Rock Island Argus., 1911-04-05
expressed, a dispatch from there say

ing:
Owner Drohan of the local Three
{ Eye club tonight emphatically denied
reports that ne would withdraw from
/ the league rather than play with the
1 Waterloo club, as commanded by the
national commission. The present
condition, says Drohan, can last only
one year at the most, and, rather than
! be declared an outlaw, he is willing to
bury the hatchet and play the best
class Of baseball which his team can
produce
HOFER FINDS SAVING CLAUSE.
At Quincy l. E. Sanborn, baseball
writer for the Chicago Tribune inter
viewed President Hofer yesterday, be-
ing in that city with the Chicago
White Sox. which were 10 have play
ed an exhibition game there yesterday.
Mr.. Hofer repeated the former state
ment that he had had assurance"
from members of the national COM
mission that his town would be pro-
tected and he is still banking on that.
Mr.. Hofer cited the following clause
in the contract for release from the
Central association TO show he had re-
course against that organization; in
case he found IL necessary to appeal
TO either the baseball or the civil
courts:
And for the consideration above
mentioned (s2,500) the said NJ E JUS
tice and the Central association agree
TO protect the franchise of the Quincy
Baseball association and also its play
ers shall not be interfered with nor
the franchise disturbed until the said
Quincy Baseball association shall be-
come member Of another league"
MONEY NOT AN OBJECT.
Mr.. Hofer said he was in touch with
Ed Holland at Bloomington and r. F
Kinsella at Springfield and after he
had talked further with them he would
decide what 10 do. He went on:
The mere return of the money
which we expended to secure the re-
lease Of Quincy from the Central as
sociation will not reimburse us for the
damage We suffer. Quincy wants to
play ball and wants the right TO play
ball in league of its class. We were
invited into the Three-Eye league.
I'll put II stronger The Three-Eye
league solicited our city for its circuit
We have letters from two of the north
ern clubs favoring our admission to
the Three-Eye league. We would not
have attempted to obtain admission
without such assurances.
WILL AWAIT DEVELOPMENTS.
Now these same men who wanted
US are the ones who blocked our ad-
vancement. l am not going to make
any further move until ! am thorough
ly in touch with the happenings at Chi
! cago yesterday, and until l have had
time to think it over.
Quincy has stood squarely on the
platform Of organized baseball and
has intrusted its interests and it's prop
erty rights TO the powers that con-
troll organized baseball. We never
have sought the aid of the courts be-
side of baseball. In that stand I may
have been wrong, but I hope not"
QUINCY's CLAIMS ARE DENIED.
A Burlington dispatch says: The
statement of President Hofer of the
Quincy Baseball association that the
Quincy players and franchises are
protected under the agreement made
with the Central association at the
time Quincy paid over it's release
money to the league is questioned
. here. At the recent meeting of the
[ Central association here President
Justice of the association read COP
les and originals of correspondence
between Hofer and himself showing
that the check which Hofer offered
in payment of the release money
stated that it should be cashed after
Quincy was taken into the Three
Eye league.
This check was returned to Ho-
fer with the statement by Justice
that 1t would not be accepted in that
form, that no agreement of the kind
had been had, and that an uncondi-
tional check only would be ac-
cepted.
RETURNED THE CHECK.
'Thereupon Hofer returned the
check without the Objectionable
clause. and stating that it was paid
without reference to any future con-
dition in which Quincy might find
itself
Quincy fought bitterly for its re-
lease from the Central against the
advice and votes OF the seven other
cities and was granted it's release
only on the fiat assertion of the
Quincy people that they would re-
fuse longer to play in this associa-
ton and would fight any team or
ganized there TO fill the vacancy
made by the withdrawal OF Hofer and
his supporters The only agreement
entered into by this league. II is said.
with Hofer was that he should pay
s2.500 for a release uncondition-
ally"
ROCK ISLAND EXPECTS PEACE.
6. F. Parker has been delegated to
represent the Rock Island club at the
meeting tomorrow. Rock Island anti
cipates no trouble whatever from now
on and there will be great surprise
here II the league representatives do