Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1908-11-12
NO REVOLT IN
The THREE-EYE
Springfield and Peoria Have Not
Started Movement to Enter
Central League.
IN HARMONY ON SALARIES
Overtures to Win Back American As
ISOLATION and Eastern League
Bid Fair to Succeed.

Chicago. Nov. 12.-(ArguS Specially
Reports that have been sent out to
the effect that Springfield and Peoria
have joined in revolt over the salary
limit in the. Three-Eye league and
opened negotiations to enter the Cen
trai league are abs )iutely without
foundation. Peoria is entirely in har-
mony with the legislation adopted at
the recent Chicago meeting and Dick
Kinsella, president of the Springfield
association, has been interviewed by
representatives of other cities during
the present meeting Of the National
Association of Minor Leagues and has
agreed to abide by the will of the ma
jority. Reports that he Intended con-
testing the legality of the $3.50 indi-
vidual salary limit are apparently base
less
Nothing directly Involving the
Three-Eye league has come up either
before the national association meet
ing or before the natioaa! board of ar
bitration.
May Come Back to Fold.
AOopNStS SlAC iOhog t'-N.I tlC <hLuSi
can association and the Eastern
league, both of which withdrew from
the meeting yesterday when their re-
quest TO be placed in a class by them
selves was voted down. will be brought
back into the councils u the minor
leaguers. Negotiations with this end
in view are being conducted with con-
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Resent Turn Down.
Chicago, Nov. 12.-The two leading
minor leagues, the American associa-
ton and Eastern leagGe, bolted the
meeting of the National association
at the Auditorium yesterday as soon
as their demands for special privileges
were voted down. The other 81
leagues represented in tie minor or
ganiZatioI went ahead and practically
| finished the business on hand, but adj
journed until this morning to give the
boilers chance to come back.
This breach is believed to De per-
manent and means the termination of
the conditions which have governed
organized baseball for ever five years.
Whether the outcome VIII be a modi-
| fication of the existing national agree
ment or the formation CT an outlaw
organization by the Two boiling cir
cults depends on the handling of the
delicate situation.
Next Meeting mt Memphis.
The loyals resumed their meeting
| a. RI N hn of hn IL
held forth in the Annex. Aside from
choosing Memphis as the place foI
the next annual meeting the minors
had little to do. 1t was announced
the OUTLAW California State league
was willing to come into the rank.
of organized baseball and that Presi
dents Johnson of the American league
and Puliiam of the National had
/ agreed to go to California to conduc
lpeace arrangements. President Ewing
of the San Francisco cluD was author
lied to act with them With power tC
bind the minor leagues to an agree
ment
Il Eight Clubs in Western.
While war clouds we're hoverinE
lover the region of Michigan avenue
and Congress street. President Norris
lO'Neill of the Western league cor
rallied the clubowners of his circui
and chased them over to the Crane
PScifis for their annual fall meeting
There was all peace AMI harmony.
j The principal business was the ad
mission of two new clubs, Topeka ant
II Wichita, and as the Western leagu
has been angling for those two towns
for the last three years, there was NJ
objection to increasing the circui
from six TO eight clubs.
The National Association of Profes
siOnal Baseball Clubs adjourned with
out date today, leaving the breach be
tween the American association AM
the Eastern league on the one ham
and other minor leagues on the othe
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