Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1906-08-29
Peoria's lnsinuations Against the
Three>Eye Reach Serious
Phase,
LIKE CASE OF BILL KREIG
Calling Down May Be Necessary =
President Sexton Talks of Sus-
pension of Hughes.

to Gust that city from the Three Eye
| league after beating it out of the pen
nant, such move may in fact be start
ed. Some of his statements remind
one very much of those of one Bill
Kreig of Terre Haute. who was sat
down upon in no uncertain way in the
early history of the organization after
he had impugned the honesty of GER
/ tain of its members.
/ Makes Formal Charges.
The Peoria Journal makes the fol-
lowing evidently inspired charges:
"At least five of the cities of the
league have formed a combination to
defeat Peoria out of even a possibility
of winning the pennant.
Five distinct and separate manage
ments of the league have joined togeth-
er for the purpose of giving Cedar
Rapids the flag. by means fair or foul
"Details of the conspiracy are as
follows:
Games to be played by Cedar Rap
ids in other cities. namely, Rock Is
land, Davenport, and Dubuque, have
been transferred to that city, thus Civ
ing them practically an absolute GER
tainty of Is consecutive victories.
Letters have been written to all
managers of teams Peoria is to play,
advising them to protest any and all
games in which Ed Hughes works. and
in which they are further instructed
to prevent a possible loss. no matter
what the cost, even to protesting be-
cause of an excessive salary limit.
These are but a matter of news, as
was the presence of President Holland
and other Three-Eye magnates at Ce-
dar Rapids during the series just clos
ed, and at which it is understood poll
tics concerning the possible head of
the league for next year and the rules
TO govern were considered
Quotes President NeidrOth.
President Meidroth is quoted as fol
lows:
What would be do if the majority
decree that we stick by the $1,000 rule?
Well. they would have to count us out,
for Peoria would not patronize the
class of baseball it would furnish, nor
would / father such an aggregation as
it would be.
'One thing l do not relish. and that
Is CAlO SSIiSLIiuo, pStIy Jealousy VI the
league members. as evidenced in their
actions just now. Peoria is satisfied
with the Three-Eye league, but they
want honest sport, win or lose, and
when the time comes that we cannot
have this We will quit. Just as l said
before, if we are distasteful to the re-
manning members of the league, we
are ready to step down and out. Peoria
would be far better without baseball at
all if the games cannot be conducted
squarely.
eff Peoria is distasteful to the other
cities of the Three-Eye league, all they
have to do is to mail me a check for
an amount covering our proportion of
the reserve fund and we will with
draw from its membership. Peoria got
along before it ever heard of the
and it will live and be in
a major league long after some of the |
others have ceased to be a member of |
any organization
Mr.. sexton Talks.
Inasmuch as Rock Island seems to |
be aimed at. especially in connection |
with the protests on games participat-
Is announced elsewhere, NJ. H. Sexton |
was interviewed today and made the |
statement:
ct is the undisputed right of any |
ball club to challenge a player that is |
under a cloud. Hughes was purchased |
by the Boston Americans and finished |
last season with them. The natural |
inference is that he is under contract |
TO them this year. for he was certainly |
by them, or rendered con-
ract, which amounts to the same |
hing. The fact that he was with the
outlaw league is not
disputed by anybody and he could not
Join the outlaws with the consent of
Boston or any other league club. Con-
he became ineligible when
ne joined the outlaws, by his own act.
he could not play with any
ball club after that without the con-
sent of the national commission, re
CARELESS of what Boston might say
'If he jumped a Boston contract and
Boston failed to report him for that
lct they became liable to a penalty
md the penalty will be imposed if the
acts become known as we understand
hem. The fact that Boston did not
eport him does not excuse him for
hat act. This is a matter of principle
,nly. and not a question of what club
hughes has defeated or played against
I'll the players in. the league know the
surrounding the case
nd if Hughes was allowed to get
way with 1t II would have bad eff
ect on the league and the players
Grounds for Protest.
Hughes participated in two games of
he last series of Peoria here to the
xtent of running bases for other play
RS. This would be grounds for pro-
est but Mr.. Sexton declined to state
whether one would be made.