Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1911-04-06
MAKE A FINISH
CONTEST OF IT
No Use Showing KinseIla and
Tearney Any Quarter in
Three-Eye Fight.
get QUINCY TO APPEAL
Urge National Commission to Reverse
Its Decision Against a Ten
Club League.
What's the use?

nat s the use.
After the Three-Eye leagues trou-
bles had been finally settled and
peace proclamation issued the losing
side has had the case reopened before
the national baseball commission, and
It looks as though we in the north
Knight as we'll put our armor on again
and return TO the fight determined 10
never let up till one side or the other
is dead and buried so deep there can
be no resurrection.
Calling off the meeting for the ar
ranging of a schedule TO have been
held in Chicago today, President Tear
ney left last night for Cincinnati with
president Hofer of the Quincy CLUB to
Hay that city's case before the chair
Imam of the commission. Hofer yes
.terday appealed 10 that body for red
iress. making an oral plea TO President
Ban Johnson of the American league,
at Chicago, and being referred to Mr..
Hermann Then Mr.. Johnson fed
from the scene and put ii up to the
Cincinnati magnate 10 do as he saw
fit.
CLAIMS A PROMISE.
a
the decision that the commission made
Monday. action on Quincy's case was
passed over for the time being. but
the commission positively committed
itself as to its lack of authority to
abrogate the constitution of the league
and change the number of clubs in
the circuit. Now Quincy claims to
have documentary evidence against
the northern clubs which il did not
submit previously and which ii is de-
clared caused Mr.. Hofer 70 believe
that he was safe in buying mis- release
from the Central. In other words, he
asserts that he had a promise from at
least one of the northern clubs that
: he would be taken care of in the
Three-Eye.
So. after having been given an OPP
portunity in an open. fair hearing at
Chicago Monday, and after having
waived the right TO appear. Quincy
now desires the commission to make
itself ridiculous in the eyes of the
baseball and business world. by re-
versing itself at a subsequent closed
session and after a rehearing on but
one side of the case.
CITY WAS REPRESENTED.
Quincy cannot plead lack of repre-
sentation before the commission Mon
day, because President Tearney and
r. F. Kinsella entered an appearance
there for all the plaintiffs in the case
If Quincys case had any merit il
was up to them to show it then or to
hold their peace. The action they
have now taken is an admission on
their part that they did not know their
business and made a failure in the
presentation of their case This ought
to have deferred them, II they had had
any self respect, from going on with
the fight.
The claim that II is Mr.. Hofer's
fault that the appeal was taken will
come with bad grace. Mr.. Hofer ex-
pressly stated that he would do moth
ing till after he had consulted with
Kinsella and Ed Holland of Blooming
ton. It is very evident that this pair
have counseled him TO do what he has
done
KNOW WHAT THEY HAVE.
AS a matter of fact the northern
clubs know just what promises Quin-
cy has and that they are nothing on
which to base either an appeal for
new hearing before the commission.
or suit in the civil courts. Any let