Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1906-02-06
IBUFH IRE FAULTY
Schedules for Three-Eye Both
Shown to be Full Of Bad
Features.
DOES HOLLAND KNOW?
Little Saved in Mileage in No. I and
Some Tackled On In
No. 2.

i Manager Hayes, of Davenport, and
NJ. III. Sexton, had conference last
| evening over the sample schedules
sent out from the Office of President
Holland of the Three-Eye league. for
| the inspection of the clubs and the Sc
lection of one or the other They found
a number of vital defects in both. In
fact, it seems that the adoption of eth.
er would operate against the best in
terests of the league as a whole. AL
most eqnaI in Importance to the effect
of the acceptance of one of these sched-
ules is the evidence that it shown that
President Holland does not know per
sonally what is going on in his office.
The letter that accompanied the
schedules referred to certain features
that upon minute examination were
found to be otherwise than described.
For instance, in No. 2. il was said that
there were no conflicts between Rock
Island and Davenport dates. The
schedule itself shows there are in fact
nine conflicts In No. 1 there are no
less than 80 dates on which. Rock Is
land and Davenport play at home at
the same time. There were several
other Inconsistencies equally glarins
President Holland did not sign the let
ter. His name was typewriter in
when the manifold copies were made.
Tells Papers First.
A peculiar circumstance connected
with the schedule making is the man
m Qs-f I'm ich bo have hoor
acquainted with the features long be
fore the various clubs were notified.
For instance. the Sporting News of
Jan. 10 gave a detailed description
over the signature of E. Z. Pierson, of
schedule No. /. That latter was prob
ably written in the early part of Jan
uary. The different clubs were not
told officially of these features till they
received their copies within the last
two days.
The actual saving in mileage in No.
1 about which so much has been said.
amounts to but little when figured out.
There is a total saving of 1927 miles
over last year. The dope from Bloom
inston has had 1t that the saving was
1000 miles. In the No schedule the
lullcdSe 10 O.ECc SIGdltI tudH ldSl year
and there are few, if any, redeeming
features
Under schedule No. l each club
would save about 100 in mileage. Pres
ident Sexton figures that many times
that amount will be lost through the
conflicts between Rock Island and
Davenport.
In No. / Rock Island plays Is games
away from home before coming here
and opens with Davenport, with which
four practice games before the season
opens, are dated. Davenport does not
get Sunday at home till May q. be-
Ing away Is games in the beginning of
the season. Cedar Rapids is in even
worse shape with six games at home
in the latter part of May and no Sun
day game till June 3. These three
clubs If they happened to find bad
weather on the circuit. which is to be
would come home bankrupt.
Then in July Rock Island and Daven-
port each have 81 games, practically
the entire month, at home and a con-
fiict on every date.
Onnits Dates.
In the copy of No. 1 furnished Man
ager Hayes of Davenport has no dates
at all for June 4. 5, G. and Z, and Sept.