Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1904-04-07
Copies Are Mailed to the Eight
Cities Having Teams In the
Iowa State League
HAS NOT YET BEEN ADOPTED
Season Opens on May 6, Closes on La
Dor Day, September 5-Marshall-
town Plays First Game at keokuk,
and Opening Game at Home is With
Fort Dodge on May 20.

The proposed schedule for the Iowa
State League which has been prepared
by Frank G. Lander. OF Rockford ILL.,,
is today made public and is published
below on this page. Although given to
the public it has not az yet been adopt
| ed, for before that is done each city of
/ the league must agree to it by vote.
| 1t is very likely, however, that when
adopted, it will not differ materially
| from what 1t is now. The season opens
/! May and closes on Labor Day, Sep
games to be played in this city number
| fifty-six, and the same number will be
played away from town by the local
team Each team of the league Will
play eight games in this city and the
Marshalltown team will play eight
games on the grounds of each OF the
other clubs.
F't Dodge Will open the first of the
games on the local grounds on May 20.
Then Waterloo comes for three games
May 80 and 80 and Boone plays one ON
May 81, also two more on June l and 2.
Burlington comes on June for three
games Oskaloosa on June 10 for a like
series Ottumwa on June IA, and keo-
kuk, June II. The home games for
June end, on the 10th. During July Ft.
Dodge plays series of three here. be-
ginning July 5; Waterloo plays three
beginning July IL and Boone SINH
lar series beginning July 15. Burlington
comes for the second series of three
games on July %: then Oskaloosa for
three commencing July 26. and Ottum-
wa three beginning July 20. During
August Keokuk plays here on three
dates, the first of which is August 2;
Boone two on August 5 and and TT.
Dodge the two following days. keo-
q1uk comes back for two on August %
and "a, with Ottumwa, Oskaloosa and
Burlington following. each with two
games in the order named. The last
games of the season on the home
grounds Will be with Waterloo on Sep
stember and 4.
Opens at keokuk.
Marshalltown opens at keokuls,
Waterloo at Burlington, Boone at OF
tumwa, and Fort Dodge at Oskaloosa.
Marshalltown plays three games at
Keokuk, Burlington, 0skaloosa and OF
tunwa, in the order named, then
comes home for the opening game
here on May 20. Waterloo Is played
at Waterloo on May %, "a and 25 and
Fort Dodge on its grounds the follow
ing three days. Marshalltown comes
home for series and then goes to
Boone for three games on June 3. 4 and
5. Ottumwa, Burlington. Oskaloosa,
and Keokuk are each given another
series on their own grounds by July 3,
when Marshalltown goes to Waterloo
to play on July 3 and 4, two games
being scheduled for the latter date
Fort Dodge gets a series beginning
July s, at Fort Dodge. and Boone gets
three games on her ground. beginning
July Is. Waterloo, Burlington. Keokuk
Oskaloosa and Ottumwa get two games
each at home during August Septem-
Der / the team goes to Fort Dodge for
two games, comes home for two with
and then goes TO Boone for
two on Labor Day. the end of the seas
on. If the rivalry is sufficiently strong
probably a number of post season
games will be played. The total miles
to be travelled by the home team, as
given in the schedule, Is 2,13S How
this was ascertained is not known, for
the best that could be done after two
hours work with an official railway
guide was 2,477 miles The local as
ISOLATION will doubtless cast its vote
for the schedule within few days