Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1906-02-12
PUT A MUzzLE ON
Bloomington Dope Artists Med
ding Has Become Menace
to Three Eye.
CAUSE OF SCHEDULE TANGLl
Trying to Secure Getting
at Peoria Should Sit Down
on Him.

This morning NJ. II. Sexton, presi
dent of the Rock Island Base Bali as
ISOLATION received the following tele
gram dated at Dubuque:
is decision to withdraw from league
schedule placing you with Davenport
n western division final?
TELEG
Mr.. Sections reply was:
Whose decision, yours or Blooming
on dope artists? NJ. II. SEXTON
Later it was learned that Manager
Iayes, of Davenport, had received the
,ame query and had replied, Never
heard of such a decision
There you are. The ubiquitous. in
ruding newspaper correspondent
igain. Constantly working to star
rupture or to aggravate one after i
.as been made in order to make bust
less
Nothing To II.
Nobody in Rock Island or Davenport
II an official capacity has said any
hing about quitting the league Base
BALL men of the two cities are no.!
children. They have been through the
mill and survived. They are not trying
break up the league and serious a.
the handicap that the dope artist is
'rying to place upon them they will
stay till all fall together. if anyone
must fall. The national game is too
deeply rooted here TO be blown over
by any wind that the correspondent
has yet raised or seems likely to be
able to raise.
But nevertheless, misleading. win
dictive reports of Three Eye happen
ngs do constitute menace to the per
nancncy of the ThrCe-Eye organiza
ion They have already done much
raIm and are chiefly responsible for
his schedule tangle.
In the first place, discomfort was
'ostCred last year from this source be
.ause Mr.. Sexton had drawn up the
chcdulc. 1t did not matter that it
vas submitted in open competition
nd there was no undue influence cX-
'rtcd to secure its acceptance. Under
: the league lad the most successful
ear of any thus far. 1t was in reality
l fine piece of work
wcrc>In Same Division.
Contrary TO the declarations of cor
respondents, Rock Island and Davcn-
port were last year placed in the same
iivision, being paired. All this cacklc
lbout a change in the fundamental
lian being demanded is rot. The only
saving in mileage in the schedules sub
mitted this year. which has likewise
been exaggerated from something over
5000 to 1000, has been effected by
having Rock Island and Davenport
play at home on the same dates. This.
as those who are pushing the present
No. l schedule know, would be con-
trary 10 the best interests Of the
league But the Bloomington CORE
spondcnt has demanded change, has
convinced some of the clubs
hat they want one, and this is the only
one that it is possible to make. II
would not appear graceful for the
correspondent or this
years schedule maker to be identical,
% acknowledge failure after all that
has been said. The only alternative is
o force the adoption of one of the pro
iucts evolved and this failing to stir
Up row and get out of sight in the
esulting cloud of dust This also
makes news that the big papers will
axe.
Mr.. Holland MisinfOrmed.
There is the best of reason to think
hat President Holland has himself
)esn to a certain degree deceived by
he Bloomington correspondent. He is