Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1905-12-06
CALLS IN SCORERS
President Holland Will Instruct
Three Eye Officials at
Meeting.
UNIFORMITY IS 'YE OBJECT
Will Endeavor to Intimate Tendency
to Favor Her. Team-Talk of
Players.

At the annual January meeting of
| the Three-Eye baseball league, which
will be held in Chicago this season,
all the official scorers of the various
| teams will be present 10 be put
through a school of instruction in the
art of baseball scoring. President Ed
| ward Holland will notify them TO that
effect shortly, and hopes thereby u
secure a uniform system of scoring
and also exclude Partially TO the home
team. For long time it has been the
popular statement that home teams
are invariably favored by the scorers
in cases of doubt or close plays This
has been charged so often that Presi
dent Holland has determined to do his
utmost to quiet the allegations, and
make it certain that there will be no
variation in the markings of the diff
ferent scorers.
Favor Home Team.
From the fact that the scorers
in nearly all the towns are newspaper
men, a visiting team is apt to con-
slider newspaper man as partial to
his home team. wholly. perhaps, be
cause his paper naturally favors tho
home team. This is s1httDsed to have
given rise to the impression that the
home team was always favored in the
markings. Be this as it may. ii is con
ceded that there is a wide difference
in the markings of the individual scOr
ers, and for the sake of correctness in
the general averages these should be
made uniform.
The date for the January meeting.
generally known as the schedule meet
ing. has not been fixed. The session is
at the call of the president of the
league. and following President Hon
lands visit 70 New York city the date
will be set and the various teams mott
fed. The schedules are ready TO sub
nit. and beyond this and the school of
instruction for the scorers there is liz
tie to consider. The constitution and
bylaws will be up for revision but
there is no probability that there will
be any radical changes or additions.
baseball Gossip.
"Beadles" Jacobson, the former De
catur twirler. has been traded by Wash.
ington TO the ST. Louis Americans for
Pitcher Willie Sudhoff. This trade
is doubtless the result of i'll feelings
between "Beadles" and Manager Jake
Stahl of Washington and both teams
are satisfied with the trade.
Amos Rusie has signed a contract
to pitch next season for Springfield,
Ohio, in the Central league.
Manager Lewee has signed Opfergelt
to pitch for Decatur next season. OPT
ergelt was two years ago the crack
twirler of the L. of /. team at Cham
paign and was much wanted by league
teams. He signed last year with Cairo
but played in another league where he
could get more money. Decatur bought
his release from Cairo upon conditions
that he could be induced to report.
BeIden HiiIs Players
In Secretary Farrelfs bulletin appear
the names of five new players signed
by Belden Hill for Cedar Rapids. The
gathering together of such an unheard
of number of men by Hill at this sea
son can mean nothing else but that he
intends TO make a fight for the pennant
next season. Usually the secretive
Belden has a habit of saying along
about March l that he has not yet
picked any players. This publication
indicates either a reckless disregard
of the consequences of his plans be-
coming known or a desire to announce
to the world that he is doing some
thing desperate. The new Rabbits are