Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1910-03-25
ANOTHER NAME
ADDED TO LIST
Second Baseman Richard Hig-
gins of Cardiff, ILL.,, is
Signed for Trial.
is FROM SEMI-PRO RANKS
OutfieIders McIvor and Mcdonnell
Finally Come to Terms with
Rock Islands Manager.

Richard Higgins, young infielder
from Cardiff, ILL.,, has been added to
the string of Islander recruits. Mana
ger Jack Tighe received his contract
yesterday. The signing of the young
ster is the result of his having been
highly recommended to Manager Tighe
by friend of the Islander boss. I1ig-
gins played second base on a semi
professional team last year and made
fine record, his hitting having been
feature. With Otto Eogel of last
years pennant winners back on the
job, and with several highly reputed
infielders from among the list of re-
cruits. it does not seem at all proba-
BILE that Higgins will be able to break
into the ranks unless he is indeed
phenom, but Manager Tighe says he
has room in the training squad for all
the good men he can lay his hands on,
as in case they cannot be used here
there are plenty of teams to whom
they can be sold.
McIvOr Comes to Terms.
E o. McIvor, the much-talked of
outfielder from the Mobile club for
whom Harry Swacina was traded at
the close of last season, has finally
come TO terms with Rock Island after
having been a holdout for several
months. McIvor played last year with
San Antonio, in the Texas league, and
at the close of the season Mobile
drafted him. This spring he joined
the Dallas club and made such a hit
there that Manager Gardner wrote
letter after letter to Manager Tighe
asking that McIvor be sold to him or
exchanged. McIvor also wrote stating
he did not want to come so far north
and asking to get away. The Islander
manager understood it was a case of a
little more money as far as McIvor
was concerned. He didn't like the
tone of Gardeners incessant letters,
Gardner a proposition to release Nc
Ivor to him for $500. The Dallas
couldn't see more than $500,
and accordingly gave up his little
game, while McIvor at last realized it
was up to him to play with Rock ISL
and or not at all. He did the proper
thing and wrote to Manager Tighe
stating that he will come here and
do his best to make good and repay
Tighe for all the trouble he has
caused McIvor has a classy record
as an outfielder and it seems assured
he will make the team probably as left
fielder.
Mcdonnell Case Settled.
Ed Mcdonnell of Detroit has also
fixed things up with the Islander
chief so that he will be here for a
chance in the outfield. Mcdonnell had
a strange tangle to get out of before
being able to sign with Rock Island. |
In the first place both Rock Island
and Baltimore claimed him and Secre- |
tary j. H. Farrell of the national as
ISOLATION awarded him to Rock Island |
Then it developed that the club of |
Lansing, in the Southern Michigan |
league, had the best claim of all upon |
the crack outfielder, and he was re
awarded, this time to the Michigan |
leaguers. Mcdonnell wanted to join |
Manager Tighe's Islanders, however,
and after considerable dfckering he
bought his own release from Lansing
and was then free to sign a new ISL
ander contract. which he has done.
Looking for CastOffs.
Manager Forest Plass of Freeport is
to spend a week or so in this city after
The season opens in hopes that he can
pick up some of the men whom Mana
ger Tighe does not want and use them
n his new Northern association team.
Plass, who played with Dubuque last
year, part of the time having the dig
1ifU nf M will !
he Islanders when they first report.