Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1910-09-17
TOMORROW ENDS
LEAGUE SEASON
Rock Island and Davenport to
Play the Closer on Home
Grounds.
LOCAL TEAMS SHOWING
Tighe Lands I'm Second Place, Do
spite DiscOuraging Beginning
of the Race.

tomorrow marks the close OF the
Three-Eye leagues 1910 baseball sea,
son and Davenport and Rock Island
will clash on the local diamond for
the final game OF the schedule. The
season, while not as good as last year,
nevertheless has been fairly success-
full and none Of the cities has failed
to come up to attendance require
ments, even though some OF them have
lost money in keeping their teams in
the field
Rock Island has, as usual, support
ed its team as well or better than the
majority of the cities in the circuit
and the local association will not have
to go very deep into it's pockets IN
making up shortage in receipts. Under
the able management Of Jack Tighe the
team has done nobly. Despite the
fact that the club averages in batting
and fielding were close 20 the bot
tom of the list, the team has been
right up near the top all of the time
and the fact. that it now is assured OF
second place is almost as much of a
victory for IT and for the manager as
though 1t had won the pennant
Made Poor start.
The start was anything but aus
picious. There was one serious breach }
In the inf1eld-at short-and before
that was filed with Heinie Snyder,
who was purchased from Bloomington,
the team lost game after game as the
direct or indirect result OF errors made
in the short field. After the season
was several weeks old, however, and
the team on the bottom, OF very close
to IT, the right combination was So
cured and then the club began a
steady systematic climb to the top and
a schedule lasting few weeks longer
might have caused a change in the
present standing and put Jack Tighe
again on the top. He has had the
team playing hard consistent ball such
as few OF the others have played, and
during the last three months the Is
landers were easily the best team in
the league. Springfield had such an
enormous lead that It was out of the
question to think OF passing the Sena-
tors, and yet the champs had them
considerably worried by their steady
landers have a good percentage for
second place and principally through
their efforts the leaders have been
humbled time and time again until
they will have TO fight hard 70 equal
the mark OF $50 which the Islanders
have twice attained and which is the
best that a Three-Eye pennant win
ner has yet made.
Good Prospects Ahead.
The prospects for next year are I'M
usually bright. There is little reason
to believe that any member OF the
local team will be lost by the draft
route and the combination which was
so successful during the latter half
OF the present season ought to rematE
practically unbroken. With OLeary
and Stark, the veteran backstops, the
entire infield, including Joe Slattery,
Otto Vogel, Heinie Snyder and Harry
Kelly and possibly all the outheld
men, George Manusch, Jim Callahan
and Paul Davidson, all on the reserve
list, there is every reason for the as
ISOLATION and the fans TO be happy.
Out OF the five pitchers, Frank Lakatf,
Pub Cavet. Frank Dick. Walter Queis-
ser and Bob Couchman, all Of whom
did very effective work this year,
three belong TO the Islanders, and
there IS reason to believe that the
club can secure the other two II need
ed next year. The three who are own
ed by Rock Island are Lakaff, Dick
and Queisser. Couchman belongs TO
st. Paul and Cavet to the Detroit tt
gers. George Manusch belongs TO
Oakland, Cal, and Callahan Is the
property OF Indianapolis.
Available Reserve List.
In addition TO these men there are
several who are owned by the club
and who are out at present under op-
tional agreements. Among these are
Bill Jacobsen, who played with Battle
Greek this year; Fred Fisher, who is
at Rochester, Mimi; Fred Ochs, who
Is with Ottumwa, and William Hunter,
who is with Keolcuk. The latter two
are outfielders and the other two are
backstops.
On the whole the season has been
a successful one. the club has made a
good record and things are looking
fine for success again next year. A
great deal will depend upon securing
the services of Jack Tighe to manase
the club again next year. Every ef-
fort will be made TO accomplish this,
and there Is every reason to believe
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