Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1905-03-14
REPORT APRIL 8
Members of Rock Island Baseball
Team Ordered Here by
That Date.
TO PLAY WITH DAVENPORT
More Subscriptions Are Needed to
Complete Improvements at
the Park.

AT a meeting of the directors of the
Rock Island Baseball association last
evening, it was decided to call in the
players by April Q. when the first ex-
hibitiOn game of the season will be
played on the Davenport grounds.
Thereafter there will be games each
Sunday with Davenport. alternating be-
tween the two cities. the first one on
this side being April 10.
1t was decided not 10 use the home
park any more than possible until the
ground is fully settled, not even to per
NIT the home team TO practice there
and not TO let the grounds out to any
organization until the middle of the
season. the object being to give the
grass every opportunity TO grow in the
outfield and to get the infeld into best
possible shape for a new diamond
Additional subscriptions Needed.
The directors were pronounced in
their opinion that no debt should be
incurred in the completion of the
present park. and seemed rather in
clined to cut some of the Conveniences
promised the public in the way of
chairs in the grandstand and some
other advantages that were originally
deemed essential unless additional
subscriptions are forthcoming from
some source
Owing to this view of the case. Pres
ident Sexton, TO whom the new park
has been source of particular pride
is nursing the hope that the custom
that has been adopted in other cities
of a number of admirers of the game
coming to the aid of the local associa-
ton and making the park in every
sense a credit to the baseball spirit of
the community will develop here.
Dollar Seats For Opening Game.
In some of the cities a dance has
been given and the proceeds given to
the local association; in others sub
scriptiOn papers have heen signed by
the original subscribers and scores of
others agreeing to pay dollar a seat
fer the opening game and thus real
izing quite 4 neat Independent sum for
the fund for permanent Improvement
Of the grounds. 1t would indeed seem
shame now that the Rock Island
park is TO be in all respects the ban
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obliged to omit thegcomforts of grand
stand chairs. when cities that are not
putting in new parks are supplying
this advantage anyway, Davenport,
for instance having already contracted
for chairs for the grand stand on that
side of the river.
In the disposition of concessions a
proposition was received from the
Iowa City Pneumatic Cushion COM
pany asking the privilege of installing
cushions in one section of the grand
stand with a percentage of the re-
receipts as the rental for the same.
The subject after discussion was de-
feTred for future action.
To Purchase New Uniforms.
President Sexton was authorized to
purchase Is complete uniforms includ-
ing coats for the team of 1905. The
sentiment among the directors reflect
ed what seems to be the popular opin-
ion among the local admirers of the
game that blue continue TO constitute
the prevailing color. and this idea Mr..
Sexton, states will be carried out. Mr..
sexton will place the order for the
best material possible and with the
that the uniforms be
delivered in time for the opening of
the league season.
HAANV nj TuDCE EVE MEN