The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1921-03-21

Manager Hack u Hsllns Id
Dezle q HI rsekies wet1lng ct
Zsstse1y q DrsWuing 1ell Curt
NeFtea and sPeaautSs 6wa1sea
showed . let Of class mailing tough
chances ap1ear easy.
Young Swanson. played shortstop
for Augie four years ago and vas
the best batter In the Little 10 con-
ference. Mack believes Peanuts"
and Norton will make onme Of the
older heads hustle to make the
grada
Painting ct Ds1gias park WIN
begin te1Ay. Manager lOQuillan
WIN - % hand early svegy neFn.
ing to suDefvise IL wsfk. Hae b
ssFt Of . jack-ef.all-txAles. Be-
sides managing ard pltohing, he
ceuA qualify - . bess gardeaer,
electrician, caFpeatsf nd painter.
Jake Sulxer and Billy Ware haye
put the playing field in shape in
only one week. It would be well
worth any fans time to make
trip to the ball yard to see the ex-
tent OF the work. Rock Island this
year will be second to none in
point of park perfection.
DrugEist Bart started the hall
rolling Saturday by providing Man.
ager McQuillan with . dozen new
baseballs from Spalding's Chicago
heedqaarters. Apothecafy Burt was
at the park In the Afternoon and
said the wkole works locked god
to him.
Leo Dixon writes McQuillan that
he is pleased with his new assign
ment with the Indianapolis club
and that he is sure Of being retain
a. catcher. A teammate Of Leo
wrote at the same time, stating
Dix had made himself quite popu-
lar with Jack Hendricks by his
splendid work.
It was surprising 10 hear that
Eddie LenAhan Is q regular first
baseman and viii try out here for
that bag. It seems Eldie's trouble
with Joe Dunn Last year was chief
~ because he had to play third for
TIE Bleemefs against his WILL
Manager McQuillan expects Cross
Wicks, Schenck and Murphy to show
the fans some tall baseball. This
quartet will probably get the call
for the regular berths, unless Len
ahan proves a better first sackel
than Cross.
McQuillan says he lies awAke
nights thinking Of the possibilities
he will have with Cross Schencl
and Murphy in particular. 1t weuld
be quite sweet II all three could b<
sold for good profit ut the end el
the season. About four class A
clubs would take Murph right now
Boss George has received abou,
the 10th letter from Murphy il
which J. Franklin expressed the
desire to report at once. and IL
which he also vowed to refrain ab
solutely this season from unnec
essary oratory on behalf of the UNI
pires. I've learned my lesson
now watch my dust" writes Murph
Home and visiting players thi.
year will miss Tony Caponi, WIT
provided them al with great amuse
ment I'm past seasons. Every bal
park has its welcomed" pest AMI
Tony worked from be1ch to bencl
ut Douglas park. His successor hal
not yet appeared.
| Manager McQuillan has decided
that the islanders will have a rea
fbull pen this year. No pitcher,
will be permitted to warm up neal
the benches during. a game. The.
will be sent out to the bull pen
which will probably be located neal
the clubhouse.
| The kids WIN miss Babe Meano
this season. Every day Babe use,
| to strike a bargain with the no,
Office to admit the whole flock. IN
Islanders lost one Of their bes
boosters when BaAe passed las
August As . faa. Babe ncve
weakened.
| The knockout of Johnny Dona
hue was a tough wedding presen
for Sandy O'Neill, whose marriag
occurred only q couple Of days be
fore frankie WEIGH turned tn
trick in 2 minutes and 10 seconds
It's a cinch It hurt Sandy as mucl
as his beloved Johnny. the bss& Q
pals in and out Of the ring.
Rock Islanders whe attended th
Clinton, Iowa, boxing show La
week, say George Reed got
tough break In the news Of his 69l
with Bad McFallea, Sterling. The
explain MeRalden was al but o.
in the last round. The Clintsn col
respondent called tie nix . draw
The Van Dykes and Rowdies wi
bowl another match tonight on til
Seventeenth street alleys. The Va
Dykes meet the Consumers o
,, quintet Wednesday night, Van Din
, Wise, Jones. Carlson and Meidk
comprise the Van Dykes.
The Insider this year WIN ehreI
.. icle the news and views Of golf 4
played on the Arsenal gslf cp1rx
, Honeeiorth, this celunn VIM I
, spea for tips frsn the inside 0
! ri-city golf happenings. Golf
becoming hapidly one Of the maid