Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1906-05-08
TEAMCOMES HOME
Opening of Three Eye Season in
Rock Island Tomorrow
Afternoon.
BEAT PEORIA ATTENDANCE
encouragement in Breaking of Losing
Streak-Many Improvements at
Island City Park.

The Three-Eye league baseball sea-
son opens in Rock Island tomorrow
afternoon, when Peoria comes for a re.
turn engagement at Island CITY park.
Ire game Will be called at 3:45 prior
10 which hour there will be a trolley
parade of the two teams. Mayor Nc
Caskrin will make short address and
toss up the first ball
With the backbone of their losing
streak broken. the Islanders will return
Tor the opening game at Island Civ
park tomorrow. where they will have
the advantage of home grounds on
thuSlastic supporters and other things
that could be claimed only by their
opponents in the games that have been
played away from home.
There is one thing about Rock Is
land fans that can always be counted
on, and that is no matter how badl,
the Islanders may have been actine
around the circuit, they are always
gwen an enthusiastic reception when
they get home. and this year will be No
exception, even if they have only the
one game to their credit when they
open the season on their home
grounds.
Have Been More Fortunate.
Last year they were a little moro
fortunate, however, in opening the sea
son away from home. They split even
On the eight games played and broke
away at Island City with four won anC
four lost.
Peoria comes tomorrow for thres
games and stranger things have hap
pened than the turning of the table
On them, although Buelow has gather
I'd together bunch that is upholIine
N practice what it looked like on pa
)er-a winning baseball team. WheI
Peoria is through the Boomers come
and an opportunity will be gwen to
zee how they behave away from home
Best Grounds in League
The opening this year is TO- quite
50 important an occasion as that
.9C5. Upon that. occasion there wa
| dual celebration. the dedication
he new park being almoa as pleasW
able an occasion as the beginning c
he home series
Tbs year there is no dedication. bu
the person who has not visited the l.
land City grounds since the close O
the Three Eye league season last yea
vii see many improvements. which to
gether mark it as the best ground il
the league.
Important of these improvements il
me double fence tbat has been com
ple-ed. 4 few feet inside and some
distance higher the Advertising board
ave been placed. and tho grounds he
tween the horse raj and the c1ubhouaf
two sides are enclosed by a double
fence The front Of the grand stand
which was being broken by fouI balls
has been replaced with heavier ma
ler.al. and when one strikes now it is
WITH a rilud that takes it back TO the
catcher. instead of mutilating thu
back stop The top seats on the
b'eachers have been backed up witt
boards. and the wind is thus kept from
the top row. and danger of anyone
tumbling overheard in getting out o.
the way of foul ball is eliminated
At the gate a turnstile will registe,
the admissions, and the crowding that
has been feature of the past will
remain feature of that period alonf
with other things that have been left
behind in Rock Islands progress il
the baseball world.
Sec the First Game.
What the fan with cold feet does for
a baseball team has been so often eX
emplified in Davenport that none il
Rock Island need be told about it, but
it is urged that everybody see the
opening of the season here. If posi-
BILE Rock Island should beat Peoria's
record of the same occasion. Wha
the Islanders have done in the pas
can be seen in the records below. and
they will keep up the good average
this year if they are given the proper
boost at the start. Give it to them.
Following are the records of the
years since the organization of the
league: