Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1911-04-03
STATEMENT OF NORTHERN CLUBS.


We, the undersigned, repre-
senting Davenport, Dubuque
and Waterloo. Iowa, and Rock
Island, Ill, all members OF the
Three-Eye league of baseball
Clubs and comprising one-half
Of said league. beg leave to sub
nit TO your honorable body the
following statement of facts:
Waterloo, Iowa, and Dan
vile, H., were both admitted
as members of the Three-Eye
league at a meeting at Chicago
on the same day on a single
motion after a protracted wran-
gle similar to the affair that is
engaging your attention today.
The admission of each of these
cities operated to slightly in
crease the mileage of the league,
Danville being as much farther
east from Decatur as Waterloo
was farther west than Cedar
Rapids Owing to strong
fight against the admission OF
a written contract agreeing to
a handicap. to prove that it was
class B territory, and more than
made good on every stipulation
set forth.
At the first session of the an
nual meeting Of the league, held
at Chicago during the worlds
series in October, Mr.. Drohan of
Peoria sprang a resolution pre-
viousIy written and signed by
all the four southern clubs, ar
bitrarily terminating the mem
mership of the Waterloo club
without citing any charges, vio-
lation of constitution, default of
obligations or any shortcomings
whatever, except the geograph-
ical location of that city, which
had not changed since the adj
mission to mem bership. The
point was raised that Water
loo was guilty of no violation
that would justify it's removal
except upon a two-thirds vote
and after a fair trial, and the
further point was made that
there was no available city
prepared to succeed it, and that
il would be unwise to take def
mite action at this meeting in
view of the fact that the
leagues present classification
was in jeopardy at the coming
meeting of the National asso-
citation to be held in Chicago
the following month, and that
it would be wise to present a
united front before the Ma
tional association in asking
permission TO retain the pres
ent classification. This idea
appealed to a majority of the
delegates and the meeting ad-
journed to meet at the call of
the president with the express
understanding that the next
session was to be called at Chi
cago during the annual meet
ing of the National association.
During the meeting above
mentioned Mr.. Hofer ofthe Quin-
cy club was at the Palmer house
and talked with practically ev-
cry Three-Eye league delegate
about the prospects of his city
securing membership in the
Three-Eye league. He was dis
tinctly informed by a number
of delegates that there was no
vacancy in the Three-Eye
league and no sufficient or le-
gitimate reason for terminating
the membership of any club.
Hence Quincy was not ignorant
of the true state of affairs and
was fully advised of the divi-
sion of sentiment in the league
before It had taken any defin-
tie steps to procure it's release
from the Central association and
long before IL had decided to
pay any money for such re-
lease.
We submit that this honor
able body should thoroughly in
form itself relative to the &C
tons and attitude of the Quin-
cy club toward the Central as
sociation. of which II was an
important member, from this
time on and until il had finally
forced the Central association to
agree TO it's purchase OF re-
lease.
There will be a chapter of
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