Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1892-09-28
M'CAULL'SM METHODS
The Peoria journal Continues
to-Pursue Onion Bill.
THE ERsTWHILE II. LEAGUE sECY.

An Explanation Demanded az to the Where
abouts of 81, 900 of League Moneys--Base
Ball Law on the Subject-Facts and Mis-
takes.
suit of Onion Bill McCaull, erstwhile Sec
rotary and treasurer OF the IL. league.
1t says in Its issue of Moncay evening:
Although many inquiries are being
made relative to the finarcial sffairs of
the defunct Iowa Illinois base ball league
no answer came from W. 8. McCaull,
the erstwhiIe secretary and treasurer of
that grand aggregation of base ball mat
tiers. That the matter is attracting some
attention outside of Peoria the follow-
ing, which is from the Rock Island AR
GUS. OF the 18th, is submitted:
The Peoria Journal is making an
an interrogatory investigation Of
the aft airs Of the late lamented Illinois
Iowa base ball league. and has come to the
conclusion that sometime is wrong with
ex Secretary Bill McCaull's financiering.
1t is only necessary to state that thus
far Treasurer McCaull, alias Onion Bill,
has maintained rigid silence in the mat
ter, vouchsafing no information relative
to the $4, 600, which come into his poss-
ession as treasurer of the league. When
he was i'll Peoria, early in the season the
time the PeoTis suckers were about to
take the hook, he was asked where the
league kept the guarantee fund. AMI to
this question he answered. truthfully,
where it will be safe McCaull re-
ceived from the Peoria organ'z alton
besides the $l25 which went
toward his modest salary of 81 600 a
certificate of deposit for $500. With
this in his Jeans he set sail for Joliet or
Aurora, and that was about the last seen
of him TIL he returned to Peoria,
with Sanger S'eel of Joliet and srbItrsr-
lily took the Peoria team. bag and bag
gage to Aurora, where he had opened up
Jim crow store for the sale of base ball
goods. etc. Scarcely had be left Peo-
ia before the certificate Of depo sit was
sent back for redemption, it having been
| cashed In Chicago. and this before the
season was fairly commenced. Relative
to the matter and disposition of the
guarantee fund tine following which is
from the constitution of the IL. league
fully explains:
(2). Every league club shall on or be-
fore the first day of April each year de-
liver unto the treasurer Of the league ss
trustee for the other league clubs an ap.
proved certified check in the sum OF a ve
hundred ($5cO) dollars, the same to be
deposited within the Illinois Trust and
Savings bank OF Chicago. and there held
as guarantee that the giver will remain
a mem Der of this league until the close of
that season, paving all dues. fines and
assessments and playing all gsmes as pei
schedule. In case Of forfeiture of fran
chise by any club the check given by tina,
ri frh no he tod int ha
of the league. Every club that remains
in good standing until the close o: the
season shall have their guarantee check
returned unto them) as amended Jan
usry. 1892
The facts OF the case are that soon at
ter the league was formed, or pretended
to have been formed, there was an sp-
parent effort on the part Of McCaull &c
dismember it. and this he fully accom-.
plished, when he took the Peoria club to
Aurora, and by disregarding the orders Of
President Mckee and other officers of The
league The three clubs that remained
members of the league till it turned uE
its toes. are in the same boat with those
that did not SO remain, SO far as the
guarantee fund is concerned, for not one
dollar of :heir msney has been returned
to them.
While the Journal is, correct in many
of its conjectures, especially that Nc
Caull more than anyone else caused the
disruption of the league as it originally
existed. it is in error as to the return OF
the guarantee money. Rock Island Mo
line, Rockford and Jacksonville received
all that was due them. and the worst of i,
is that Joliet, which was not entitled &c
it. probably did also.
Amusements.