The diamond drill. (Crystal Falls, Iron County, Mich.) 1887-1996, 1910-05-07
BASE BALL SCHEDULE
HAS BEEN ADOPTED
MEETING or THE LEAGUE OFFICIALS
WAS HELD LAST MONDAY
OPENING GAME NEXT SATURDAY
Proposed Il Mshe the Day a Holiday for
the City and Many West Sidsrs Are
Coming Over.

Next Saturday the base ball season
for the Marquette-C Crystal Falls League
will be opened in this city by game
between the locals and the Marquette
team
The grounds will not be In good
shape for the game as all OF the work
planned cannot be finished by that time
but the teams will have to do the best
that they can for the first time BY
the time game is played here next
the work will be completed and the
grounds will be in excellent shape
There il almost as much talk about
the games on the west side Of the
county as here and big bunch OF Iron
River and Stambangh rooters will be
on hand. They will come over in an
automobile procession in which il Is
planned to have at least ten machines
There IL some talk among the local
sports of engaging the west side bands
10 come along but this may not be- car.
ried out because OF the unprepared
condition OF the grounds and team but
at later date. il not now, a county
day viii be planned and then our west
side neighbors will be invited 20 be
here in force.
The local base oall officials have been
very busy on the grounds this week
getting them ready for the opening
game
Manager Corcoran ~ busy lining mp
players and the team will be intact by
the time the opening game is called,
Owing TO the lateness of the season be-
fore Crystal Falls knew definitely il it
was 10 have team or not. the boys
will not be in the best Of trim for the
opener but Wen get there as soon as
all the wrinkles are ironed out
The schedule committee met at Ish-
peming last Monday. The Marquette
Mining Journals account Of the meet
ing was so complete that we copy il
intact.
THE managements Of the baseball
teams OF the Marquette County Crystal
Falls league, adopted the schedule sub.
mitted by Manager {. O.. Stocking, Of
the lshpeming team, at the meeting
neld yesterday at the Nelson House.
All Of the teams were represented.
John Stenglein being here for Mar
quette Phil Levine for Negaunee. j.
r. Corcoran, John Wall. Herman
Holmes and Herman Ruwitch. for
Crystal Falls and W. J. McCorkindale
and G. q. Stocking for Ishpeming.
'Mr McCorkindale acted AZ chair.
man and G. g. Stocking as secretary.
The representatives OF each team
presented tentative schedule, and all
OF them were discussed at length before
the one presented by Mr. Stocking was
dopted Each team will play thirty
six games eight at home and six In
each of the other three cities compris
ing the league. Ishpeming will open
with Negaunee at Union Park on Sat
urday. May IA Marquette will play it's
opening game at Crystal Falls on the
same day The schedule calls for
games at the Union Park every Satur-
day and Sunday until the expiration Of
the series. Each of the three Marquette
county teams will make three trips 20
Crystal Falls. and the Menominee range
nine will visit this county nine times,
during the season.
It was decided that on Decoration
Day the Crystal Falls team will play
Ishpeming here and the Negaunee team
will play at Marquette. ON the Fourth.
Marquette will go to Crystal Falls and
the IshpeminR and ..Negaunee mines
will meet here On labor Day the
Ishpeming and Negaunee teams will
play for the benefit of the park. but
this date is left open tor both OF the
other teams
There are to be tour umpires. one
from each city. but no umpire will be-
permitted to officiate in u game played
by his home team The umpries will
i. receive 81 for each game and their ex-
penses. Last season the urnpires re-
ceived t5 for each game and expenses.
Each team.is 70 appoint one man to
constitute n board Of arbitrators TO set.
tie all disputes that may arise between
the arrangements or the mines In the
event Of n deadlock man living ont
side Of the district represented by tho
teams viii be- brought In 20 cast the
deciding vote This hoard will ap-
point president and secretary
The schedule IL as follows;
May i4.i5-Ishpeming at Negaunec !;