The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1922-03-07
SIGN QUARTET
OF YOUTHS FOR
HURLINC JOBS
Manager Councilman to Find Plenty
of Material Ready to Re-
spond TO Call.
BY ]. L. HUGHES.

When Manager Jimmie Conzel-
man of the 1922 Islanders arrives
the first of next month to assume
active direction of the team, he will
find the route paved pretty well for
him at the start Officials of the
association are rounding up a like
~ bunch of youngsters, from
which it is believed that seven
players qualifying as rockies who
possess ability for league baseball
will be secured About all Jim will
have to do is stand by and await
his first chance to glimpse the
youngsters in action.
The association has a quartet of
pitchers under contract, none of
whom has had any previous league
experience These are Arthur Had
dick of Moline, Paul Wilson of Mi
Ian. H. Anderson of Rockford and
c. Z. Bevens of Avon, Ill. Haddick
has been twirling semi-pro ball for
several years and his friends are
confident he will show the neces
sary stuff Wilson pitched two or
three games for the Islanders last
wear, but was not with the team
long enough to come within the
veteran classification. Anderson
and Bevens have been nightly rec
commended by judges of players in
whom the association has conf
dence.
The catching problem at this
early date seems likely to be least
difficult of any to solve. w. c.
Red" Irwin Of Cambridge is ex-
pected to show the class required
to land him on the pay roll From
all reports he is the type the Is
lander club is seeking, but Of
course he'll have to prove the
claims that have been made in hiG
behalf.
East Moline Boy.
Then there is youngster by the
name of ". G. Morris Morris halls
from East Moline. He is an out
/ fielder as well rs catcher. Morris
has been entertaining ambitions to
break into league pastiming, and
it is said of him he will give any of
EN- a battle for a berth.
| In speaking of catchers, we
might say that backstOpping is Jim
COnzelman's particular position, al
though he has had considerable ex-
perience around the first base
cushion The boss will probably
devote his talents TO the latter po-
sitiOn If he uncovers a good first
| strinS catcher.
| A L. Dawney of Macon, Mo. has
/ been signed for an infield tryout
Dawney has had league expert
/ ence. Other players under con-
tract include Clarence Hepner of
Kewanee, left handed first base
man: r. ]. Thiebert, Rock Island,
shortstOp; James Jelnick, Chicago,
! second base. and Bert Johnson, An
dover, third base.
WalIy Newell Here.
Wally Newell. whose sensational
| fielding stunts last season at Dou-
glas park are still fresh in the
memory of the fans, has been in
4 Rock Island several days. Wally
did not come to sign a contract
/ Fact of the matter is, he is anxious
to secure his release. as he is ex-
hibiting an offer made him by the
New Orleans club in the Southern
| association. Newell claims that
when he signed with Rock Island
last season he understood he was
! not to be retained on the reserve
list Wally does not want to play
ball for less than he received here
| tofore and is striving to work out
satisfactory arrangement with
the local club
! Incidentally Wally drops the in
/ formation that Frank Smith, who
was released by the Islanders the
middle of last season for failure to
! get into condition and later taken
on again at the tailend of the
! grind, is on the southern training
/ trip with the St. Louis Browns
| Ben Tate, last years second
/ string backstop. has been turned
over by the Browns to Mobile I'M
der option. and Benny is now get
ting into shape in the Alabama city.