The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1906-06-24

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Burlington, Iowa, Junee 23.-The
first complete round of the Iowa league
season has been finished and the teams
have started on. the second, with the
southern clubs playing in the northern
shows fairly satisfactory condition of
things. The most unsatisfactory fea-
taye Of late has been the falling off in
attendance in some of the cities.
atln number of places the daily at
tendance hardly has averaged $50 paid
admissions, while the Sunday crowds
run about 800 or 400. Another bad
feature is the snarl into which the
Waterloo club has been put by the
William Ewald and Vice President P.
u Martin has / resigned and Fred
Sporle, who was elected to the presi-
dency to fill Ewand's place, refuses to
accept the position. ',..-...
n No one seems to want to assume the
responsibility Of the head of the asso-
citation, and Fred Westhoff, the new
vice president, has taken hold and will
attempt to- straighten out the matters.
i Waterloo Treasury Short.
THE club Is short Of funds, and the
players have not been paid in full, and
several Of them are threatening to de-
1nand their release in case the salaries
are not paid soon. Manager Anklan
has promised them that they will be
paid in full the coming week after the
heme series begin. Things look SER
ious, however, and it is possible that
that the league will see change in the
personnel of it's teams before long. :,
#{Clinton is knocking at the door Of
the league and will gladly take up the
fra chise Of any club that may wish to
quit. It is, an excellent baseball town,
and now supports one Of the best indie
pendent clubs in the state. It has
been seeking to buy the Boone fran
chise. The Boone management has
offered to sell for $4,000, but the deal
has not yet been closed.
Elf 1T, should fall thru and Waterloo
ter franchise. In case Boone sold out
to. Clinton and Waterloo failed, another
city would have to be taken in.
Quincy, Ill.,, has long been considered a
position, while Muscatine is also on 1he
waiting list, and would gladly come in.
& Egan Charges Groundless.
Some Iowa papers, especially at
Marsha1ltown, are stiff accusing Man.
ager Egan Of the Burlington team of
3.
has ever been proved against him. ana
the onl y trouble seems to be that he
has a team that is attending to bust.
ness and winning games. All along the
attempt has been to show that Egan
has secured his players in some illegal
manner, and is paying more than the
league limit permits. y
@Hls playing contracts have all been
audited tee and passed as satisfactory by
ne proper authorities, and, there IS
nothing to show that Egan is not with.
in the salary limit. The latest charge
1s that Egan is evading the salary
limit rule by paying himself no salary
as manager and adding the amount to
the salaries + of his layers, thus en-:
aiding him to pay higher prices fo,
leen and still les!e-usit li> IL l:-..:t
&c charge is considered absurd BY tie
harrington. fans. The law of the
laRgueS limits the salaries to "a total 81
s. 100 per month, including the pay OF