Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1920-02-13
Ball Fans Called to Meeting Iuesda
|||yIoN TO Be
oRTANT One;
INVITED


uus to later consideration the
nouling Of baseball fans called for
I1nnaay, - announced yesterday.
Nh instead take place Tuesday
ovenfng 1t O'Clock In the New
1lsrpsr hotel. At that time all per-
o6n6 Interested IN promoting base
Ill In Rock Island, and furthering
~ interests Of the Rock Island
1neebail association will be well
.eome.
A mass Of details relative to
starting on the season are awaiting
the Strengthening out which such
meeting will afford. Some action
Ion filing the club managership
|must be taken very soon. Many
|kfe advocating Jack Tighe for this
position and his appointment seems
10 strong probability. Then there
~ the plans for the fund soliciting
necessary to raising the amount
needed, from the sale OF stock.
Othef minor matters also depend
| for settlement upon the coming
meetings. which start with Tues
dty nights session.
On Monday noon a representative
Of the association will visit the
Kiwanis club In session and ask for
representation at the Tuesday night
baseball meeting. Tuesday SINH
lar request will be made OF the Ro-
1 farians and II Is understood that
other organizations will be invited
70 send delegates to the session In
this way the association is posi-
tive Of getting support from the
substantial business men OF the
community.
4 When a committee Of three or
! four men is chosen by each society
4 to represent II at the baseball
meetings. commonly these turn up
dbut very few fellow members are
I IN hand Why not ask each club
I IL appoint a committee OF dozen
& on s members, and instruct them to
lend their pep to this meeting,
1 voice their ideas. and otherwise
q help make Z, live session?
Salaries Paid.
Some Tmal,-talk was going the
rrunds few days ago. to the ef.
1 feet that players on the Rock Is
land Three-Eye team in 1916 are
I Calming that they didn't get all the
! Jack coming to them at the end Of
! that season. They further said thai
\ the 1920 association can be held
! responsible for this and be made te
pay IL to them. This balloon was
! punctured by Walt Flanagan in a
statement to The Argus today.
They're all wrong about that.
said Walt. II wired Mr.. Tearney
/ about those claims the other day
because somebody told me about
them. The president said that all
claims put in at the end Of the sea
{ son were paid by him. and to his
knowledge none were left over"
( Few More Like This.
Az a shining example to the citi-
4enry of this fair city in UNFOLDING
the local baseball association and
ball team this season. note Mike
- OpIA ASSa VI q
( few days ago. Mike used to be a
/ Rock Island fan, but has been in
1 The oil business in Kansas City
and the southwest for some time
/ He was in town a short time and
/ during that period some of his ole
friends. who happened TO be get
I ting the coin needed for the 1925
franchise forfeit accosted him
more as joke than anything else
whats this all. about" Mike
/ asked them. He was told that Rocl
I leland was trying to get back int
organized baseball.
Put me down for whatever 20,
Hike" he said with never the winl
Of an eye. Taxman doesn't ever
live here. but he explained tha
anything he could do to help thu
Rock Island baseball association
/ was pleasure for him, and SO tn
project was $50 richer-at the ex
pense of five shares of stock. H
thought it a good investment.