Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1919-08-22
FLANAGAN TO CALL MEETING
PROBABLY EARLY NEXT WEEK
Large Number Of Grid Athletes Are
Expected to be on Hand to
Align With Islanders.

Football in Rock Island will be
given start next week. Manager
Walter Flanagan will probably call
his first meeting of the year with
prospective members of the team
for Tuesday night Judging from
the number of grid athletes who
have been fitting around Walter
in an anxious mood for the past
week, there will be good turnout
The peppery little manager is
counting on assembling an aggre-
cation early and be prepared for a
game toward the close of Septem-
Der orr the first week in October.
As soon as the necessary prelimin-
airy details are settled, the manag-
ers of the three tri-city teams will
get their noses together and ar
range the local schedule, which
will call for six games. This should
prove enough to determine an I'M
disputed champ of the tri-cities.
Flanagan is not in the least con-
cerned with the wild and unsub-
stantiated reports coming across
the river. Our latest information,
which comes from a pretty good
source, is to the effect that Dav-
export has not yet secured the sig
nature of Sizes to contract. We
hope, however, they do obtain the
services of the big fellow, as it will
be for the good of the game if he
can turn out a winning team.
Then, again, we know for a fact
that the D. A. c. has yet to receive
the signed contracts of a lot of the
birds they are chirping about.
The funny thing about it is, that
some of them have been making
tracks to Rock Island every eve to
give Flanagan the chance to offer
them an opportunity to play with
tie Independents. Others are hot
on the trail of Don Hutchinson of
the Moline Fans association.
He Don't Want Them
All of which gives Walter a love-
" chance to smile. While he puts
it rather strongly, nevertheless he
has authorized US to quote him to
this effect 81 wouldn't have any of
them as a gift. This is intended es-
pecially with reference to Kuehl,
who spread wild talk in the ears
of the Red VOTERS that 1 had
already made him an offer for this
season of $50 per game. l don't
want him, AID furthermore l would
not have him if l was paid for it,
because he only causes dIssentlon
among the other players on the
team.
'Of course, I feel complimented
that the worried D. A. c. should
even think that I had made such
reckless offers. Fact of the matter
is | haven't got more than 80
cents to start the reason on, so
how could l do it if l had the de-
sire?"
Speaking about contracts, the
Islander boss says in the words OF
Goldberg, 1T doesn't mean any
thing" Just a waste of energy pre-
pairing the papers, says Walter.
The average player doesn't care
whether he breaks his contract or
not as it doesn't hold against him.
When they come to join the In
dependents, / shake hands with
them" Walter says, and the best
of 'em stick till the end"
Another thing worthy of mention
the MANAGEMENT of the d. A. c.
would be :; tickled crowd if they
could put into operation the per-
centage system of remuneration.
Only they know it can't be dope in
a town where the players nave no
confidence of whole-neaTted sup
port from the fans. What they de-
mand is a flat guarantee and then
if they become disgruntled they
break their contract, but on the
other hand, if the management gets
cranky, the contract becomes a
pretty good weapon in the lands
of the individual.
Moline is Busy.
Don Hutchinson, business manag-
er Of the Moline Fans association,
is working hard, but quietly, to as
semble a championship outfit. He
is not doing any blowing, and ad-
mits the only man he has signed to
a contract is Mark Delvin, Coach.
He has been talking cold turkey
with a lot of good men, however.
Contracts will be signed by Mo
line players, but they will have a
kick in them, inasmuch as a part
of the salary will be held up until
the end of the season, and failure
TO live up to the agreement will
mean a forfeiture of a good sized
wad of jack
Hutch announces that Devlin
will report in Moline on Sept. 5.
The team will not wait for his ap-
pearance but will start getting the
kinks ironed out about the last of
this month. The baseball season
closes on Aug. % in the Pillow City.
He is busy arranging a schedule
and has practically closed negotia-
tons for an early game with the
Fort Wayne FTiars.