The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1904-04-27
BASE BALL CHAT
FOR CAIRO FANS
Paducah Is Not Satisfied With
the Present Schedule.
NOT BEST PAYING CITY
THAT DISTINCTION BELONGS TO
CAIRO BASiNG STATEMENT
ON AMOUNT PAID LAST
YEAR TO TREASURER.

The X. |. T. schedule has been com
pleted SO far as the trips over the cir
cult and the application Of the dates
is concerned. There yet remains 4
be done the. work Of placing it II
shape for publication. II will be sem
out TO the papers early this week &c
be released for publication not he
fore Sunday morning, May !. This
requisite majority of approyals hays
been received to guarantee it
adoption. Each team plays 12o games
sixty at home and sixty abroad,
The season opens May II with
Cairo. Paducah and Henderson a.
home. and closes with them abroad
September a. Decoration Day, Cairo
at ClarksyiIle, Paducah at Henderson
and Hopkinsville at Vincennes and
Clarskyile at Henderson. Labor Day
September 3, Cairo is at Clarksville.
Hopkinsville at Vincennes and Pa
ducah at Henderson. The season
closes with Cairo at Vincennes, Hop
kinsville at Henderson and Padueah
at GAINESVILLE, There are very few
open dates in the schedule The ar
rangement is a poor one, in more re
snects than one,
For example, the Palucah team
does not play here on either Labor
Day or the Fourth of July, although
this is acknowledged to be the best
paying city in the circuit Then, toe
Oh Decoration Day, which is pc
culiarly Northern holiday, tive
games take place in Kentucky and
Tennessee, states which pay little at
tention to the anniversary. whereas it
is celebrated as general holiday il
Indiana and lllinois.-Paducah News
Democrat.
Referring to the criticisms OF the
Paducah News-Democrat on the
schedule, an explanation perhaps j.
necessary. The league ordered the
secretary to draw up the schedule
opening up the season on May II with
Hopkinsvile at Cairo. GAINESVILLE al
Paducah and Vincennes at Hender
son and close the season by Septem.
Der Is. Last year Decoration Day
Fourth of July and Labor Day games
were scheduled for Cairo and padu
cab. The latter transferred the
Fourth OF July games to Jackson. The
receipts Of holiday games this year
are to be pooled and divided pro rata
Surely Paducah does not want e
play the hog and want all the soft
things, such as opening and CLOSING
the season and all holiday games at
home and then only give the visiting
club SO per cent of the gate receipt
based upon general admission fee
of rs cents for each adult, whereas 4
charge Of IS cents is exacted for the
bleachers and so cents for the gram
stand Quite generous. Regarding
the statement that Paducah Is the
best paying town in the league, Is Z
claim that was not backed up last
year Cairo paid more into this
league fund on the five per cent basis
than Paducah. Every league member
was requested to submit a schedule
but none was received The present
one was drawn up without particular
reference to any particular city, but
with the idea of keeping down the ex
rense incurred in transportation. i
is possible that some of the games
may be transferred by agreement
sufficient endorsements Of the sche j
ule have been received to guarantee
i against rejection. In fact, no writ
ten objections have been filed anC
the only disgruntled one so far hear.
from is Paducah, through the medi
um of the press The schedule vii
be sent out Thursday to all the pa
pers over the circuit, released fo
publication on Sunday morning, Ma,
l. and not before.