Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1916-03-17
BILLY NEAL GOES
TO ISLANDERS N
DEAL WITHPLOWS
Lister Plays Trump Gard in Lapdinu
Popular Pitcher, Last Year With
Moline Champions,
"a PLAYERS ARE on LIST wow
Man Hunt Ends and Initial Wortor,.
VIII BE Started About April 4
Nine Hurlers Signed.

! The deal which means the transit,
of Billy Neal, star hurler, from the Nh.
/ line champions to Rock Island wa,
completed this morning. when the ns.
pers were signed by the officials Of n.
local club. The papers were 80 Az.
ranged as to transfer both Neal and
Zeine Clayton in one whack Chief
! Listers player hunt is now ended a.
he has secured every man he went
after, and a great deal of credit ia dus
| Pete for his manner in handling thess
| difficult contracts.
| Billy Neal, as the old fans will re-
member, started his professional "a.
reer in the pitchers box with the Rock
Island Three Eye club in 1906 at the
time Lister played first base. He was
one of Manager Tighe's leading pitch
ers when the Islanders COPIED men,
nants in 1907 and 1909. Bill still has
many good curves up his sleeve and
will no doubt prove one of the main
stays of the hurting staff this wear. He
J is the sort Of cleancut. gentlemanlv
athlete that makes ball players a credit
to the game, and is very popular in
Rock Island. Neal came TO Moline
when the Danville franchise was
| transferred He was second best
| pitcher on the Moline team last sea-
son, being headed only by Hod Eller.
who is now in the big leagues.
The personnel of Listers preseason
squad is now complete with "a veter
ans and recruits signed for the initial
| tryouts. This squad must be whitfield
down to 13 men, including the man
ager. The names of four former Is
landers appear in the list, namely,
Pete Lister, Billy Neal, Johnny Wan
ner and Christy Wilson. Lister has
signed three catchers, nine pitchers,
six infielders and six outielders. The
revised list of players signed for Rock
Island follows:
CATCHERS.
| Omer Vance, Redelm, S. D.
! Julius Munich, Washington, D. C.
| Harold Howe, Morrison, Ill.
PITCHERS.
| c. T. Marshall, Wausau, Wis.
Mike O'Connell, Lost Nation, Iowa
Dan Miller, Mt. Morris, Ill,
! H. B. Satina, st. Louis.
Joe Fosdeck, Atkinson, III.
G. Elliott, Springfield, Ill.
Frank Scanlon, Escanaba, Mich.
Fred Marks, Mendoza, Ill.
Billy Neal, Rock Island.
INFIELDERS.
Pete Lister, Rock Island.
| Fritz Erlewein, Hamilton, Ind.
Lee Stacker, Ashland, Ill.
Frank Morehead, Illinois City.
Joe Sargent, Rochester, n. Y.
Johnny Wanner, Geneseo.
OUTFIELDERS.
Heine BiltZ, Brookville, Ind.
Fred Ruckler, Rock Island.
Frank Leithner, Rock Island
| Ray Robinson, Rock Island
Christy Wilson, Rock Island.
Zeine Clayton, Huston, Texas.
Daringer to Manage Bloomington.
Bloomington, Ill, March 17.-How-
ard Daringer of North Verdon, Ind.
last year outfielder with Dubuque, yes
terday accepted terms as manager OF
| Bloomington in the Three Eye league.
| He formerly was with Peoria under
Manager Rowland.
| Jackson to Manage Peoria.
| Peoria, H., March 17-William K.
Jaskson, first baseman at st. Joseph
and a former Chicago Fed. has been
named manager of the Peoria club OF
the Three Eye league, according to
message from Joe Tinker, part owner
of the club