Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1908-03-09
IT MAY NOT SUIT
Behring'S Schedule Likely to Re-
Quire Referring to Com
mittee to Complete.
FOUR TOURS ARE CALLED FOR
Provides for a Considerable Increase
in Mileage-Sexton, Casteel and
Parker Go TO Meeting.

f. Parker leave at noon tomorrow for
Chicago as the official representatives
OF the Rock Island Baseball associa-
ton at the Three-Eye league meeting.
The Three-Eye schedule which will
be presented to the meeting in Chi
cago on Wednesday will probably be
adopted in part and in part rejected.
This will necessitate the referring of
it TO a committee with power to pro-
mulgate. 1t has been found that sew
eral dates will have to be changed.
Generally the schedule is said to be
satisfactory, except to one of the
northern clubs, which is given longer
series on the home grounds than is de-
sired.
The schedule as proposed calls for
40 games in 1877 dates and four trips
of the clubs instead of three as last
year AT the present time it is not the
plan to adopt the schedule as whole.
The magnates will first decide whether
they want to make this extra trip. 1t
means that each club will travel from
500 TO 700 miles more during the sea
son at the expense of from 500 to
5000 The question to be decided is
whether the benefits are sufficient to
offset the added expense. At the pres
ent time the magnates are for the four
swings around the circuit. Should a
decision be reached for a three-trip
schedule the present schedule will
have to be made into a new one.
Grows Indignant.
The Bloomington Paragraph has
come to the front with a demand that
the Sporting News be canned by the
Three-Eye league for roasting Presi-
dent Holland for the part he has taken
in the Dubuque case. The Three-Eye
directors have voted to publish scores
the coming season in the News, pay
ing for the service out of the leagues
funds as many other leagues do. The
Paragraph now demands that the con-
tract with the publication be Cancelled
because the News happens to say what
it thinks and rejecting, by the way.
the general opinion of the outside base.
ball world of the controversy.
Here and There.
The Decatur management announces
the following as having signed con
tracts during the last week: William
Lelivelt, pitcher; C. r. Keys, pitcher;
Curtis Uncaper third base; Fritz Hoff-
man. third base; Eddie Persons, pitch
er; Harry Berry, catcher.
] Warren Gill, formerly with Cedar
Rapids, did not. like Swacina. hest
tate when offered a Pittsburg contract
but closed terms at once and will try
his best to hold down first sack. Swa
Gina is said to have written Manager
/ Donnelly of Peoria that he would like
TO get back with the Distillers if pos
sible. Very likely it will be made pos
sible.
i RUDE Vickers, the former Rock Isl
and pitcher, who has had varied ca
reer since leaving here, yesterday al
lowed the Philadelphia Athletics bu
two hits and struck out II batters il
an exhibition game at New Orleans
Rube was recently released by Phila
delphia to New Orleans.
Jack Herbert has signed a Spring
field contract, though it took tire,
trips by Kinsella to Decatur to brin;
him around
Both Terre Haute and South Benz
plan an invasion of the Three-Ey
, league for about two weeks during tn
training season.
Pete Lister has finally signed up witt
Toledo, where he will play first base
He leaves here next Monday for Chat
tanooga, Tenn, where he will join hi
team.
Manager Buelow has given out. how
ever, list of the ball players tina
have been signed by Clinton for tn
coming season. 1t is as follows:
Outfielders-Ohland, Corkhill, Kar
han, Thiery and Doxie.
Infelders-Buelow, VAIL, Mackey
Meyers, Heintz, Carney, Woebe
Crockett. Schumend and Juergens.
Catchers-Neiman and Smith.
Pitchers-Fleet. Baker. Stauffe1
Ward, Stillman, Presley and Ryan.
1t is said that negotiations ar
pending for several trades.
/. The training season for the Infant
will open about April 1, and arrang,
ments are being made for games I;
several Iowa and Illinois towns.
The Chicago White Sox managed t
lose three games yesterday San FraI
cisco took the second team into cam
twice and Los Angeles trounced tn
, regulars with Jones at the head one,
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