Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1909-07-21
MANAGER
IS SUS
Sexton Disciplines
Chief for Alleged Nh
duct at Peoria
lis OUT OF THE GA
A Fine of $25 is Also Tackled q
Suspension to he Cut IL He
Squares Himself.
is OUT OF THE


ger Jack Tighe today as a result of thu
trouble which Jack had with the UNI
Eire at the Peoria game last Friday:
and the big manager will have to dig
deep into his jeans and at the same
time take a vacation by the order OF
the head of the league 1t was alleged Il
by Umpire Hollingsworth and Pre3i- \
dent Johnson of the Peoria club. that b
Tighe used abusive language in the
game last Friday and on the following
day the umpire and the president both
sent in charges against Tighe, to thu
president of the league Mr. Sexton
summoned Tighe to appear before
him on his return giving him two days
in which to do so and explain his con-
duct, and when Tighe failed to do
this, Sexton took it for granted that
the charges from Peoria were correct.
He accordingly issued suspension
notice to the big-nnarager of the Is
ianders today and along with it ne
hung on a fine Of $25. The suspension
Is for Is days, but on condition that 1
Tighe square himself with, the league 4
head beferef the expiratfbh of three i
days, ~ days will be lifted In
case he fails to do this. the suspension
will be continued for - days longer.
making il Is days in all.
Most Unfortunate Affair.
The suspension of Munzser Tigae
| is most unfortunate affair, princi-
| pally because it comes at astime when
the team needs his services TO get back
| into first place and again. because
Tighe is popular with the fans. Man
ager Tighe's players and the few Rock j
Island spectators who were at the
game in question, deny the charges
made against him. Tighe says he was
not guilty of the actions and speech
(which were charged to him by Umpire
Hollingsworth and President Johnson.
Had he not taken offense at the man.
ner in which he was summoned to APP
pear before the president, the matter
would very likely have been. straight
lened out AS it is. his refusal to an
swer the charges hurt him. as the
president was compelled to consider
him guilty by default, The leagua
president ought not to be censured fOr}
| upholding his staff of umpires as long
as he considers them honest, but ii is
a most iisagreeable fact that Tighe is
reported more often for fewer offenscs
THAN any other player or manager in
the league. Fred Moore. former man.
lager at Decatur. Manager Dick Smith
of Springfield and any number Of
iplayers. have done things out here ~ !
Island City Park for which they ought
to have been classified severely but
which has never been brought form
ALLY TO the attention OF the head of the
lleague. Moore has been heard to use
exceedingly bad languaue to the UNI
lpires and on several occasions he has
entered into arguments with the crowd.
and ended them by disgraceful antics
When Decatur was here fast. Jesse.
Ruby expressed his opinion of the
umpire in terms which were pain
fully plain and which were near;t
throughout the grandstand and yet
the umpire failed to report. him ia
the president. Nevertheless. if Jack
Tighe does any of these things. and
We have TO admit that Jack does go
10 extremes in his manner and tain
once in a while. the, matter is
brought before President Sexton post
haste and of course Mr.. Stxton takes
action the same as he would take in
any other case and the same that he
took against Manager Plass of iD.i-
|buque.
Friends of the game in Rock Island
should not be too hasty about taking
J sides. They should all stay with the
team. Tighe is admitted to be the
best manager in the league is a hard
fighter and game loser, and is liked
for both qualities. On this account
J any disciplinary moves on Mr.. Sectors
part are the more unpleasant to him.
Summary Of the Letter.
President Sections letter to the man-
Iager, in which the suspension motive is
served, goes into detail in regard to
the matter and especial emphasis is
> laid upon the fact that Tighe ignored
the summons to appear before him ~
regard to the matter before any actiot
was taken on it. Mr.. Sexton said ALI
THAT the charges which were preferred
against Tighe were Of such nature tha|
they could not be overlooked as th5{
We're on the same order which cause
his suspension earlier in the season
On that occasion the suspension va
lifted on the promise of the islander
manager to hold himself in check &
1.-THE future. These facts combined |
make it necessary for Sexton to TAX
summary action.
stark Probably in Charge.
Claude Stark will very likely \
placed in charge of the team tiurin
the time which Manager Tighe vi
have to remain out of the game. Smr
has shouldered the responsibilities
a manager before this season and g
team can be depended upon TO play Y
best even without'the eyes of the ms
ager upon It. 3