The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1922-10-02
BILL JACOBSON
TO Be HONORED
BY HOME FOLKS
@Baby Doll" Of St Louis Club WIN
| Have Ellis Day"-Genesoe
Plans Game.
ESPECIAL Correspondence

Geneseo, Ill, Oct. IA commit
tee of baseball fans and friends OF
bill" jacobson went to Sterling
last Friday and completed final ar
rangements for the appearance OF
the strong American Legion team
Of that city in Geneseo on Jacob
son Day" Thursday, Oct 5. BY this
agreement Sterling will put on the
field its full strength, bringing all
players for the game. Benton and
"Jay" PreEdergast both will be here
ready for duty in the pitchers box.
and new players recruited from the
Three-I league will be in the lineup.
= Opposed to the Sterling team will
be an aggregation of league players
who are not only we'll known but
thoroughly capable ball players. OF
course Baby Doll" Jacobson will
feature the team membership and
will be supported in the outfield
by his brother, Verne Jacobson, who
is pitcher of more than ordinary
as well as creditable outfielder.
The battery positions will be
! filled by Sellers, stellar pitcher OF
the Wichita team of the Western
league, and Forrest Cady, formerly
of the Boston Red Sox, behind the
plate. Dutch" Schliebner, who
was with Little Rock this season,
and will be with Brooklyn next
year, will be at first base. Schol-
lenberger of Moline and Rockford
will cover second; Joe Berger Of the
| Wichita club will look after short
stop, with Earl Mack, manager of
the Moline Three-I team holding
down the third base corner. The
remaining outfield positions will be
looked after by Bill" Jackson,
manager Of the Peoria club; Peden
of Kewanee Or Guppy Of Moline,
who was sold to the Philadelphia
American league team this fall.
The management of the team on
the field will be delegated to a
board of strategy with Jack Tighe
of Rock Iseland as chairman OF
the board. Jacobson first played
professional ball under Tighe, who
developed him and sold him to the
New York Giants. The other mem
bers of the board are Dan OLeary
who was on the Rock Island club
with Jacobson and who made such
an excellent record this season ~
manager of Decatur, with Bill
, Jackson acting as the third member
of the board.
SiSler Can't Come.
An invitation was sent to George
| Sisler asking him to accompany
Jacobson to Geneseo for this day
but his reply stated that he would
go to New York to write up the
World series games for a news.
paper syndicate. Sisler expressed
his regret of being unable to be
with the International league. His
honor
Plans are being formulated te
make jacobson Day" the creates
baseball event in Geneseo's history
Committees on finance, entertain
ment, grounds, ticket selling, band
closing of business houses, will bt
appointed at a meeting held thi:
evening.
/ The game will be umpired by
Magerkurth, well known as a mem
Der OF the White Sox of this cit,
several years ago. He was in thu
Mississippi Valley league this sea
son and at its close went for tria
with the International league. Hi.
work there was so satisfactory tina
he has contracted to umpire in tn,
circuit next season.
| The teams will be entertained a
dinner at the local hotel, will
out-o1-toWn guests and local fan
also IN attendance to enjoy tn,
feast of food and baseball.