Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1910-08-02
KEWANEE TEAM
\ Goes ON ASTR|KE
REFUSES TO PLAY UNTIL DlREC-
TORS MAKE SETTLEMENT
WITH MGR. CONNORS.
GAME is FORFEITED
When Boierm akers Fail to Appear on
Field Umpire Eddinoer Awards
Contest to Ottumwa to o.
Desert the Club.

The fourteen members of the ke-
vance ball club went on sympa-
thetic strike yesterday because MAN
ager Bill ConnOrs had been renewed u
the management of the club by tllo
Kewanee directors and they refused TO
play under Ted Price of End, okta.'
| the man sent here by the keWahee as
! ISOLATION to nanase th2 team. 10y
PLAYERS on Thursday had conference
with Hugh Brady, treasurer ana III
rector of the club, at which the pay
ers made an ultimatum to the he-
vance directors to retain ConnOr5' do
manager or else pay him untll oclooel
when his co tract expired. Manager
COnnorS received telegram from 'l'o
directors yesterday advising hlili ~
come to kewanee and stating that
they would make a satisfactory set
tlcment. Connors intended to leave OH
No. 6 for kewanee but the players IN
duced him to remain over
Manager Ted Price, the new head
of the team donned his toys .but tllt
fourteen other members or the ted'u
refused and spent the afternoon III the
McElroy hotel talking over the sltua-
ton.
Eddinger Awards Game.
There was a fairly good sized crowd
at the park to witness the came anu
the OttumWa directors tried 10 inuuce
the Kewanee players to play the con-
test as scheduled. They did not appear
and when 3:45 o'clock arrived. the
time for the game to be called. Umpire
jerry Eddnger marched out on the
field and stated that the game was
forfeited to OttumWa to o.
The crowd was greatly disappointed
as it was the last contest in OttumWa
for several davS and while OttumWa
won a victory they would rather nave
seen the contest played. They were
Jolly, however, and left the park in a
iovial mood declaring it was the short
est game they ever saw. Bv refusing TO
play the game as scheduled, the Re
vance club must pay forfeit or So''
Desert the Team.
The PLAYERS later in the afternoon
held a conference with Manager Price
but they refused to play any more
games until the kewanee club paid
Connors in full or retained him as
manager. Manager Price last night re-
ceived telegram from the keWanee
directors telling him to put on a
team at Keokuk All of the KeWanee
PLAYERS with the exception of Out
fielder Blake. Pitcher Noe and Short
stop Lewis, left last nigl. for ke-
vance with the intention of getting
their belongings there and gong TO
their homes. The three players who
remained loyal to the club went 70
keol<uk this morning. Manager Price
secured several members of the OF
tumwa Red Sox team to help him out
until he can sign enough new players
to fill out the team. The keWanee
players by their action last night in
deserving their club. stand liable to
suspension, and to be blacklisted from
professional ball for the rest of their
lives.
Players Give Their Side.
Shortstop Lewis gave the players
side Of the controversy last night. He
stated that Manager Connors had
contract to manage the club until Oct
ober l. The only reason he declares
they could release him would be for
incompentency He declares that Con-
nors is not incompetent but one of the
best managers in the league and the
reason he was let go was that the
team was losing. He declared the play
ers refused to play until Connors Is
paid in full or retained as manager.
Lewis asserted that the team was
handicapped by tie officials not put
ting up the money and for that reason
they were losing He stated that when
NInnacer tonnOrs Scid Artit Phelan to
the Cincinnati club fer $1,000 he eN-
peCted to take part Of this money ana
purchase Jimmie Johnston who is a
member If the '0ttulnwa club. and
who could have been secured by ke-
vance for $500
Engage in Encounter.
Several OF the kewanee players en-
gagged in a personal encounter last
night. One outfielder who refused to
desert the team. was one of the prin-
cipais and an infielderI was the other
nuuilist third nlavar was ininrad