Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1909-09-29

$3.50 per month \ few days after
his return home, he called a meeting
at Davenport. having no authority, as
he was not president of the Three-Eye
league then. and would not be until
the following January. Through some
influence, unknown to the Springfield
management, who did not attend the
meeting. and who said at that time
they did not recognize Sections an
| thority. he succeeded i'll getting seven
clubs who signed his agreements that
would do credit 10 an alfalfa league.
These agreements were given to the
press by Sexton. and every city in the
| league realized at once, or at least
they thought it, we were going to have
cheap baseball This is the cause, Mr.
Sexton, of the conditions of the Three
Eye league, and you are the cause Of
| all CT it. Springfield did not sign the
agreements then nor later, and M.
Sexton was authorized TO proceed %
Springfield. and it was left TO his jud 3
ment as TO whether they should sign
or take the franchise away. Spring
| field did not sign. the franchise still
remains. Mr.. Sexton apparently being
satisfied to go on with the league in
order to draw the 5000 advance, to-
gcther with the league salary OF tn"
Three-Eye president This winter
baseball such as promulgated by Sex
ton remains in the minds OF many Of
the baseball fans throughout the cir
cult, and they did not attend the games
in Springfield or any of the large
cities of the league
Did Mr.. Sexton enforce any of the
rules that were adopted at the Chi
Cago meeting? Can he tTuthfully say
that Rock Island with club of Is Or
Il men were working for the' total
salary of $1,750 per month? Can he
truthfully say that $3.50 was the high
est price paid any Rock Island player?
Can he truthfully say that any other
club in the Three-Eye league did not
pay any more than $3.50 to any in
dividual? How can Mr. Sexton figure
as baseball president that a player
is not worth more than $3.50 per month
and an umpire is worth $175 per
month? God forbid that any player
that ever wore uniform was not worth
more than the SO-called umpire of the
past season with the exception of the
last two that were appointed. The
constitution give the president Il right
to appoint the UmpireS which Mr. Sex
ton did. and every player and a ma
jority of the audience of the Three
Eye league are well aware of the fact
that, while they were appointed by
Sexton. they were run by Tighe. Is
it not fact that Sexton allowed TiGhe
to insult every audience of the Three
Eye league this season? Is il not a
fact that Sexton discharged Umpire
Bush for defending his mothers honor
en- the Rock Island grounds in his
presence? Is it not a fact that he
suspended TiGhe for 10 days and re-
instated him in three days because he
said the Rock Island public demanded
| it? Is it not fact that Sexton wired
me for Il statement of Tighe'S action
in Springfield when he hit the umpire
and called him names that cannot 80
to print and was heard in every pat
of our grandstand? Is it not fact
| that he was guilty of breach of trust
when he showed my letter to Tighe
and for all of this Tighe was simply
| Teprimanded. Is it not n fact that Sex
ton fined Manager Smith $50 and sus-
| pended him for five days for throwing
his bat on the plate. We losing the
valuable services of our first base
| man and manager?
! Is it not a fact that Sexton had two
umpires to follow Rock Island, and
/ they were given every close decision
! by one or the other until they were
safe in first place? Is it not a fact
! that Sexton is stakeholder on the
Rock Island Baseball club, and with