Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1904-10-12
ROCKFORD FIGHTS
League to Rescind
Action.
HOLLAND AGAIN PRESIDENT
Franchise is Voted to Peoria-The
Pennant is Awarded to
Springfield.

Peoria was made member of the
Three Eye Baseball league at the an
nual meeting of the directors yester-
day at Springfield to succeed Rock
ford This action brought a wall of
protest from Rockford and il is prob
able that injunction proceedings will
be commenced at once to compel the
league to rescind its action and TO
recognize Rockford. Rockford was
thrown out on the ground of failure to
support the visiting teams. 1t is al
| legged that the action of the board was
illegal ON the ground that the Rockford
franchise was for five years and will
not expire for three years. The direc-
5ors of the Rockford club claim they
have met all obligations. and for this
reason the matter will be taken into
court
Old Officers Reelected.
The Old officers were reelected as
! follows: President, Edward Holland
| of Bloomington; vice president. James
| +. Hayes of Davenport. The pres
| ident also acts as secretary and treas
urer.. 1t was voted to allow each club
5000 from the sinking fund of the
! league, leaving So 500 in the treasury.
| The league was never in better condi-
| ton.
Springfield won the pennant. led in
the matter of paid admissions and
! made more money than any other club.
The annual league banquet was held
| last night at the Leland hotel. at
| which time the cup was formally pre-
scented to Springfield. The schedule
will be arranged at meeting to be
held Jan. l in Chicago.
Ore-Eighth Reserve Fund.
| 1t was voted to return to Rockford
One-eighth of the reserve fund now
| n the league treasury. This eighth
amounts to $703.50. This Peoria will
be required 10 make good and in ad
dition it must deposit the regular $3.50
guarantee.
| Il don't see where the league is GO
ing to benefit by dropping sure thing
and taking up with a gutter" said
A a Fonda. one of the Rockford
delegates Rockford has remained in
the league as long as any town. We
have had our ups and downs like every
other town. and just as every other
town will have. We can't all win pen
Inants every year. Some town must
be at the tail end We had the pen
lnant two years ago and no one raised
any fuss about the attendance. No
matter what the attendance has been,
whenever the clubs came to Rockford
they found a team there TO play. There
was never any question of our being
on hand when the game was called.
We have paid our guarantees. paid
! our salaries and our expenses and our
percents to the association. We have
the money to stay through another
year and this league knows that we
will stick. Peoria has never played
through season.
I Notwithstanding the doubtful repu-
, tation that Peoria has in baseball his
tory. the representatives of Al Leiry,
, the big brewer. William Meidroth and
Arthur Lehman. all wealthy and re-
sponsible men. have been sufficient to
convince the league directors that Peo-
ria not only has honorable intentions,
but will stick to any agreement that
may be asked by the association.
I'VE don't care if We lose $4,000
the first year" said Mr.. Meidroth yes
terday morning. Peoria wants a
franchise in the Three-Eye league and
J is willing to pay for it,
Those Present ut Meeting.
The following is a complete list of
those present from the cities of the
league and Peoria:
81 Rockford-A. V. Owens. a. A. Fonda,
L. T. O'Connor and Roscoe Chapman.
Cedar Rapids-Belden Hill and F. E.
! Pirkel
! Dubuque - R. Lindsey and w. c.
\ Kelley
Davenport-James Hayes.
: Observation-Disclosures Holland. pres
4 ident of the league; Arthur Thumbler
\ secretary: d. A Greed. Charles Miller
s Charles Lender. William Kalaber and
; Ray Holcomb
To- Decatur Herman Miller. Wilson
Biering and l. II. Mcfarland.
Rock Island-M. H. Sexton and T
F. La Vene.
Springfield-C. X Minary, II. L
Jones. Richard Sullivan. Richard Kin
sella. W. L. Conkling and Frank Don
nelly.
l. Peoria-William Meidroth. Al Leisy
X Arthur Lehman and Hugh Nicol.
X Receipts for season.
!. President Holland read the report o
X the finances of the league. \ tabl,
2 was presented showing the total at
< tendance and receipts on each clul
!. grounds and the amount Of EiCney eacl
!. club received from each other club.
l. The total receipts and attendance il
5 each city were as follows
Attendance Receipts