Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1916-04-12
THREE ISLANDERS
FIRED OFF SQUAD
BY CHIEF LISTER
Pitchers F0sdeck and Latina .,s
Knapp, Outfielder, are Handed
"Pink Passports
FRANK SCANLON rs AMONGST r.
Leading Hurler in Tri.0ptic Beat r.
ports Yesterday Afternoon
Locals at Moline Saturday.

Three more Of Chief Listers hope.
fuls have been released. Those vbo
were handed pink passports" yes,sr.
day were H. B. Latina, st. Louis In
Fosdeck, Atkinson, III, and z. Krann
Coal Valley. The two first rnentionad
are hurlers and Knapp, Coal vallev
semi-pro player, was trying for An
outfeld Job. Fosdeck hurled th-aa
innings against Moline last SATURDAY.
and showed need OF further dsyelon.
ment. Elliott did not work out in anr
Of the regular games. The three "a.
leases announced yesterday makes
total Of five to date, Grogen and Ernie
Johnson having been previously
dropped
Before the end of the present week
It is expected that at least five mora
will be dropped from the list. and
the following week the squad will bs
weeded down TO 13 men to conform
with the league rules, before the sea.
son opens, Wednesday, April rs.
Frank Scanlon, the long lost prod.
ical son, is in our midst at last Frank
arrived in Rock Island Monday night
with Mrs. Scanlon, but he did not re.
port at the headquarters until YES
terday afternoon. Scanlon let tina
pitchers in the Three-Eye league las.
| season, with Is wins and four losses
All Of the players signed by Manager
Lister have now reported. The warm
weather Of the past two days is just
what the players have been longing
for and greater speed was shown in
the workouts yesterday and TODAY.
Pickup games are on the training
schedule every day at the local yard.
By the end of the present week Lister
announces that he will have his
strongest lineup practically decided
| upon.
Double Header Here Sunday.
Saturday afternoon at sharp at
the Thirty-seventh street lot In Mo-
line Listers men will stack up against
Hughes Plow boys for the second
preseason tilt. In their first meet
ing last Saturday the Pillow boys won
| handily by a to count, because the
local pitchers failed to try in the box.
Lister promises a more interesting
combat next Saturday. Sunday the
Moline and Davenport teams will come
to the Island City park for double
header with the Islanders, the first
game to be called promptly at ,
o'clock.
Millers Beat Blue Sox.
| Two bad innings, in which the Min
neapolis American association play
ers secured four runs, beat Davenport
yesterday afternoon at the Pretzel
yard by a to 0 count, before crowd
of 100. The combat was tame affair
! throughout, both teams performing
Iistlessly. The Millers counted two
| in the sixth, when both Holland and
Altizer walked and scored on an error,
sacrifice fly and infeld out. In the
eighth W. Smith doubled Menosh fol-
| lowed with another double, counting
Smith, and scored himself a moment
| later on an error. Saturday the Blue
Sox will journey to Cedar Rapids to
meet the Bunnies in an exhibition
game. The score by innings:
R. H E.
Davenport ....0O0000000-o 5 2
Minneapolis 100000 2x-4 5 0
| Batteries - Carroll. Dittmer and
Mills and Brock; Burk, Yingling and
C. Smith and Owens.
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