The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1921-03-17
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ed BY the natufe and progress Of
the various Improvements.
You fans might never have real.
led T. bat IL Douglas park d.
Mond was In the worst possible
condition; IN fact, after Seraping
OF . couple ef inches Of surface
common dirt gravel and whst.net
wore found beneath.
Baseball diamonds must be thor
oughly overhauled every spring.
Never begrudge such work because
OF necessary expense. Poor dia-
monds are the cause Of many bro
ken limbs incurred by the players.
An ounce Of prevention is better
than q pound Of cure, y'know.
McQuillan's sense Of humor is ir.
repressfble. The ground keepers
yesterday denounced the condition
OF the pitching box in no gentle
phrases as they we're digging up
the lifeless clay mixed with Uast
think Of IT. gravel, b!eken bottles,
scrap iron, etc. "Yes," drawled
Mac, sand from the pitching out
there last year, perhaps seme Of
'em might have lost their stuff In
there"
10 -
Ground-keeper Jake Sulzer and
! his helper, Billy Dad" Ware are
literally breaking their necks to
carry out McQuillan's suggestions.
Mac is a real executive, knowing
all the fine points Of getting the
best work out Of his men. He sue
ceeds where others never even
started.
George Is In NO immediate dan.
ger Of impaired eyesight. Yeyter.
day he saw . bird hopping around
the outfleld near The Argus sign,
and exclaimed, there's . robin;
the first Eve scent" The Insider
had to look . couple Of times be-
fore he could zee tie harbinger Of
spring.
Sandy O'Neill, the smartest box
ing handler in the tri-cities. signed
q new one yesterday-or did Mrs.
Sandy acquire. q new boxing pro-
tege? Anyway, Sandy and his boy
hood sweetheart, Miss Katherine
Jennings, promised each other to
love, honor and-er-The Insider
refuses to be committed on that
"obey" stuff. Congratulations, M
dears.
One former Three-Eye Lacquer
bids fair to catch on in the biz
show this year. He is Pitcher Earl
Hanson. last year with Peoria, who
Is mentioned today in the news q
being favored By Manager Evers Of
the Cubs for . first string berth,
lightweight, who has appeared In
Rock Island boxing shows on q
couple of occasions. was knocked
out last night by Mickey Donneny
Of Jersey City, N. j.. in the seventh
round at Fort Worth. Texas. Mar.
low is . nice little fellow. but car
hardly be held qualified to steI
higher.
There viii be . great turnout O
harps tonight in New York whel
Mike O'Dowd meets Champion
Johnny Wilson In Madison Squar,
In an attempt to regain his los
title. The affair will terminate tn,
big St. Patrick's day celebration
which is one Of New York's bigxes
annual events. And Il doesn't tax
three guesses to determine Who'll
draw the most cheers. Il
Earl Shannon, sleuth de luxe, i
a physician now. doc" Shannon
is sort Of a pioneer in a movemen
to introduce the pulmotor as a cur
for ills despite all protestation.
doc" declares that the possibili
ties Of the pulmotor are beyond de
scription. We second the motor
: DOC"
Moline high IL playing in til
state high school basketball tour
ney today at UrbanA. The Swede
meet up with the Flora quintet thi
afternoon. They might defeat tn
Florians, but just how far they VII
proceed Is q matter Of no uttl
I tr1-cfty conjecture.
:. Glad to hear Art Swedberg an
4 his baseball hopefuls are takin
advantage Of this wonderful sprin
weather. Augie almost COPIED tn
\ Little 10 title last spring, and it
\ reported they're better now tina
ever.
ERIN GO BRAGH!