Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1911-06-06

900 more to put the club on its feet
and carry 1t through the season. AS
half of the conditional amount had
been raised the directors, after con-
sulting with a number Of citizens in
terested in the game and acting upon
the petition of the business men and
other citizens to defer action one
more week, decided. after an hours
debate last night, to take the chance
it's Quincy and Decatur engage
ments, feeling that it would be a
great misfortune and serious dam
age to the city's reputation as a ball
town to be the first to default and
thus bring about the disruption of
the league. Rock Island has not
done such thing in all the history
of its career in baseball and the di-
rectors were loath to start now, not
withstanding that the incident is
still fresh in the minds OF local sup
porters of the game, when Quincy
did that very thing some years back,
and could in reality have had no
reasonable kick coming" had Rock
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today.
However. It was the league as well
as the home supporters of the game
that the directors were thinking of
and hence the club went on it's way
rejoicing last night as usual.
PETITION FOR DELAY.
This is the form of the petition,
which, with the aid rendered by
President Porter, inspired the Of
fcers Of the club TO hold out one
week longer at least:
To the directors of the Rock Is
land Baseball club: Realizing what
city, not only in the matter of clean
sport, but as means Of advertising,
we hereby petition you to defer &C
ton relative to the abandonment Of
your franchise in the Three-Eye
league, at least a week to enable
the business men of the city 70 make
such effort as may induce you to
continue throughout the season.
The London On. c. Rice). L. r.
Crane. Dolly Bros. H. o. Rolls, H.
L. Wheelan, c. c. Wilmerton, H. H.
Hensley, A J. Beverlin, I. S. White,
]. P. Sexton. H. S. Cable, L. S. Nc
Cabe & Co., E. Bakersfield. w. J.
Sweeney. Schocker Paper company,
F. Musfeldt, Thomas Drug company,
Kahn & Reinhardt cigar store, The
Construction and Machin- !
cry company, Tucker, the Printer, G. |
H. March, w. N. Beal. CIemann & !
Taxmar Bros. S. w
Bowlby. George Bennett. s. NJ. Mic +
ola, B. J. Mitchell. E. F. Dorm, G. (
L. Eyster. F G. Young. W. T. Chan .
ION. A Mosenfelder & Sons, H. A. .
Rock Island Hardware |
New Harper Hotel COM
pany &C. j. MueIler) F. H. Plum /
ner, E. V. Ramser, F. J. Math. Gus
Alison & Hayes, Henry Darts Sons.
DOWN TO LIMIT.
In the meantime Manager Carney |
was given instructions to hold down
expenses to the last possible notch |
While on the road, and to be prepar
ID on his return to trim his team
Town to the quota required by the
eague of each city represented in it.
f the club goes on 1t will be oblig- i
ID to economic, although maintain
ng the standard of players it now
las. and in no way diminishing the
strength of the team, a policy that
will be recommended to the other
titles of the league, most of which. T.
ike Rock Island, are struggling to Il
,eep their head above water
1t is now up to the local support
rs of the game to raise $1,000 to
Ieep the team in baseball after its &,
eturn.
VIII this be done2 II
Most assuredly it will.