Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1909-01-13
IS To
PLAY 140 GAMES
Season Will Open May 6 and Close
Sept. 26, Giving Seven
Open Dates.
DECIDED AT DAVENPORT MEET
Magnates Give President Sexton Full
Power to Deal With Violations
of Salary Limit.

After rejecting the salary changes
proposed on behalf of President Kin
|sella of Springfield, yesterday after
noon the Three-Eye league magnates,
lat their meeting at the Hotel Daven-
port, took up the schedule and after
la lengthy discussion decided to play
40 games, adding a week to the draft
which had been prepared by Wilson
Boring of Decatur for the longer sea-
son. This will give seven off days,
where it had been proposed to have
none. 1t will also give an extra Sun
| day in addition to 10 in each city, and
this will be treated as a holiday and
the receipts pooled for the benefit of
those cities which are given but one
of the three holiday games. Mr.. Ber-
ling was instructed to prepare new
schedule along the lines indicated, the
lseason opening May and closing
Sept. &c.
Davenport, Dubuque and Peoria were at
first against the long schedule calling for
140 games played in 1877 days, but the
1.-TWO last named were convinced that
they were in the wrong.
Memorial day falls upon Sunday
this year, and the league decided il
would observe the holiday on the Mon
lday following, as the business inter
Tests everywhere will do. The Fourth
of July and Labor day fall on Monday
also. making all the big holidays OF
Monday.
81 Drew Out Too Much.
H On account of a mistake made by
eX-President Lotus in estimating the
\ amount of money in the treasury o
I the league, too much was given tt
y each of the clubs out of the sinking
K fund at the end of the year, and thu
\ question was brought up at this meet
N ing if it would not be advisable t
\ bring the fund up to requirements b.
4 taking a sum from each of the club
y guarantee before the opening of tn
X season. While the directors all fee
v that there will be no difficulty alon
X this line, still they agreed that tn
4 sinking fund of this nature is a goo
tHlnS, anu inSy Foleu " dSoeSS edS
club $50 to be paid into the treasur
y before the first of March.
After the schedule matter had bee
carefully threshed over and Wilso
; Bering authorized to draw up ON
with 40 games covering a period {
3 IA days and to submit it through TIL
\ mail to the different clubs for the
& lapproval, President Sexton spok
8 briefly, giving his views on the actio
& taken on the salary question. He asl
8 ed for and was granted full authorit
x to carry out the rules of the leagu,
g and, also, in case any club persiste
3 in disregarding the rules, to deal wit
& them himself. so that there would
g no need to thresh the matter all owe
x lagain. Mr.. Sexton will have power
8 fill any place left vacant should a cit
8 now in the circuit withdraw.
n Hear From Ted sullivan.
8 During the course of the meetin
8 Ted Sullivan, who happened to be
8 the hotel at the time, was called
6 and asked to express his views in r
* gard to the action taken by the leagl
8 on the salary question. He reptile
3 that he thought the amount named ;
g limit was about right for cities
8 the population of those which col
* pose the Three-Eye league.