The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1922-02-02
GRID TEAMS tn
HAVE VOICE IN
OWN SCHEDULES
Final Action of Leagues Conn.
tee win Follow Suggestion,
of Games.
BY ]. l. HUGHES

BY ]. l. HUGHES.
While final voice in the matt
of 1922 football schedules Of men
bers of the American Footb.u
league will rest with league ofaci.l.
or the committee to which the n,u
er will be delegated. the wishes .,
the various clubs will be follov.s
insofar as possible, according ).
Walter Flanagan, manager OF tha
Rock Island Independents
Arbitration ana suggestion v5u
play important roles in frarnin-
the season to the satisfaction -
each member. The managers viii
send in suggestions as 10 wbics
team or teams they would nref.,
playing, where and when, and fror,
these every effort will be made t1
satisfy. OF course it is almost cs,.
tain bitches will occur here ana
there but in the main it is believes
the professional game on a HE
time scale will thrive as never ba,
fore.
AT the recent meeting at CautoD
when this subject received thor.
ough consideration and the mem
bers agreed to abide by the system
it was pointed out that eastern
teams can be pitted against east
ern teams and the west against the
west in the early weeks of the sea
son, leaving the windup open for
intersectional clashes by which the
champion could be determined
more satisfactorily. In cases, how
ever, where an eastern and west
ern club jointly request a date in
October, the schedule COMMITTEES
will comply Rock Island and But
falo might be mentioned in this re-
spect- Tommy Hughitt, quarter
back of the Buffalo AlI-Americans
last year, who represented his team
at the league, suggested to F1ali-
gan that the Independents bring
the Buffalos to Rock Island the sec
ond Sunday in October and Walter
expressed a desire to do so. Id
such an event an inter-sectioHal
clash of this flavor may be an earl5
season treat. providing Of courss
both clubs feel the same when tims
comes for drawing up the schedI
ules.
1t is proposed to adopt the point
system of deciding the superi0Tiig
of one club over another in cases
where teams meet twice in sea-
son, or where they meet cOmmOn
opponents and fail TO meet each
other. For instance, Buffalo defeat
ed the Staleys, 7 to 8. in their frsI
game last fall, but lost to the sal
legs 10 TO Z, the second time. Ol
point system basis the StaleY'
would be rated higher because OF
their margin of two points. A
teams total points for the season
of course, could not be considered
in proclaiming the champion but IN
Rock Island makes a better record
against certain opponents than a
team it didn't meet, the local club
would be rated higher, proYldinsI
games won and lost were equal
In the matter of i uniform guaT-I
antee, it is proposed to make thsI
visiting team share a portion OF tls
chance involved in staging The
game by obliging the home club %
pay only a certain percentage e.
the victors' payroll Payrolls, Of
course. are to be the same for eacA
club. While the problem Of guar
antees is yet to be worked out Il =
likely the amount will be exclusive
of expenses for the travelling team
1t was not without consldersDis
argument that all clubs were InAuo
to see the advantage of naming d
salary limit of sane proporIlonS'
Some of the eastern managers con
tended a team could not be put ID
the field at the figure suggested Dus
Flanagan pointed out he producer
a team in 1919 for $500 which os-
cisiveIy laced the Akron Indians d
high-priced organization. II 1t De-
comes a question with player y.
accepting what he is offered OF nO'
plaving the fabulous figures for ih-
diyidual stars will rapidly dWlna'1
The limit will probably be $I'7up'