The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1909-07-06
= Careful Look into Afsairs cs Cen
tral Association Turns Light
Upon Action d League
Executive.
HAD GIVEN WARNING
Waterloo Angry. But Every Club Had
Been Warned N the same Man
ner = keckuk Regarding
Number Of Men.

.
waterloo Is making q strenuous
protest Against The action Of President
~ + Justice IN throwing out the two
games At Waterloo Sunday, June q.
following protest by Manager Frank
Belt who claimed that the Waterloo
manager had under contract more than
thirteen men permitted BY the con-
sutution Of the league. If ever IN the
history of the league President Justice
acted as she should hare in his Of
hcial capacity he did so wien he cast
out those two games.
IN lace OF the storm which had been
brewing over the salary limit from
the neighborhood of Jacksonville and
dating away back to the 1908 meet
ing In Quincy and the 1909 summer
meeting in Hannibal an were fully
prepared at this date to face anv nm
ishment dealt out should thew be
guilty Of violating the salary limit
clause relating to the number OF men
carried
AZ tae recent Hannibal meeting the
TACT that each team was 10 carry
only thirteen men as provided was
Drought strongly before those
assembled and 1t was unianimously
agreed that this should be strictly adj
hered to. IN spite OF this action Al
the meeting and In the way OF spec-
iai warming Louis Sterne and every
other club representative abont The
{ league received letter from President
Justice dated June Q, which read as
, follows:
J On any club furnishing substantial
} and mdisputable evidence OF climbs
carrying over thirteen men. protesting
a game on this account, / will certain
~ allow the protest and throw The
game out. So If any OF you are carry
Ing over this required number Of mer
! trust that this information will be
g fair warning.
Signed President NJ. E. Justice.
every club in the league immediate
= " made move to get within tn,
7 number except Boyle, who was max
:. ing great effort to strengthen hi
! team keokuk was always unde,
~ Jacksonville was within the limit am
). even Egan at Burlington who ha
: changed players on numerous occs
: sions was particular to get within tn
limit Hannibal telephoned to Pres
= dent Justice ON several occasions su,
n pending players and keeping we
al within the limit. All but BOYLE di
- the right thing and he seem;nrI
d ignored the warning of this letter an
Ie now kicks when the penalty is dea
ID out. The Waterloo paper speaks
y the injuries of Lizette and searfes an
hv says that that should be taken int
- consideration.
of It will be remembered by those uh
"a attended the meeting in Quincy la.
he year when the limit OF men was raise
ct to thirteen that special mention We
re-, made concerning crippled and disa
lat led players 1t was brought strong
Ia to bear that the thirteen should i
as clude all crippled and disabled MA
IS. ers and that this was not to be- a
ac- excuse for carrying extra men. Evel
lis man signed by the team and not u
Ill. der suspension was to be included
in the thirteen even II he had both arm
ng broken and tied behind his back.
at Why did Boyle not suspend both
err these players when they could n
He play as Belt suspended oyler?
lit There is nothing 10 1t, Waterloo b,
ub been treated all right In the matt
me and It is only Justice to the 9th
70. teams that Boyle should not be ps
cid mitted to carry more than ,hirte,
eat men
In
'uf- A New Umpire.