Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1910-04-30
OLD RIVALS TO
MEET IN OPENER
Davenport Makes Elaborate
Preparations for First
Game Wednesday.
ISLANDERS ARE TO OPPOSE
Mayors Of Four Cities VIII Partici-
pate in the Ceremonies at Park,
to Be Preceded by Parade.

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formal opening of the Three-Eye
league season in that city next Wed
nesday, when the Islanders will oppose
the Prodigals:
There never was q baseball season
uShered in with the amount of pomp
and circumstances and general hip
h1p-hurray business that Business
Manager James T. Hayes of the Pref
zels has outlined for Wednesday, when
the Pretzels meet the Islanders at the
| West End park In the beginning of the
long grind that will end only In the
| fall In his capacity of master of cere-
monies James T. has arranged a pro-
gram that will be fitting and that will
be attended by a concourse Of nota-
bles seldom seen in one Enclosure
One of the features will be the pres
ence of four mayors, Alfred G. Mueller
of Davenport, George Washington Nc
CasIrin of Rock Island, Andrew Olson
of Moline and w. o. Calvert of Betten-
dorf.
Mayor on Battery.
Mayor Mueller besides making the
inaugural address for the season will
binary baseball player at that. En-
gagement extraordinary! George
Wash. McCaskrin will don pad and
mask and lay aside his duties as
mayor of the lesser municipality of
Rock Island for the nonce and act as
the receiver. Of it is a high ball that
Mueller delivers. George is betting
two to one he cages it,
It is possible that McCaskrin can
also be persuaded to say few remarks
to the assembled fans and fanettes.
Among the baseball notables present
will be NJ H. Sexton, president of the
National Association of Minor Leagues,
and Belden Hill. the father of the
1hree-Eye league.
The booster spirit will be represent
ed by George T. Baker, president of
the Commercial club, and E P. Adler,
the president of the Greater Daven-
port Committee of Thirty, with other
prominent men in the business and
professional life of the city.
Tenth Anniversary.
The particular occasion for the
muchness of the celebration enlanates
from the fact that this is the 10th an
niversary of the opening game first
played in the league in 1901. During
the coming season the Three-Eye,
which has outlived all the contempt
rary organizations of its class in the
middle west, will enter upon the final
year in the first decade of its existence.
During these 10 good years that end
with the present season the Three-Eye
h. ffa "a ~ writ
and dispensers of gloom that fore
tolled it's downfall and it is but meet
there should be some observance of
the fact.
To Break Attendance Record.
This is also the first time in the
history of the organization that Daven-
port and Rock Island opened the sea
son together in this city. 1t is pur-
posed through this fact to make this
opening day unsurpassed in the annals
of the Three-Eye league. 1t is hoped
to have a record breaking attendance
for an opening, day in the league. If
Davenport and ROCK Island pull to-
gether they can do So The trfcities
can pull off anything they start with
any possible chance ahead of them, |
and it is purposed to make the opening
of the season in this vicinity some |
thing that will go down in the history
told of the Three-Eye league. Now
that the boosting spirit is in the air
there is no question that. if the wealth |
er is propitious, the hopes of the man. |
agement of the two clubs will be real |
lied Invitations were sent out yes |
terday for the big doings.
Program of the Day.
The details of the festivities are: |
Gathering of the participants in the |
parade, including all bugs and bugettes
in automobiles and other vehicles will
ing to join in, at the Commercial club /
in time to join in the line of march
to begin to move promptly at 2:3O p.
m. Order of parade:
Platoon of police.
Strausser's band
Carriage No. Mayor Alfred Muel-
Ter of Davenport, Mayor George w.
McCasErin of Rock Island, Mayor An
drew Olson of Moline, Mayor w. o.
Calvert of Bettendorf.
Carriage No. George T. Baker,
president of the Commercial club; E.
P. Adler, president of Committee of
Thirty; w. P Bettendorf, president
Bettendorf Axle company; ]. F. Porter,
president Tri-City Railway & Light
Carriage No. president Dick R.
Lane of the Davenport club, President
Warren H. Reck of the Rock Island
club, President A. S. Lawrence of the
club. President W. T. Cakes
of the Clinton club.
Carriage No. An. H. Sexton, presi-
dent of the National Association of
Minor Leagues; Belden HILL father
Of the Three-Eye league; w. M. Cham
berlin. vice president of Davenport
club; E. NJ. Sharon, director in Daven-
port club.
Carriage No. 5 - Tri-city sport
writer's.
Carriage No 6-The Davenport
Baseball club directors: Business
Manager ]. T. Hayes, W. H. Harrison,