Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1918-02-02

says he is prepared 10 pay MIN
greater salary than is drawn down by
any minor Lacquer
The Dayton (Ohio) players who were
injured in the railroad wreck near
Peoria last summer have settled with
the Big Four railroad. Two got dam
ages Of $3.50 and another got $1,000.
Lee King, the sensational youngster
who played the outfield for the Pr
rates last season, may be lost to the
club this year. King has been placed
in Glass la of the draft.
Happy Felsch is a good bowler as
we'll as a ball player. In a recent
match Felsch defeated prominent
Chicago pinman and averaged about
200 pins per game.
Orville Overall. one of Frank
Chances pitchers in the days when the
Cubs were the greatest team in base
ball, is now candidate for sheriff of
Tulare county, Cal.
of the real veterans of the game. When
ne signed recently with the Giants he
placed his signature on his fourteenth
major league contract.
Pitcher Bernie Boland of the Tigers
is the first of jennings players to sign
for the 1918 season. Boland is one
| pitcher who makes speciality of trim
ming the Yankees.
Kenneth Williams and Byron Houck,
the two Portland players picked up
last fall by the St. Louis Browns, have
emitted howl over the contracts sent
to them.
Infielder Ed Murray is the latest
major Lacquer to get into the bigger
game of war. Murray, formerly of
Trinity college, joined the Browns here
last summer. He has been accepted in
the aviation corps.
No contracts have been sent to Hank
Gowdy. Rabbit Meanwhile, Art Rico
or Schrieber, the Boston Braves now
In the service. All have been placed
on the voluntarily retired list and
title to their services will be held by
the club.
Bill James, one of the star pitchers
OF the Braves during their champion
ship squirt in 1914, has received con-
tract. He has notified Manager Stall
lngs that his arm is all right and he is
confident that he can put over a sue
cessful comeback"
Frank Baker got five hits in one
game last season and three other
games produced five hits for the
Irappe mauler. Peckinpaugh twice
made five hits, while Pipp and Miller
each made four hits on two occa sions
NO other Yankee player came through
with more than three hits in one game
Three clubs of the sixteen In the
TWO major leagues stole more bases in
1917 than In 1916. Chicago and Cleve-
land were the American Leaguers tc
snow Improvement, while the Boston
Braves were alone in the National.
No one ever has questioned the
fielding ability of Walter Gerber, the
new shortstop of the Browns. and
Bobby Quinn is satisfied that he will
be able to hit major league pitching
He batted 1908 in IA games after Join.
Ing the Browns last season.
Tony might try giving dancing les.
sons II he wants to quit the ring. He
could teach some of these teachers OF
the new dances something about the
dancing bouts" that he has taken
part in and thereby create the lates,
step.
I Ed Smith said in the Chicago Amer.
lean last night that Johnny Donahue
OF Rock Island was one of the best
finds that he has ever seen. He said
that Donahue gave the Greek, Andy
Dams. nice going over in six rounds
Smith said, "Donahue is one of the
best prospects for lightweight kine
that | have seen for sometime and car
easily be rated as having a big pros.
Pect Tor the ChamD title"