Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1911-01-27
Waterloo Contests Gust
ing by Four South
ern Clubs
IN THREE-EYE FIGHT
Shown KinSeIIa Had Oetermin-
ed to Make Place for Quin-
cy at Any Cost.


Gridley in the superior court today
continued the hearing of the contempt
case which is being pressed by Wa
terloo against President Tearney of
the Three-Eye league, Richard Kin
sella of Springfield, and Attorney Litz-
niger. representing the league, till to-
morrow morning a. 10 o'clock. Then
an order will probably be issued Civ
ing the defendants sufficient time TO
show cause why they should not be
adjudged guilty and punished.
WILL FILE A BILL.
Attorney Quinn O'Brien. represent
ing Waterloo. will file a supplementary
bill praying that the action of yester-
days meeting be declared Illegal.
No southern delegates put in ap-
pearance in court today
Chicago. Jan. 27-CBy Associated
Press O'Brien, represent
ing the Waterloo, Iowa, baseball club
of the Three-Eye league, appeared be-
fore Judge Gridley, in the superior
court today, TO press a charge of con
tempt against President Tearney and
Attorney Litzinger of the league. and
Dick Kinsella, owner of the Spring
field, Ill, club for their part in ousting
the Waterloo club from the league
last night. Gridley postponed the hear
ing until later in the day
IN DIFFERENT WAYS
According TO OBrien the defendants
violated the Injunction secured by Wa
terloo in various particulars Tearney
is alleged to have shown contempt
when he ruled, as chairman. that Kin
sella S motion 10 expel Waterloo could
not be made subject to a substitute
motion to expel Danville, and in cast
ing the deciding vote on the tie votes
10 sustain his own rulings on appeals
from the chair. his rulings are declar-
ed i'm effect TO amount TO depriving
Waterloo of its right to vote
BAD DAY FOR TEARNEY.
Chicago. Jan. -(SpeciaD-
When Richard Kinsella opened the
Three-Eye league meeting yes
terday morning with the state
ment IF you want fight,
we'll give IL to you" he little
thought that he was plunging Pres
ident Tearney into the hottest two
hours he will spend for some time.
Dick scented a deep laid plot when
after the routine business had been
disposed of, H. E. Casteel moved that
all voting in the meeting be done in
alphabetical order, evidently forget
ting for the moment that Waterloo,
the bone of contention, would thus
be forced TO vote last His state
ment was the opening gun and the
atmosphere there soon became
charged with threats and all sorts
of personalities. President Tearney
started to aviate at once and he soon
had all records broken. He became
so confused with points of order. ap-
peals from the decision of the chair
and calls for previous question hurl-
ed at him from both sides that even
kinsella was of no assistance TO him /
DIDN'T KNOW DIFFERENCE.
The situation became so serious
that the southern delegates failed TO .
distinguish the difference between an 4
AYE" and nay vote and Boyle of 4
Danville moved that all further mo- /
tions be voted on by yes" or mo"
in order that there be no misunder- .
standing. Early in the meeting IL 4
became evident that President Tear /
he promptly voted with the south
ern division on every question.
H. E. Casteel attempted TO put
through a motion that all delegates
show their credentials. This was 10
discredit Rowan of Peoria but John
son mysteriously happened in TO
represent the club and President
Tearney ruled that this was not nee
essary inasmuch as he knew who was
entitled TO representation. That he
had made this ruling with some fore
thought was evidenced very shortly
when Wilson Bering of Decatur was
recognized by the chair and entered
tnto a discussion of the matters be-
fore the meeting. Cries for his Gre
dentials were promptly answered by
Richard Kinsella, who wrote out a
proxy for him.
REFUSES To ANSWER
When the meeting progressed to
the point of determining whether or
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