Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1905-04-29
CITY WINS
Name is Chosen for Rock island,
Ball Park by
Vote,
ilty0tMG 6,22s BALLOTS
Contest Is Animated at the Close =
The Finding of the
Judges

Rock Islands new baseball park viii
be known.
| The last day of the voting on the
name of Rock Islands new baseball
park brought in a heavier vote than
| all the other days during the two weeks
I of the canvass combined. II was ex-
ipecred that there would be considera-
bic pumping toward the last as the
result of the accomplishing and hoard
lang of the ballots, and this proved to
be the case. the total vote on all names
being. over 5000.
While the vote was not as large as
was that cast when through similar
enterprise on the part of The Argus.
the Illinois theatre was named four
years ago, yet the campaign then ex-
tended over a period of months where
weeks were taken in the present in
stance, and the result is both creditable
and gratifying in showing the interest
that is felt in Rock Island and Moline
in baseball as well as in matters af
fecting public pride.
Many Votes Too Late.
Ballots piled. into The Argus Office
and as late as 100 this afternoon, af-
ter the returns had been eanvassed.
the mail brought two packages con
tanning over 300 votes for one name
which were mailed after II o'clock this
morning. While 1t is 10 be regretted
that these votes did not come in time
for enumeration, happily their loss was
immaterial in the general results. Had
they been received in time they would
not have affected any of the three win
ners.
The Judges of the name voting con
test whose first meeting was held at
the Rock Island Club two weeks ago,
when the nominations were made, met
again at the Rock Island Club at 1890
today. Mai c. ". Hawes being out
of town. was not present, but
the other two, F. A Head, of
this city, and Capt. w. C. Bennett, of
Moline. made a thorough can
vass of the returns, the ballots being
presented to them as cast each day for
the respective names, together with
the tabulation appearing in this con-
nection. There were so many ballots
altogether that it required a travelling
bag and three boxes to carry the pack
ages. The judges went over the re-
turns with remarkable care. the re-
quest being made that they satisfy
themselves that every single vote was
properly accredited. and that there was
bona fide ballot for every expression
of preference recorded.
First Prize shared by Two.
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to the one proposing the favorite name,
it was found that Island City had been
submitted by two different people
whose nominations were received at
The Argus Office at exactly the same
hour the morning of April 13 The two
are J. E Fleming. 1890 Fifteenth street,
and Dale Baumbach S31 Twenty-first
street. The matter of determining the
prize will therefore have to be settled
between the winners.
After going over the returns the
judges signed the following statement
of their findings:
Rock Island Club, April 29-SpOrt-
ing Editor Argus: The undersigned
Judges of the voting contest. by which.
through ballots taken from the col
umns of The Argus. a suitable name
was adopted for the new Rock Island
baseball park. having thoroughly can
vassed the votes so cast. have found
that Island City has received the high
est number of votes. Twin-City being
second and Columbian third. the votes
cast for the different suggestions nom
mated by US two weeks ago being as
follows: