Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1904-10-08
FIGHT FOR PLACE
Rock ford VIII Make Strong Bid &c
Retain League Fran
chise.
LOCAL DELEGATES NAMED
To Meeting of ThreeEye Directors
Next Week - Revise Park
Plans.

President NJ. II. Sexton and Secre-
tary J. z. PeetZ were chosen at the
meeting of the directors of the Rock
Island Baseball association to repre-
sent Rock Island at the annual meet
ing of the Three-Eye league at Spring
field Tuesday of the coming week,
when the pennant for 1904 will be
awarded to the Senators. and the cir
cult for the coming season decided
upon.
Peoria, as is known, is to be an APP
plicant for franchise. That city will
be admitted in the event of the drop
ping of Rockford. There will be
strong delegation from the Sox city at
ct the meeting 10 make a fight for the
retention of the franchise there. 1t
will be shown that enough money has
been subscribed to carry the team
through the season, and there will be a
promise of better attendance than in
the past.
Poor Patronage and Long Jump.
There is general complaint over the
circuit over the poor patronage at the
games in Rockford There is the add
ed handicap of the long jump. The
| item of railroad fare is big one, and
with Rockford out there would be
considerable saving 10 every team in
| the league. Peoria formerly was in
the Western league. Some of the lead
ing men of the city have united in the
move for place in the Three-Eye league
Peoria is a much larger city than
iRnnIyfnr1 iC hnffnr ho Cnha1l
| than Rockford and has the advantage
geographically The Rock Island rep
lresentatives will favor the admission
of Peoria. This is the only change in
prospect in the makeup of the circuit
for the season of 1905.
Season Hns Been Costly One Here.
! The report of Secretary Peetz sub
mitted at last evenings meeting show
ed financial deficit of 81 500 for the
II past season. While there was an in
crease in attendance. and the team did
better on the road than it did the pre-
vious year. indicating a healthy condi-
tion in the standing of the game with
the public. Rock Island. as the local
fans know, was at great expense in it's
efforts to provide winning team, hav-
| ing at one time as high as 80 players
in the city. There were three changes
in the management, Hugh Nicol finally
having been secured from Rockford to
| finish the season as the directing head
| of the team. There is none who can
| say that the Rock Island association
spared financial outlay in it's efforts to
give the city as good an article OF ball
as was had in any other city in the
league
Revision of Park Plans.
Ii was decided to have the plans of
the new park, prepared by Architect
l.. NJ. Drack. revised. in order To keep
the cost within the sum originally fixed
upon to invest III the park, $4,000. The
plans submitted would call for the ex-
lpenditure of an amount considerably i'll
excess of this. When the plans are
revised proposals will be invited from
contractors in the hope OF having the
park built before winter. After the
annual meeting at Springfield there
will be called meeting of the stock
holders of the Rock Island association
whose approval will be asked of the
action of the directors with reference
To the building of the proposed new
park.