
the fans and citizens is the secret OF
a successful baseball aggregation.
Whether winning or losing, the fans OF
| this city have the reputation of stand
ing by their team. and when the team
is an unusually good one ii is recog-
nized as such without any blowing off
for the benefit of the outside world.
| On the other hand. when the team
axes a slump or is fighting for a place
in the lower divisions. it receives the
loyal support of the fans throughout
| the city Treatment such as this is
| appreciated by baseball players wher
ever they happen 10 be located.
How well Rock Island has treated its
| ball players is shown by the number
of the old boys who returned this week
10 tender their services doing honor
| &c the new champions Another evil
dence is in the number of players who,
after having been identified with the
Rock Island team, have decided 10
make this city their permanent home.
4 Home for Players.
In the old days Paddy Lynch moved
here from Denver and took up work
on The arsenal and made this his home.
while Harry Sage and Puddy Zeis. who
were members of the same team. were
always Rock Island boys. OF these
three Zeis and Lynch are both dead,
while Sage still resides in this CITY.
In later years the players showed the
same disposition. Pete Lister. who
played on the team from 1893 to 1907.
came here from Clinton, Iowa. and
after marrying Rock Island girl
made this his home. Dow Vandine
joined the team in 1903. played five
years, and is now a householder in the
city. Harry Howard and Roy bowers.
both of whom played here i'm 1906 and
1907. are now residents OF this city.
and Frank p. Murphy. who has been
with the team for the last three years.
intends to make this his permanent
home and to 90 into business here
when his ball playing days are over.
Manager Jack Tighe of the champion
Islanders has lived here for a year
with his wife. and he has no intention
of leaving. Joe Berger. who took unto
himself Rock Island girl as his bride.
will spend the winter here and NAV
probably make this his home in the |
future, although his parents live in |
st. Louis. George Hardin, who also |
lives in St Louis. is thinking of re-
moving TO this city with his family. |
and Harry Kelley. who left today for |
Buffalo. intends to return with his |
wife and take >up his residence here.
Claude Stark is here to stay he having /
removed here from Detroit, and |
Christy Wilson and Gus Eng are both
local boys who have no intention nf /
living elsewhere.
license 10 Drag.
We will venture TO say that not one |
out of ten cities can boast of having |
made residents out of as many ball |
players as Rock Island has succeeded |
in doing and we place the secret of the !
whole thing in the fact that ball play |
ers individually and collectively are
given treatment such as is rarely a.
corded them elsewhere.
A strange coincidence exists in re- |
gard to the makeup of this years |
cam inasmuch as nearly all the play |
ers are either from this city or from |
st. Louis. From the latter city como |
larry Swacina, Otto Vogel. Joe Ber |
ger. Paul Mclean and George Hardin |
Berger was the first one to come and |
lie liked the place so well that he used |
his influence TO get others to CONF.
and the result was that several good
layers were brought here who would
lot have been known had il not been
'or the fact that Joe and the others
Who followed thought il was a good
place to bring their friends.