Montour American. (Danville, Pa.) 1866-1920, 1910-03-24
WILL Try Two
GAMES 4 WEEK

In a strenuous and stormy session of
/ the managers of the Susquehauna
( league at the Hotel Morton, Berwick,
Sunday afternoon, it was decided to
! give a two games-a-week schedule a
/ try out for a month. This compromise
was accomplished by the advocates Of
Larger schedule only after a conces-
sion had been made to its opponents in
the way Of larger share Of the gate
receipts.
The contending factions were divid-
ed into the managers from the smaller
towns on the one side and the repre-
sentatiyes Of the larger towns on the
other The smaller towns, which in
cluded ShicEshiuuy, Nescopeck and
Benton were firm in their stand for
one game a week and big slices of the
gate receipts at all games. Danville,
Bloomsbury, Eanticoke and Berwick
We're for two games "a week. Alden
was for what the rest wanted. With
lines drawn mp in tina. way the battle
was fought out in lengthy and heated
discussions, during which motions were
made and defeated, then made again,
and carried only to be recinded.
The question of two games a week
was brought up by the schedule com
mitroe which met last Sunday With
the season closing earlier than last
year the two games week would make
total of (? games for each team, in
stead of 2S.
Curiously the resolution that was
Immediately introduced that a 4? game
schedule be adopted was carried with /
out a dissenting voice, and a schedule /.
covering the provision was presented /
by Job, chairman Of the schudule com
mittee.
Again q motion to refer the sched- /
ule presented by job back to the sched- /
ule committee, that body to meet on
Thursday, March 31st and consider it I
and then report to meeting of the .
on Sunday, April 3rd, was
also carried unanimously
Then was when the small town man (
ayers began to get cold feet Splain, [
Nescopeck and Colley,o of Shickshin-
ny, began to contend that their towns
could not stand two games week
whatever the majority wanted. Ben
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ono voted for the motion; Hoffman,
SnaIY,rass Job and Iauhach voted
AGAINST
His motion to overthrow the two.
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al t1at tba bir towns could establish
a hi.rgr srhadpla but they could not
comnal fine smaller towns to rlav the
Games He sail ShicEsbfuuy would
,1ro,, out of fra Iaaruo. Splgiu said the
am.
rr,Tp,an said llara was mo reason
y.a,. tha smaller TOWN could not stand
fine laroer schedule. for with the rer
..sr+,go rI,u in effect fine Iarreretowu
would ,o haInin, ro pov the exnonses
70 tho smaller towns
Tba NOR cantaoe. said Collev and
s,I,ir yas NOT large euough-- 40 per
cont For each team sbopId he the div
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