Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1912-01-26
POWERS UNABLE
TO DELIVER TEAM
President of Danville Baseball
Association Is Called by
the Fans There.
sIxTY-DAY OPTION IS HELD
Hundred Thousand Club Taking a
Hand in the Situation, Which
Is Rather Cloudy.

Danville, Jan. 26.-Despite the ul-
timatum issued by President Powers,
in which he stated that something
must be done by Friday else he
leaves for the west again and will
sell the ball club TO outsiders, he
cannot do it Members of the base
ball committee have the original
contract entered into by Powers and
the Hundred Thousand club. By the
terms of this agreement he cannot
dispose Of the team before April l.
It Is provided in the original con-
tract that should Mr.. Powers wish
10 dispose of his holdings he must
serve written notice to this effect on
the secretary of the club or its sue
cessor, which is the Industrial club.
No such notice has been received by
Secretary McNicol. II is further pro-
vided that the club has a 60-day OPP
ton from the date of such notice and
this would carry the date of sale up
10 about April !, II the sale is made
at all.
DIFFER A. TO OUTLOOK.
The situation is clouded at the
present time and it is impossible to
say just now what will or will not be
done in the premises. Some of the
members Of the committee hold that
there 10 a roseate outlook for base
ball, while others maintain that
there is nothing but gloom ahead. In
the event one more man is found who
10 uFfl1 n I'd "
some OF the members of the COM
mittee, all will be we'll, that with the
money advanced by others and to be
gathered by an outdoor fair, the club
will be placed in fine shape and
financed as good as It ever was.
Late Thursday the committee went
to call on a well known baseball
magnate, a recent conner here, in the
hope that he would come into the
fold and make IL possible for base
ball here during the coming year
dustrial club will take up the ques.
ton and not allow the club to go by
default.
PEORIA's SPRING squad.
Peoria. Jan. 26.-Charles Sits, st
Louis. Mo. manager and captain OF
the champion Distillers, arrived in
Peoria from the Mound city yester-
day for a weeks visit in preparation
for the coming training campaign
and baseball season. Sits stated tina
he would have squad of 2S or 80
players to report on April !. Thos'
already signed or held under the re
serve clause follow:
Catchers-Southwi wick. Prendergast
Jacobs. Contracts have been mailed
TO two others.
Pitchers Tammen, Prendergast
McGrew, Ker, Goessler, Kuepper, Fe
derson, Orth. Three others are we
unsigned.
nhelders-Smith. Phillips, Holke
Sits. Fountain. Sullivan, Bernsen
The purchase OF third baseman vii
add another name to the above list
Outfelders-Veach. Meyers, HART
son. Flach, Ames. Two others hav
been forwarded contracts.
SOME NEW FACES.
The names OF Phillips. Ames an
Bernsen in the above list of player
VIII DO new 10 feOrld rams. Pnlllip
is first baseman hailing from Okla
homa. where he played college bal
Bernsen was the star third basema
of the Illinois-Missouri trolley leagu
last season. He also can play I'll
shortstop position. His home is 1
st. Louis. Ames. an outfielder,
also a trolley league product He r,
sides in East st. Louis.
Reports published last fall TO III
effect that Pitcher Mike Prenderga.
had been drafted by San FrancisC
appear to have been erroneous, {
Sits declares Prendergast is still VI
der reserve by the local management
Sits inquired OF the Frisco club r
garding their reported draft OF NJ