Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1916-09-06
JACK TICHE MAY
PILOT CLUB HERE
FOF 1917 SEASON
Well Defined Movement Is On Foot To
Relieve Present Club of Reins Be-
fore Next Year.
WILL CALL A MEETING SOON
Secretary Lift Asks Commission To
Take Park Lease on Stockholders
Hands Lost $1,000.
BY CARL ED.


What are the prospects for the Three
Eye league in Rock Island next year?
Just at this time, even the best in
formed do not know. It is bit too
early yet to form any opinions in this
direction. The stockholders of the
Rock Island Baseball association
themselves do not know just at this
time what course they will pursue.
Secretary Oscar Lift is busy getting
his books in shape and as quickly as
this is done q meeting will be called
for the stockholders.
Mr. Lift appeared before the city
council yesterday in an effort to drop
the lease on the Island City park. The
commissioners asked for more time to
consider the matter Is this an indica-
ton that the present stockholders are
through? If they had any idea of
tackling the proposition again next
season why should they seek to sur
render their lease on the only availa-
BILE ball park in the city?
1t is a known fact that the Rock Is
land club lost $4,000 or more on the
season Just closed, and several of the
local officials have been quoted as say
ing that the city does not want profess
sional baseball. With the possible ex-
ception of Davenport and Moline. Rock
Island had the poorest attendance in
the league this season. What caused
this slump after rest of five years?
Rock Island went into the proposition
in a half-hearted manner right at the
start. Then again the class of base
ball furnished on the home lot was not
the best True, Manager Bay did Won
derfully well considering the handi-
caps he worked under. But the club
played much better baseball on the
road than at home. Taken as a whole
the calibre of baseball furnished by the
entire league was decidedly poor. Some
held that not enough new blood was
injected into the teams, that too many
old players were retained. Peoria and
Hannibal were the only clubs to show
new faces TO the Three Eye fans. The
clubs were in poor financial condition
at the start and could not purchase
first class players.
Tighe to Take Reins.
There is well defined movement on
foot al this early date TO take over the
club in Rock Island. Jack Tighe, two
time pennant-winner, has been men
toned as manager for next season. Just
who is behind this new movement has
not been determined at this time and
local fandom will have to be content to
SIT BdCh anu await developments. AS
soon as meeting of the local club is
held some idea of what is to take place
Will be gained. Davenport and Quincy
have announced that they will forfeit
their franchises. Springfield and De-
catur have been suggested as possible
successors to these cities. Springfield
is said to be ripe for a team next sea-
son and Decatur has a new municipal
ball park.
Many Of the Three Eye moguIs ex-
pect President a. r. Tearney to step
out this winter. Tearney has given the
league very little of his time this sea-
son, his sister doing most of the cor
responding with the clubs. The gen
eral opinion is that some one who lives
within the circuit should be made
president. Under Tearney's rule the
Three Eye league has not had one
sound business administration and the
result is that the league has gone back
woefully. Many reforms are in order
for 1917. The past two seasons the
league started without a schedule and
the makeup of the circuit was not de-
teTmined until few weeks before the
opening Of the season.