Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1910-04-16
PRODICALS DUE
HERE TOMORROW
viii Play First Of Two Prehm'
mary Games With Tighe's
Islanders.
BEST TEAM IN THE FIELD
Neither Side Taking Any Chancee-
Both Want to Start Season
With a Victory.

Once more the old rivals. the Island
ers and the Davenport Prodigals, will
meet in a baseball contest that for
most of the fans will mark the real
opening of the baseball season Of the
present year.
Nobody cares particularly about the
five or six games which have already
been played this year. They were
simply preparatory contests, but the
game scheduled for tomorrow at Is
land City park is a real game, one in
which both sides will make every en-
deavor to win The bugs from this
city will be out not as much to see
the game as to see the old regime es-
tablished once more and to start the
season off right by handing out the
usual dose of defeat to the Iowans.
Despite the glazing record of victory
Of the islanders over them in past
years, the Davenport fans are not yet
satisfied that this year will be a repe-
tition of last, and they will be over in
force to see that their season is started
off with victory If they can do any
thing towards that end. They are pin
and they realize that the Islanders
present a practically new lineup.
Islanders Want Game.
Manager Tighe Of the Islanders in
tends to take no chances on the game,
despite the fact that there is nothing
but sentiment connected with the win
ming of it. The flower of the squad
will make up the team which is to go
against the Iowans. The team select
ed for tomorrow, and the order in
which the men will bat, is as follows:
Hunter. IF; Manusch, If; Callahan, CT;
Davey, SIS; O'Leary, c; Kelly, 3b; Stat
terry, 1b; Vogel, 2b, and Cavet, Queis-
ser and Comingor are slated for the
pitchers box, according TO the form
they happen to be in tomorrow.
Bill Jacobsen will serve as substi-
tute in left field, and Ochs will be
ready to take his regular position in
center IN case anything prevents Cal
lahan from playing. Kohl will be on
the base lines waiting for chance to
play shortstop, and Fisher will substi-
tute for OLeary.
Opponents Are Formidable.
Pa Shaffer has placed what he con-
siders his best lineup in the field for
the first game against the Islanders,
and he strongly hopes to break the ap-
parent hoOdoo which has followed Dav-
export in its games with Rock Island
The batting order for the ProdigaIs
will be as follows: Ohland, CT; Hilley.
3b; Geyer or Coleman, IF; Irby or
Strader, If; Comingor, lib; Hickman,
2b; Maddox, IS; Coveney or Waters, |
C, and Holycross, Riess and Nelson, |
pitch, With the exception Of the out |
field, the Davenport line which will
face Rock Island tomorrow will be
strange one to the fans on this side of
the creek. Pa got rid of most of the |
men who made up last years team, |
but he retained his entire outf1eld.
Con Daley, an umpire from the Wis |
consin-Illinois league, is to hold the |
indicator for the contest. Manager |
Tighe asked President A. R Tearney |
to assign a man for the job from his |
staff, but tht league executive sent |
down Daley instead, possibly prefer |
ring to keep his regular men out of the |
battle until the season commences in f.
earnest
Clinton Coming Here.
The Clinton team, which Ted Sulli- /
van, the veteran scout, has organized /
to play In the Northern association
this year, will be seen at Island City
park April 80. Arrangements for
game between the SulIivanites and the
Islanders were closed today. This
completes the schedule for the uax+
two weeks, leaving only one date. next
Saturday, untitled. An attempt is be-
ing made to get a game for that date
also.