Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1910-02-14
TICHERS' FIRST IS
WITH DAVENPORT
Opener of Season Has Rock Is
land on Other Side of River
in Boring Schedule.
NEW DRAFT is SUBMITTED
One Hundred and Forty Games in
1873 Days, Each Team Having
Three Swings of Circuit.

The Rock Island Baseball associa-
ton is in receipt of a draft of a sched-
ule for the Three-Eye league 1910 sea-
son, drafted by Wilson Boring of De-
catur, and on which the eight associa-
tons are to vote for adoption or re-
lection. The following letter from Mr..
Boring accompanies the draft:
Decatur, H., Feb. II. 191C.-Dear
Sir: There have been many requests
from different members of the league
that the schedule be submitted at once
without waiting for the fixing of the
race dates by the Great Western assO
citation. so therefore the accompanying
schedule is submitted. Possibly the
race dates will not interfere to a great
extent, and possibly if this schedule is
satisfactory TO every one it can Be
changed 50 as not to conflict with such
dates
Every member of the league re-
quested 40 games in 1877 days, and
six Of them 10 begin April Is. but
some did not like the idea of opening
the season on their home grounds on
Saturday, so 140game schedule was
drawn up in 13S days, beginning the
season April 81
Every team requested closing on
their home grounds, which, of course
was an impossibility. but in drawing
up the schedule the cities that had
openings on their home grounds clos
ed away from home
Change Holiday Arrangement.
"All but two OF the cities expressed
a preference for change in holiday
arrangement, preferring that different
teams be brought together on these
days instead of the same two teams
together for every holiday. as was
done heretofore, so this was done as
near as possible, considering that one
city has two holidays. Rock Island
and Davenport requested that they
play with other teams on holidays. as
hey were tired of being pitted togeth-
er on these days, and so this arrange
rient was made. except on one date.
All teams but one expressed a de- /
sire to play the schedule in three for
ign trips. even though it made the .
series longer on the home grounds. and /
% it was done that way You must re- /
member. however. that when you bring .
one division into the other division for /
series of IS games, some other cities !
who have had games on their grounds /
Just before or just after this swing. .
VIII find they must have a series of 20 /
~, SC
way TO have shorter series and play a |
14G-game schedule, and that is to play
/; in four trips
Only TWO Sleeper Rides.
All the jumps are possible, and in .
only TWO instances is a sleeper ride /
necessary. and that is in one trip from .
DanviIle to Waterloo, and from Du-
buQue to Springfield, and this last can
be avoided by staying over night in
Chicago. Other jumps are arranged so
that the teams being the farthest away
% 10 the nearest point
Almost all requests have been
granted except the following, which
seemed impossible:
"QD Peoria asks not to play on
their grounds for the first two weeks
in May This could not be done unless
the season was opened in the north
end. and this was against the policy
Of the league in the past The only
way this request can be granted would
be to open the season week later and
let Peoria play with several of the
other cities before opening on their
home grounds
"(2) Danvil1e requested games on
their home grounds between the goth
and Both of August This is almost an
impossibility, as the southern teams
must be sent up north about this time
for their last northern trip, and to
move them earlier would be to unbal-
ance your schedule, bringing too many
games of the home and-home series to-
gether.
Little Repeating.
Tn looking over the schedule you will
find that an effort has been made not
to repeat, i. O, one team play three
games in one city, and then right back
to its own city with the same team,
which has always been considered Il
great objection to any schedule. and
this has been avoided except in two
or three instances, where it was impos-
sible The Sundays and holidays seem