Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1908-01-28
SERVES INJUNCTION.

President w E. Bryan, of the Wan
sau base ball association attended the
annual meeting of the Wisconsin llli-
nois league held in Milwaukee Sunday
and Monday. All of the clubs were
represented and there was delegation
present from Rockford, Ill which town
is working to supplant Eau Claire IN
the league. President Wilcox and his
short stop-manager, Bobby Lynch,
were present and sprang a surprise on
those in attendance. Five of the towns,
Freeport, Madison, Green Bay, Osh-
kosh and Fond du Lac, we're ready to
vote for ousting Eau Claire out of the
league, while Wausau and La Crosse
favored keeping the league as 1t is. Be-
fore any action could be taken Presi-
dent Wilcox of the Eau Claire team
foiied any attempt to throw his team
ont by causing an injunction to be
served on each teams president, re-
straining them from taking any part
detrimental to the interests of the
Eau Claire association.
As result of this move, the Wiscon-
sin-Illinois league is now involved in a
legal tangle, the outcome of which will
be watched with interest by baseball
followers throughout the country
Tie injunction was granted by Judge
George l.. Blum of Eau Claire, and is
returnable March %.
Following this action which tied up
the question completely, President
Mol was delegated to secure counsel to
fight the Eau Claire club in the courts.
An attempt will be made to get a
change of venue and hearing of the
case, before March %, as the Rockford
promoters wish to know how they
stand at the earliest possible date.
There has been a report current that
the people of Eau Claire are dissatisfied
with Lynch's management OF that team
and that he viii be superseded by some
one else. President Wilcox says this
story is without foundation.
The Milwaukee Free Press sporting
editor says:
''Wausau is varying from the usual
custom of league club managers, in
that no shout is being raised about new
players, calculated to fill the other
clubs with fear Wausau is saying
nothing, but it is said is picking up
bunch of splendid material with which
to begin the season. Charles Ferguson
and Clifford Dulin are two from whom
something is expected. Cy Dahlgren
and Frank Wagner, who batted over
400 with Dakota last year, are also on
Wausau's staff"
Six umpires will work in the Wiscon-
sin-Illinois league this season, accord
ing to announcement made by Pres
ident Charles f. Moll The men signed
are:
Joe. Miller, Paulding, O; John
O'Toole, Niles, O.; Harry Osborne,
memphis, Tenn Jack Flynn, Boone,
Ia; s j. KiIIeen, Cleveland, o; and
Joe HedEr, Milwaukee.
Miller worked in the Ohio state league
last season and gave great satisfaction.
O'Toole has umpired in the Southern
Michigan league. Osborne is from the
Southern league, and Flynn has been
three years in the Iowa state league.
Heder has been an umpire in the Mil
waukee City league tor two years past,
and has been so good that Mr. Mol
has been induced to give him a trial
Killeen has the Endorsement of Larry
Lajoie, manager, of the Cleveland
team. Killeen has been working in the
Trolley and Interstate leagues of Ohio
Aside from the squable over the
admission of Rockford, everything
looks bright for the success of base ball
next year.