Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1916-04-29
ISLANDERS Open
ATHOME MONDAY
With PLOW BOYS
Rig Parade. Music and Speechmakng
Arranged in Way Of Festivities for
the Initial Tilt.
GAME TO START AT $50 SHARP
Over Sixty Auto Owners to Participate
in Procession and Advance Sale of
Tickets Is Heavy.

Facts on Opening Game.
Moline VS.. Rock Island.
Piace-sland City park.
Time-S::30 sharp.
General admissions cents.
Rival lfneups:
Rock Island-Wotfe, If: Erlewein.
Oh; Biltz, cf Clayton, IF; Stocker, 3b;
Lister, 1b; Sargent, SIS; Munich. C;
Marks, p
Moline-Falk, SIS; White, Sd; Petit
grew, CT; Davis, IF; Hughes, 2b;
Moore, II; Staley, ID; Dobbins, c, Sell
by or Filler. p.
The Rock Island Baseball associa-
ton is out to surpass its neighbors in
the way of festivities for the opening
of the Three Eye season in this city
Monday The committee in charge of
the program, Otto SeidlitZ and L. L.
Hance. has met with much success so
far and if fair weather prevails it is
expected that a new attendance mark
will be set for the year The usual
automobile parade and speeChmaking
will be held before the game, and up
until last evening more than sixty auto
owners had signed up to furnish cars
in the procession.
Auto owners who wish their cars
decorated have been asked by the
committee to go to the square at the
central fire station Monday morning.
Those wishing to enter cars in the
parade before Monday morning are
asked to communicate with members
of the committee. Howard Klove or
Oscar Lift. Stroehle's band OF "a
pieces Will furnish the music for the
occasion The band will be mounted
on a truck for the parade and later
discourse music between innings at
the Island City lot
A squad of police in autos will head
the parade followed by several cars
filled with wives of the ball players
and fanettes Next will come the band
the players of the Rock Island and Mo-
line teams, city and county officials
and officials of the ball club and last
but not least, the fans themselves. All
that is needed to make the event COM
plete is a little cooperation on the part
of the weather man.
Parade to Start at |.
The parade is scheduled to start
promptly at l o'clock from Seven
teenth street and Fourth avenue. The
parade will proceed to Moline via the
main route, when the Moline players
and officials will be picked up. Re
turning to this city the line of march
will be north on Twentieth street to
Third avenue. west to Fifteenth street
north to Second avenue, east to Nine
teenth street, south to Fourth avenue
east to Twentieth, north TO Second
west on Second avenue to Eleventh
street, south to Eighteenth avenue and
TO the grounds
Mayor to Toss First Ball.
At the Island City park, the ball
players and officials will parade from
the clubhouse to the fagpole. Old
Glory will be raised and then the
marchers win proceed to the field
in front of the grandstand Short
talks of appropriate nature will be
made by Mayor William McConochie
and States Attorney Floyd z. Thomp-
son. The first ball will be pitched by
Mayor McConochie and caught by
Mayor Carlson of Moline
The batch of 81 grand stand and
box seats, $50 in number, which was
placed on sale in advance, is nearly
sold. and those wishing to secure then
must act at once. The tickets can be
secured al most any downtown bust
ness house.
The following auto owners hac
signed TO enter the parade up unit
this morning. Is your name in the
list?
Hansen Auto company.
Carpenter E. Donaldson.
Noack Motor company.
Albert Schmidt.
Byron Lukens.
Abe Goldberg
Paige Auto company.
ii. {. LucnmanD.
A. ". Billburg.
Simon Lewis
Louis Muemann two cars)
A Nolinskey.
Oscar Lift
Hunt Auto company
Don Sales company.
Yeggy Sales company.
Pat Cpllom
Totten Auto company.
+. Saiyard.
Peter Johnson