Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1910-04-01
TALENT IS SPEEDY
William Hunter, Buffalo Out
fielder, Shows Phenom
Glass in Practice.
BROTHER is BIG Lacquer
Fisher, Bassett and Uhl Display Sam
Piles That Attract Attention
Pitchers All Working Fine.

W!T::tm Hunter, The outfieider
wnOm H-rrs Ke::ey brought eiong
from Buffalo with him, pro rec a whirl-
Wind in practice yesterday afternoon,
and it seems assured Already that he
will have a permanent place on the
local ball team won by the time the
league season opens. Hunter is n
brother of the Brooklyn National
Lacquer and it is said he mas the same
general build and actions which CHAR
acterize the big Lacquer. He covers
eI e., nd a wonderful speed while going
after long drives and he fields them
in graceful, easy style as though it
required no effort whatever. He has
a good throwing wing also. 1t is the
left wing which he uses and with it
he sails the ball into the diamond in
great shape. His batting was a fea-
ture of the practice yesterday after
noon. Although it was his first days
work this year, he stepped out to the
plate and drove the ball out each time
his turn came and most of his drives
were liners that were good clean hits.
His speed gets him down to first base
in a hurry also.
Others Who Look Good.
Fred Fisher, the authenticated back
stop from Buffalo, is another who re-
ceived considerable attention yester-
day afternoon The big fellow goes
to work quietly and plays great ball.
He has a good whip and is able to
line them down to second like bullets.
He didn't have his batting eye work
ing yesterday. but his friends say it
was merely asleep, as he is corking
hitter Lester Bassett, in centerfeld,
the recruit from Blue Island, looked
very promising. He batted well and
covered considerable ground in the
outfield. Fred Uhl the latest addition
to the Islander list, covered first base
during most of the practice and
showed up very well. 1t is quite ap-
parent that he is a fast fielding first
sacker and it now remains for him
to show what he can do with the bat.
Pitchers working Well.
The continued pleasant weather has
allowed the twirlers to timber up in
short order and yesterday they were
allowed to let themselves out to some
extent for the first time since practice
began.
Apparently there is not a lemon in
the bunch of nine twirlers who are
trying for place on Manager Tighe's
staff Critical fans who are watching
the workouts of the men are glad that
it is not up to them to select the four
or five from this number who will be
after May A. Whatever else happens
it is assured that some mighty good
men will have to be dropped. Frank
Lakaff is of course practically assured
of a berth on the team and that leaves
eight men thus far to fill three or four
places. With men like Walter Queis-
ser, Grover Engman, Pug Cavet, Mar
shall Comingor, Read Pickering, Harle
Wagner. Pete Janicki and lPearly Blen.
ner to choose from the staff certainly
looks fine. Engman and Wagner
especially did good work in practice
yesterday afternoon. and it is going to
be task for Manager Tighe to choose
which of this bunch of stars he wants.
O'Leary Is Laid Up.
Dan O'Leary was unable to take
part in the practice yesterday after
noon as the result of an injury to his
foot which he sustained the day be-
fore. Dan was catching and Big Bill
Jacobsen was playing first base. A
high foul was knocked and both men
went after it with the result that there
was a collision. Jacobsen stepped on
Dan and spiked him in the ankle. The
injury stiffened the joint and Dan
had to hobble about yesterday. The
injury is not serious, however, and |
Dan will be in the game Sunday when |
the squad will be divided into two |
teams and pitted against each other |
for the first game of the season.
More Islanders Report.
Two more Islanders got in today and |
to Manager Jack Tighe. They |
we're Roe Kynett, the center field re- |
:ruit, and Earl Graham, a second sack |
er. With one or two exceptions the |
'anks of the Islander recruits are now |
complete. James Davey, the Mans
ield, Ohio, shortstop, and First Base
man Slattery are still due to arrive, |