Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1918-02-05
WOMAN FANS TO
HAVE DAY 4 WEEK
Weeghman Decides on Free Gate DE
posite National League Mag.
Mates Ruling.
MUST FOLLOW SUIT OF sOx
President Is Strong for Presence Of
Fair Sex-Says 1t Adds to
Appearance.

Chicago, Feb. 5-There will be bar
gain days for the women fans on the
Norht Side the same as usual next
year This will come to pass despite
the edict of the unsentimental and
ungallant National League which
voted at the annual meeting in Decem-
Der that there should be no ladies
DAYS at baseball parks during the
coming season.
Now President Weeghman of the
f! Cubs is strong for the women fans.
He thinks that the presence OF the
fair sex lends eclat to the daily ap-
pearance of his Bruins and as reci-
procity is his middle name he is
anxious to return the favor by MAX
! ing one day free to the female OF the
species.
| Besides the sentimental angle there
are some potent business reasons why
he should fly in the face of the edict
of the National League obstruction
committee composed of Garry Herr
mann of Cincinnati, Charles Hercules
Ebbets of Brooklyn and Barney Drey-
fuss of Pittsburgh.
President Comiskey of the White
Sox was the first one to pull bargain
day for the women. He forced the
| West Side club to do the same thing,
and when it discontinued the practice
for a spell the owners discovered it to
be a losing venture, and that is the
reason why Weeghman is advocating
one free day out of seven.
| Brooklyn, Pittsburgh and Cincinnati
voted against the resolution for la
dies day Chicago. St. Louis, Boston,
Philadelphia and New York were for
it, but as it had to be unanimous the
motion failed. Now the boss of the
| Cubs has figured out way to circum-
vent the rule. Without furnishing too
much ammunition to the opposition it
might be mentioned that when certain
teams are here ladies will go through
the pass gate When other teams are
present they will have gate of their
own-that is, for ladies' day, which
will be either Tuesday or Friday.
May Change.
There is a possibility that Magnate
Ebbets may change his mind on the
proposition to compel women fans to
pay six days in the week, Sunday being
an off day, anyhow, in the Flatbush re-
gion of Brooklyn The women have
votes in the Empire state now. They
didn't last year. Some of the ladies
may exercise their new found suffrage
to the disadvantage of Ebbets' plan for
Sunday baseball.
Cincinnati is considered hopeless, as
the women in that state can only vote
once in four years. 1t is worse in
Pennsylvania and Barney can afford
to be defiant. In Illinois it is half and
half. Although not in enjoyment of
full suffrage, the women are strong
enough to make lot of trouble if they
should so elect, and it is wise politi
clan and magnate who can trim his
sails before the storm breaks, as, for
instance, baseball-less Sunday.
President Weeghman will renew his
fight at the spring meeting of the Ma
tional League next week for legal
ladies' day, but if he is turned down
for the 'steenth time it won't make
any difference to the fanettes They
have champion in Charles Henri,
and they will have day all to them
selves every week during the season,
and hang the expense.