Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1911-07-20
DICK KlNSELLA
IN A STATEMENT
Comes Out in Open Finally and
Announces His Intention
of Quitting.
TRYING TO SWING OTHERS
In Line for Winding Up the League
Schedule Aug. = or 6-Team
Now on Market

Now on Market
| Verifying the reasons and motives
attributed by The Argus last evening
to the visit of Richard F. Kinsella OF
! Springfield. owner of the Decatur base
| ball team. 10 Rock Island. Mr. kinsella
brought to The Argus office last night
the following prepared interview:
Il have advocated an early closing
of the Three-Eye league the past
month, and at a recent meeting of the
league held in Chicago, suggested Aug
2 or G. Now l find that by closing on
Aug. every club will have played tire
same number of games at home AID
abroad, thus giving no one advantage
over another as far as the schedule Is
concerned. | am heartily in favor of
closing on that date, as it appears
the only solution of the Three-Ey2
league at this time. and as business
or financial proposition it will save
practically 40 days salary for each
club, and give each city an opportunity
to dispose of such players as it may
have to the major or class clubs, e."
TO the more prosperous class B clubs
To my mind they can dispose of the
men in August more advantageouslv
than they can in September.
WILL QUIT AUG. 8.
AS owner of the Decatur club l pos
itively will put the team on the mar
<et for delivery after Aug. 6. II the
league files objection, which it car
under the rules of organized baseball,
ii may take over the club and pay all
expenses, and either make it a traye,-
ing team or locate it in any town o.
city that will support it, However,
do not anticipate the latter move
ment as | am of the belief and op!n-
ion that a decided majority of the
Tbree-Eye league owners will favor
an early closing. and it appears nov
that this movement only needs one or
two clubs to take the initiative. The
players that are left after the sale
day is over will no doubt be declared
free agents. and the season of 1912
can then he started on more eCouoIn-
ical basis. as the players of the Three
Eye league. as IL is AT present conStl-
tuted. are too high salaried, and ,he
gate receipts do not justify the eN-
pense. This does not appear to have
any argument. as all owners and spec
tators have realized for some time
that the league could not possibly
live on the attendance throughout the
entire circuit. This, however. is not
the only minor league that is in prac-
ticaIly the same condition as is The
Three-Eye at the present time.
WHY MEETING WAS HELD.
Mr.. Kinsellas statement seems to
divulge the real object of the recent
Chicago league meeting where all who
attended were bound by a solemn oath
to give out nothing for publication I'M
til the southern magnate who was IN
strumental in calling the meeting gave
permission.
While what will be the effect
OF MT. Kinsellas own determin-
alton to withdraw early in August
is problematical, it is known as stated
in The Argus yesterday that other
teams of the league. are waverinE
Whether the league will have a meet
ing and decide to throw up the sponge
at the date Kinsella fixes can only e
surmised An official of the Rock -
land club states that the local asso@i-
alton while having its own troubles fl
nancially, will be the last club in The
league to quit. 1t owes this to Its
own reputation and TO the people who
contributed to its support when it was
on the ragged edge. few weeks ago. /
BLAME ON KINsELLA.
1t is interesting to note, however, /
that Mr.. Kinsella who fought for Qnin-
cy all winter as a drawing town ana
also wanted Decatur admitted as a
drawing town and finally succeeded in
giving both towns Three-Eye baseball, /.
is the first to quit the field.
That the attendance all over The
league has been disccuraging this year
no one will deny; for 1t is hard to keep F..
up the interest in baseball during the
summer after it has been PLAYED
around the freside all winter through /
the medium of court proceedings and |
wrangling, for all of which lamentable |
proceedings, Richard F. Kinsella is
chiefly responsible.
NOTHING DOING LANE.
Davenport, July 20.-'The Three
Eye league Is not headed for the
rocks said President Lane. of ''e
Davenport club today in discussing the
statement made by K. F. Kinsel'a
We know of but one club in tins
league that ia on the market. and that
one is Decatur. The others are in as
good financial condition as they ever
were. Kinsella came here YESTERDAY
TO get US TO agree to an early closing
Of the schedule. but there is nothing
doing"