Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1910-04-05
FOUR MORE men
GIVEN RELEASE
Gallagher, Kynett, Todd and
Graham Dropped from the
Islander Roll Today.
INFIELDER DAVEY REPORTS
Squad Now Numbers 1S - General
Makeup of Team Is Apparently
Settled in Managers Mind.

Four more of the Islander recruits
were dropped today by Manager
Tighe, reducing the squad to II. 1t
was raised to Is this afternoon, how
ever, when Shortstop James Davey
of Troy. N. Y, appeared and reported
for practice. Those released were
Mike Gallagher and G. A. Todd, both
of Billings, Mont, and Roe Kynett
and Elmer Graham of Hastings.
Mich All four men are pretty classy
and they put up a good article of
ball, but they were not quite heavy
enough for the Three-Eye league
champions. They expect to hook on
with some of the teams in the North
ern association, where they ought to
make good.
To Keep Pitchers.
All nine pitchers who are now on
the staff will be retained, according
to the latest plans. until the opening
of the league season at least, and
those who can't be used thereafter
that will either be farmed out or
sold. Manager Tighe states that he
never had such a promising staff of
young twirlers at the opening of the
season in all of his experience and
he thinks it BODIES well for the future
of the team. The left handlers
especially are showing up we'll and
it would be possible to have a good
staff composed entirely of southpaws.
Inc same thing can be said of the
right handlers, as all are corking good
pitchers. mere is no intimation of
which of the pitchers will be the
ones retained after the opening of
the season, but it is generally be-
lieved that there will be two right
handlers and two left handlers, and
if it is found possible to carry five
twirlers for a time, the odd one will
probably be a side wheeler. 1t seems
assured that Lakaff, Cavet and Quies-
ser will be on the staff, and this
leaves an abundance of excellent ma
terial out of which to select the other
one or two as the case may be.
Team Nearly Settled.
Apparently the general makeup of
the team is nearly settled in the
mind of the manager. Hunter seems
assured of a permanent job in right
field and Ochs is undoubtedly fix
ture in center, which leaves Bassett
and Mcdonnell to fill the other posi-
ton provided McIver persists in his
refusal to report and is declared sus-
pended. No matter whether he shows
up or not, the Islander outf1eld is
bound to be pretty fast one. KEEL
ley is assured of his position on third
base again, as is Vogel at second, and
Slattery, the left handler from st.
Louis, has a tight grip on first base,
with Uhl giving him a struggle for
the job. Slattery fields in wonderful
style and if his batting is up to stand |
ard there is no doubt as to who will
retain the place, although Uhl is |
showing up we'll. The shortstop po-
sition lies between James Davey, who |
was drafted from Mansfield in the |
Ohio league, and Eddie Kohl, who
was secured from the ST. Paul team
of the American association. Their |
records indicate a fierce |
for the place. Kohl is to |
next Monday, at which time
the St. Paul club will stop over here
on it's way north after training at /
Hot Springs, Ark. With Dan O'Leary |
from his attack of blood |
poison, the backstop position is well |
taken care of, and it seems likely |
that Fisher will be kept to help him
out. 1t begins to look as though |
Big Bill Jacobsen is due to be the
handy man again this year. He has
proved that he can play any and all
positions on the team and a better
utility man could not be found.