Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1906-09-06
Three>Eye League Representa-
tivss Bring Peoria Ball
Player to Time.
GEORGE HUGHES SUSPENDED
For Giving Out sIanderous Statement
Concerning Hill and Umpire
Buelow Suspected.

city probably understand since the
meeting of the league yesterday in Pc
oria that they are but one club in eight
and that their large attendance cuts
no figure with their associates. The
playing members of the club will also
| be "leery" of giving interviews to news
papers hereafter where they involve
SANDER of the league. its representa-
tives or the manager of another club.
NJ. H. Sexton returned today from
Peoria, where he attended the special
meeting called by President Holland
for the purpose of investigating the
charges and learn who was guilty
lof the accusation that Manager
Belden Hill of Cedar Rapids and Um-
tpire O'Connell were guilty of tipping
ION signs in the late Cedar Rapids-Peo-
ria series.
| Met Mt Hotel.
President Holland called the meeting
| to order at IL o'clock at the Hotel
Fey, and the entire day and evening
twere spent In reaching the desired in
formation as to the source of the SIAN
ders upon the league and Manager
Belden Hill All the clubs were repre-
scented except Springfield, and the vote
throughout the day stood 6 to l for
thorough investigation. The various
clubs were represented in the meeting
as follows: Rock Island, NJ. H. Sex
ton; Decatur, William Boring; Bloom
ington, Messrs Miller and Holcome;
Dubuque. James Agnew; Cedar Rap
ids, Belden Hill and Messrs. Perkel and
Long; Peoria, William Meidroth, A.
Leon, A. Leisy and James Finley;
Davenport, Dan B. Horne and James t.
Hayes. The Springfield team being in
Peoria, having finished series of
games there, it was sought to have
Manager Donnelly represent the club,
but the league objected to a playing
manager voting on the question of the
conduct of another player The league
also adopted a resolution ordering Bue-
low, Hughes and Thiery of the Peoria
team, who were under suspicion, to
remain within call of the meeting, and
reserved the right to call off the Peo-
ria-Decatur game in progress there at
any moment if the testimony of other
players was needed. The league learn
ed early in its session of the identity
of a reporter of the Peoria Journal, to
whom the Peoria players had given
out the sianderous statement, and he
was willing to divulge the names fur
nished provided he could do so in con-
formity with the ethics of journalism
and protect the source of information
on matters of publication. A commit
tee was then appointed to interview
the editors of Peoria papers and gain
their consent to divulging the facts de-
sired Editor Pindell of the Journal
received the committee courteously.
but informed the committee that the
matter had been placed in the hands
of the papers attorney, Frank Quinn.
ed at the idea of the seriousness of the
charge.
Sent Attorney.
In the afternoon session, Attorney
Quinn appeared before the league in
behalf of the Journal and stated that
it was being placed on trial before the
league NJ H. Sexton led in the argu-
ment, and thought that Mr. Quinn had
misapprehension of the situation;
its dignity and honor, and had a right
to learn the names of players who had
made the charges affecting the charac-
ter of the league management and the
Cedar Rapids teams management.
Manager Hill felt that he had a right
of one of two things: either vindica-
ton or permanent blacklisting from the
game.
The league examined in turn Players
Buelow, Thiery, and Hughes. Upon
his testimony, Thiery exonerated him
self. but the evidence of neither Bue-
low nor Hughes was satisfactory.
A resolution was adopted indicating
both Manager Hill and Umpire O'Con-
nell and expressing confidence in both,
but the league was still insistent upon
reaching the Peoria players guilty of
the SANDER, and Mr. Sexton in this
connection took occasion to say that
for himself and the others of the
league, there had been no desire to
expel Peoria from the league, but an
appeal to the Peoria management to
join in unfolding the integrity of decent
players and the league in general by
publishing IHOSS players VIM Hdu CIV
en- expression to false and libelous
statements. The other club represent
atiyes endorsed Mr.. Sections ideas, but
the conciliatory disposition of the board
did not move the management
Of the Peoria club and finally when the
Star came out belittling the meeting.
and ridiculing it's provinces in the |
premises, the temper of the meeting !
and Mr.. Sections declaration |
that if such a newspaper attitude re-
fected the spirit of Peoria, he was
ready to pass a resolution favoring |
he leagues withdrawal from Peoria |
territory or make the club in that city |
sustain the league in its determine
lion to promote the standard of the |
game rather than protect players