Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1903-02-25
SCHEDULE STANDS
That Prepared by President sex
ton Approved by Three-Eye
League Directors.
ROCKFORD ALONE MAKES OBJECTION
Important Reduction. in Last Years
Mileage is Eff
fected.

The schedule for the Three-Eye
league for 1903 was adopted as draft
ed by President Sexton at the meet
ing of the directors at Joliet yester-
day afternoon. The season will i'm
clude 126 games, beginning May 1.
and ending Sept. Is. There are 10
open dates. The length of the home
series has been reduced from those
of last years schedule, the longest
being l s days, and some of them being
as short as three days. The average
mileage per club is about 1900, a con
siderable reduction from that of last
year, and made possible by the sub
stitution Of Joliet and Dubuque for
.erre Haute and Evansville.
The teams have from nine to II
Sundays at home, and one or two hol-
days. Rockford, having but nine
Sundays and one holiday, objected to
the adoption of the schedule. The 9TH
.er six towns represented at the meet
ing voted for it. The fact that the
holidays this season either follow or
precede Sundays rendered it particu-
larly difficult to effect an entirely
equitable distribution of the dates.
The Decoration day games will be
as follows: At Rock Island. with DaV-
export; at Joliet, with Rockford; at
bloomington. with Dubuque; at De-
catur, with Cedar Rapids. The games
July 4 will be: At Davenport, with
Rock Island; at Rockford, with Joli-
ct; at Dubuque, with Decatur. and at
Cedar Rapids, with Bloomington. The
Labor day games: At Rock Island,
with Dubuque; at Joliet, with Cedar
Rapids; at Decatur, with Rockford
and at Bloomington. with Davenport
One desirable feature of the SEIZED
ule is the shortness of the time be
tween the opening dates in all the
cities. May ! the season will open
with Rock Island at Decatur, Joliet
at Bloomington, Dubuque at Rock
ford, and Cedar Rapids at Davenport
Then all the clubs will shift so that
the opening dates in the other cities
will be May z, when Bloomington will
be at Rock Island, Decatur at Joliet
Davenport at Cedar Rapids. and Rock
ford at Dubuque. The schedule viii
be published as soon as all the news
papers on the circuit can be furnished
with copies.
Decatur Not Represented.
Decatur was the only city that fail
ed to send a representative, and
therefore, that city has not deposited
its $3.50 forfeit money. This is of no
consequence. however. as it was prob
ably by accident that the Decatur
representative failed to be present
~
having abundant financial backing.
The bond of President Sexton oil
S., 900 was presented and approved
1t was agreed that an assessment ot
SO from each of the clubs be LEVIED
for payment March 1 to carry on the
affairs of the league till the opening
| of the season.
| The same form of tickets and passes
used last year was adopted for this
season, and the color of the paste
boards that the retiring clubs useC
were assigned to the clubs that have
taken their places.
| Each club was pledged to furnish
music for its opening game. 1t wa:
also agreed that each club should see
to the matter of bus transportation
for the visiting teams to and from
the grounds, if possible contracting
for regular service. the cost, however
to be borne by the club using the
privilege.
Misrepresentation Corrected
One matter was brought up thai
was stricken from the records. 1t fol
lowed a report emanating from
Bloomington that there was to be {
protest raised ut tie meeting yester
day in regard to the alleged transfe