Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1914-03-18
Gossip of The Central Association

ports that his infield is complete and
that he has five good outfie1ders to
pick from, and three catchers. He has
offers from several higher clubs to ies
him have their discards. Pitche
Palmer, of Racine, will probably be on
his list. Palmer had 16 victories and
eight losses last season.
The fans of Waterloo are showing a
good deal of life just now. They have
organized a boosters club with officers
who mean business. Manager An.
drews is going in for youngsters this
year, as is the case of a number of
other managers in the Central. He
soyS III a recedt Interview: Il have
picked a n lTnSer o; promising young
sters all of yhoIn have been recon-
n.snded to me by We'll known players,
and with a number of my best players
from last seasons team / am confident
1 can organize a club that will be a
winner He expects his players to
begin reporting in Waterloo about
April 1. The entire squad will be there
by the 18th when the club will play
the Des Moines team of the Western
association.
Practice Begins.
The ides of March are up to the
bosses of the association, and they
seem fully to realize the necessity of
active work in the matter of prepar-
ing their squads for the tryouts they
are to undergo in order to ascertain
who will form the clubs of the various
cities in the league this season. AL
ready some practicing is being done
and in this respect it is likely that /
Burlington is leading the way. Presi-
dent Tom Hayden, whose home is in
Webb City, Mo-, has collected in the |
southern field squad of players who |
are to form, in part, the Pathfinders |
that are expected to make Burlington |
famous. These men are now playing /
in that mild climate, and are making |
a good account of themselves, accord |
ing to reports received. They will |
be in good shape for the opening |
in this city about April 10.
Burlington Has Edge.
In this respect Burlington viii have
the edge on the other teams in the cir
cult, although all will have a good lot
Of hard training before the season
opens. Every manager has secured
one or more series of exhibition games
with upper league clubs. and they will
also play with each other this spring,
and according TO the schedules pub
Iished by the various managers the
season is to be very busy
one so far as the public is concerned.
Andrews Signs Many.
|
ance among big league people to build
I'D his team He makes his head
quarters in Des Moines and from there
sends the following list of players he
mas so far signed:
First base-George Reed. Fairly, Ia;
Charles Marshall. Pittsburg, Kans.
Second base-"Butch" Free, Man
hing, Ia: Harry GLACIER. St Louis.
Third base-Joe Wintz, Ratesville,
md.
Shortstop-J. Macauley, Wichita,
Sans.; Richard Harrison, Novelville.
md.
Outfielders-David H. White. Mer-
am, Kans.: Dan NJ. Tearney. New
York; c. A Dudley, Manchester; John
rombey, Chicago; c. n. Stodfelt, In
Annapolis, Ind.
Catchers-W. c. Schaunberg, Garri-
ION, Neb.; Frank Ashland, Blaine,
Wash; William Wagner. Waterloo;
Anderson, Pennington, Ia; Harry Me
nan and Rex Smith. Akron, Ia
Pitchers-Howard Tuttle. st. Joseph, Il
No.; Herbert Hill, Waterloo; Joe
Wilkus, Jefferson. Ia; Willis Sutcliffe, II
Wheaton. H.; Lloyd Carnes. Platts-
Vile, Wis.
ottumwa Has New Team.
While Clinton and Marshalltown are L
n the lime light just now because
hey are new, it is not to be imagined
hat there is no interest in what the /
1ther fellows are doing. Every scrap
II information about any of the older
cities of the league is read with in
crest. Ottumwa, for instance, is al