Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1907-07-11
CRYING FOR HELP
Dubuque Asks President HoI-
land of Three-Eye to Ex-
tend Relief.
A CHANGE NOW NECESSARY
Davenport Believed to be Best Adapt
ed as Home for Tail Enders for
Balance of Season.

simultaneously with the calling q
the attention of President Holland by
The Argus of the Three-Eye
league to conditions at Du.
buque yesterday a cry for help went
out from that place. The executive :,
once went to the distressed city to Sc
what could be done.
According to reports from Dubuqut
it is the intention of Mr.. Holland 70
endeavor to get others than the pres
ent baseball hackers interested and if
this is impossible the team will be
placed in another city. A movemen,
has already been begun TO take taa
team to Danville and Moline has been
mentioned in some quarters as a pos
sible league town. President Mathc.
| is quoted as saying that anybody who
wants the franchise could have il
free of cost, and the team TO boot.
Past experience shows that there i
little use of temporizing with Du-
buque. The town was never in rece'u
| N'SlS ltdllN tlANt ~ bdSNDdll- w men
the team was winning the support wac
miserable and this season the direc
tors. knowing that Il high priced team
would not be Il winner tried their Iucf
with a cheap one and the result ha<
been the sorriest spectacle ever pre-
scented by Three-Eye league town
Dubuque has been tried from ever,
standpoint and is a failure.
Danvilc is at the wrong end of tn,
circuit and it would be practically in,
possible to play out the schedula
should that city take the team. Moline
hasnU park and is not yet Il good baseball
town. as was demonstrated last yeal
when it failed TO furnish half the sup
port for a winning Independent team.
Rockford has been a good baseball
town and has had a rest that may have
rendered it ripe for more of the ma
tional game.
Davenport still Open.
But from Rock Islands standpoint
Davenport is still the best available
city in the territory of the Three-Eye
The league viii have to carry the
team Inc Btldiit III 4tlt -t'iSOi. W llt''
ever it is placed and it is believed thai
there is no set of fans VINO will sup
port the Dubuque bunch better than
those across the river Let the leagu
take over the park which is already
in condition for use, transfer the home
Dubuque games there and there is nt
questiOn that the attendance would be
canal a thot Of Of
other cities in the circuit and vastly
better than that at Dubuque o.
course il would be necessary /,
strengthen the team and this could be
done in accordance with the suggestion
of The Argus yesterday that each o.
the other teams give one good man T.
aid in the reorganization. Ii the az
gregation made a creditable shown.
it is morally certain that at the end o
the season Davenport would be aga.
ready to take its place permanently II
the league.
Swain Deal i'm Way.
Secretary James Agnew of the Du
buque association when communicate,
with by phone today said that the-'
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outsiders will now be given an oppOr
tunity to take the team if they want to
However. the present officers are will
ing that the franchise should ge 10 an
other town. Davenport and Moln,
have already put in applications for tn,
place and are doing some tall hustlmg
President Holland left Dubuque thi!
morning for the tri-citics but late thi.
afternoon could not be located here.
Apparently the Dubuque association
is willing to hold on a few days in or
der to complete a deal for Al Swain
the pitcher, over whose possession {
controversy has arisen. When Di
buque set price of $3.50 on the playe,
to the Atlanta management the tela
ISraph company mixed things up an
the message as received read $3.50. At
lanta accepted at this figure but faile-
TO honor the draft for $3.50 which Du
buque drew. Swain has been protest
ed and taken out of the game. Puebl.
in the Western league wants him an
several other offers have been made
Unless this matter is settled before thu