Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1910-11-14
O'NEILL
FOR five YEARS
Western League Magnates Pay
Executive Compliment at
Annual Meeting.
TO RESIST A REDUCTION
Topeka Franchise Sold and City Will
Remain in Circuit-16S Games
Next Year.

Chicago, Nov 14.-Western league
moguls paid their dandy president,
Norris L. O'NeilI, a pretty tribute at
the annual session of the circuit by
electing him TO fill the executive chair
for term of five years dating from
Nov. 10. 1911, with a salary increase.
Tip has one year to serve on his
present job, having been elected to
officiate during 1909, 1910 and 1911
After djsposing of this problem the
magnates, by unanimous vote. agreed
TO stand pat on the 16S-game schedule
next season.
The 1911 flag race, according to ten
tative plans discussed yesterday, will
open on April 81 and close about Oct
,. President O'Neill will issue a call
for the schedule committee TO meet in
st. Joseph some time in February.
Topeka Franchise sold.
Members of the Topeka Commercial
club wired the league board directors
that they had purchased the Topeka
franchise from Dick Cooley. offering to
take over the franchise and promote
the club next year. Oklahoma City
had representatives here to make a
bid for Topeka's berth. as did other
cities in the western country.
The 1GS-game playing schedule has
long been a hobby Of President O'Nein
Although the long campaign was car
ried through on an elaborate scale this
season, it is reported several clubs
around the circuit lost money owing
to the rough weather experienced dur
ing the early spring.
After clearing off this point the mag
mates harmOnized in general move
ment tending TO fight off the attempts
of the National association to drop the
Western from class \ to class B at the
annual meeting of the latter organiza-
ton today.
sexton On TIC Job.
President Michael Sexton of the y.
\. came in yesterday from headquar-
ters at Rock Island. while an early
train bore Secretary J. H Farrell from
\. Y. J. Cal Ewing hove into I.
port from Oakland Cal. to make a
strong argument in the interests of /
baseball on the coast. while Tom Nc
northwest followed throughout the day.
The board of directors of the asso-
citation convened at 10 o'clock this
a the Congress hotel and the
regular meeting is scheduled for to-
morrow noon, at which time a number
Of cases now pending will be disposed
Of and the problem of reclassffying a
number Of the circuits brought up for
To Hear 100 Cases
One hundred cases are on the calen-
lar for adjudication. Pennsylvania in
erests will request territory for the
Northern Pennsylvania league. which
desires to place teams in Lansdale
QuakertOwn. Olney and Amber: Cali
ornia will apply for a franchise to
embrace San Jose. Stockton Vallejo
md Oakland, and Idaho and Montana
will ask permission to establish the
IniOn association, with clubs in Salt
AXE City. Boise, Twin Falls. Ogden,
Helena. Butte, Great Falls and Mis- I
oula.
The board will hear the protests of
he Houston. Vancouver. Spokane. Cal
,ary and Edmonton clubs over pen.
iant awards. Seven members of the
JACKSONVILLE Fla club will be tried
or INSTRUMENTATION. They are Null {
aney. Lee. Massing, Downey, Carter +
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