The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1909-10-01
MONMOUTH CAN'T
QUIT CIRCUIT
Club Must Secure Permission From
other Cities In l. M. League
Before IT Can Become Mem
Der OF Central.
EGAN GOES TO oTTUMWA
Although He Has Not Definitely
Announced His Plans It
Is Thought II is
Certainty.
EGAN GOES TO oTTUMWA

bewailing the fact that Galesburg has
withdrawn from the circuit while they
think that Monmouth can be held.
The Maconb Journal thus discusses
the future of the Illinois Missouri
league:
What will be left of the I'm.
league when the larger leagues get
through drawing from it's ranks, is
a question that is puzzling many.
Galesburg has been admitted to
membership in the Central, Jackson
vile and Waterloo being dropped and
our ranks may still further be de-
pleted before the season is over.
Cannot Depart Voluntarily.
There is this difference in the mat
ter. The bigger leagues have the
power to draft player for certain
price, but they cannot take city
desired without the consent OF the
rest OF the clubs in the league and
city cannot drop out voluntarily and
join another league That is one adj
vantage from organized baseball.
GdIeSburg Can Withdraw.
"Galesburg can withdraw from the
league IL she desires. Last spring at
the meeting the Galesburg represen-
tatives put one over on the league
that bordered on stupidity on the part
of the other members, when they
voluntarily voted to allow Galesburg
to withdraw If she desired at the end
of the season That motion was car
ried just following the fight that had
been made at previous meeting to
prevent the city from withdrawing
and compelling them to put up a
bond to pay expenses Of the commit
tee that Travelled to secure city to
I take her place. The Galesburg rep
4 resentatives slipped it over on the
4 league and they have no one to blame
but themselves for sleeping while the
Boosters hunt it over.
with Monmouth and Pekin, how
ever, it is different matter. They
will have to secure the permission OF
the league to withdraw even if they
secure one of the franchises which
promises to be vacant in the other
leagues. That may be hard to do and
the risk of losing certainty for an
uncertainty may be too great and
they remain where they are.
Galesburg Guaranteed 10000.
To gain admission to the Central
Galesburg guaranteed an attendance
of 100000 during the year. That city
is good baseball town, the team is
managed by good, live sportsman
but unfortunately they have gotten
away bad in getting good team
: finishing the last two seasons they
I have been in the I'M league. How
! ever, Macomb wishes them every sue
cess in their new berth and predicts
they will do better the coming season
VIII Disrupt the I'm.
"That losing Galesburg will disrup
the I'm, there is no question, but thu
league will stand pat and be on han'
/ next year. There are number 0
I cities that can be added that will b.
! desirable, but the location of Gales
+ burg was particularly good and IN II
/. loss the I'm. was unquestlonabl
7 crippled.
: Eaan and ottumWa.
I Although it has been known tina
! Egan would leave Burlington, 1t wa
; not known where he would go. Th
+ following extract from the Ottumw
8 Courier giving the words of Ega
+ throws little light on the matter:
!. 1T is news to me to hear tina
I those wise old fans of Ottumwa hav
+ started out in earnest to get a clu
+ and the proper force behind 1t to fl;
i: ure in the first division of the 191
pennant race and | believe they wi
I be successful. The old directors hav
Z been a faithful body of men, and
/ their faithfullness is shown by tn
8 new order of things, together with
I little good Judgment in the selectio
= of manager, | fell doubly assure
/ that the competing teams of OttumW
! next year will have to battle for evel