The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1911-03-03
Sport Writer'S are Having 4 Greas
Time Doping Out the Future, and
its Hard to See Bet
ter Than Draw.
MATTERS AT sTANDsTuL
Quincy Seems to be Frestins Some
VIVA. Because of inactivity, but
the Wheels Of. Justice
Are Slow.

QUINCY. Ill. March 3.-Why is Wa
terloo. or Quincy, and if so, for how
much and how long?
The situation in nutshell concern
ing the splash in the Three-I bowl OF
soup must necessarily be included in
the above brief question, and any bug
or bugaboo who can satisfactorily an
swer the aforesaid question can have
a place in the hall of fame-aiong
with the inventor of the harem skirt
and the composer of the swan song.
That no bug or bugaboo, philoso-
pher or professor, lawyer or Judge.
has been able to dissect the above
question satisfactorily, is a matter of
fact. Taking everything into consider
alton, they know not why Neither do
tney know whence the befuddliag sit
uation cometh. nor do they know
whittier it goeth.
OF course, encouraging hopes have
been held out to the bugs in this city.
hopes which promised base ball of
a relishing variety, and in league
that Quincy fans could be proud of.
For a time, at least, the base ball at
mosphere in these parts fairly scintil-
lated with radiant base ball rainbows
ThreeI rainbows. too. But have the
hopes been dissipated, or will they be
shattered and SHE'D to the four cor
ners OF the Three-I circuit, after Gre
ating this huge splash? Well, not if
Waterloo, ct al, has anything to say
about 1t
Time For Action is Here.
Getting down to the facts in the
case, the question of Three-I base ball
in Quincy for the coming season is
getting to be pretty serious-a whole
lot more so than the fans have allow
ed themselves to be led to believe. So
far, speaking from a strictly legal
standpoint, 1t must be admitted that
Waterloo has a shade the best of the
argument. The Iowa city has succeed
ed in doing practically the identical
thing IL started out TO do, and in the
few tight places where it has failed,
Ioo VI ahNilSA out ia uiISttlOuo new VI
the baseball world, and by the aid of
good attorneys, has virtually succeed
ed in bringing those things to pass
which il desired, and stopped several
other things which it did not consider
proper for the welfare OF Boyletown.
The case, according 10 certain prog
nosticators. who professed to be firm
in their belief that Waterloo had been
destroyed. speaking from the Three
Eye end of the muddle, would come to
close shortly after the Chicago
meeting. when Waterloo was ousted
at d so-called rump meeting, although
immediate action was delayed. AS all
people interested in the case are
aware, Manager Boyle OF Waterloo be-
came disguised with the manner in
which he was being treated by the
southern members of the circuit. and
ignoring baseball ethics, went into
court and has sinte been waging d
war to have the action Of the four
leaders Of the cities in the southern
half Of the wing in voting Waterloo
out Of the Three-I league. declared IL
legal This, If successful would mean
that Quincy is not member Of the
league referred 20 above, and it must
be further admitted hat BOYLE has
been partially successful. at least.