Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1911-04-17
PLOT To BREAK
UP THE LEAGUE
Indications Point to Desperate
Move by South in Three
Eye War.
GO INTO FEDERAL COURT
Hope 20 Get Injunction on Behalf OF
Quincy Making Baseball
Impossible.

Tomorrow the adjourned meeting
of the Three-Eye leagae will be held
at Chicago again, TIE Psiiler house
being the place and the hour II a.
m. Whether this session will re-
suit in the adoption of a schedule
and the completion of final prepara-
tons to play ball IS a matter OF
doubt.
F'TC NJ certain muttccngs that have
come from +he lower ed of the cir
c,l: il is pretty clea- hat a last
stand to get Quincy in OF break up
the league is to be 'Jade. Quincy
tes just one card 10 play and that
IS an appeal to the f45eI al courts.
Tiere is every reason 20 believe
that an attempt will be made to Sc
cure a federal injunction against the
adoption of schedule for eight
clubs and that President Hofer of
Quincy has been advised by Kinsella
and Tearney to take this step. The
state courts have upheld Waterloo
and declared Quincy not a member
of the circuit. and three decisions
by the baseball tribunals have been
TO the same effect. However, neither
of these rulings is binding upon the
federal courts, and if an Injunction
should be secured the desperate
bunch with the south figure that they
can. by threats of delay till too late
to play out a schedule, coerce the
north into agreeing to 10-club cir
cult.
STALLING FOR TINE.
From indications the delaying of
the meeting originally called for
week ago, and put off, it was claimed
al the request of members of the
national commission, was part of the
play and was taken advantage of
to gain time. In the meantime, Kin
sella, Tearney, Hofer and Holland of
Bloomington have held several con-
ferences, and it is fair to presume
they have secured legal advice that
has encouraged them to go through
with the job. Possibly they may al
ready have an injunction on tap
somewhere ready to spring on the
meeting tomorrow.
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ten out arguments upon making it
permanent can very easily be de-
layed till after the league season
should have opened. About the only
way the north can have baseball
will then be by agreeing to admit
Quincy.
DESPERATE PLAY.
If this move is made tomorrow by
the south it will be one of the most
desperate hazards ever taken by any
group of ball clubs, for, should they
fail ultimately, and the three cases
they have already fought out to a
finish and lost indicates they have
little show of final victory, they will
earn the cordial wrath of the base
ball courts and the whole crew will
probably be outlawed for a good
many years.
Should Quincy get an Injunction, |
Tearney and Kinsella will, of course, /
protest that they had nothing to do /
with it and will point out that they /
are injured by it as well as the north. |
However, nobody of sense will take |
any stock in such a plea, especially |
after the statement of Mr.. Hofer |
made after the national commissions /
decision was made that he would |
take no action till after he had con-
ferred with Kinsella and Holland. |
1t looks as though the southern clubs |
are willing to have Quincy pull down
the house on them so long as the |
whole Three-Eye family is caught in
the ruins.
s. F. Parker will represent Rock
Island at tomorrow's meeting.