Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1911-04-20

case and render the northern clubs
helpless.
They have done this in spite of their
protestations of horror at the act OF
Waterloo in appealing to the courts
to prevent the infection of an actual
wrong. and to give opportunity for a
fair and open hearing.
UNFAIRNEss PROVEN.
II the southern clubs had any desire
to be fair they would have agreed to
arbitrate in the first place and sub
NIT their cause TO a fair tribunal.
If they really desired to repay Quin-
cy they would have cheerfully raised
their half of the money to reimburse
that club or would have arranged to
transfer to that city the franchise of
Bloomington which is decidedly luke
warm in baseball, anyhow
If the southern clubs were inspir-
ed by the real feeling for Quincy that
they profess they would not, even
now, be encouraging that club to take
its case into the courts in the face of
adverse decisions by a civil court and
two baseball tribunals, thereby risk
ing almost certain defeat and the pros
pect of a long term of Punishment
from baseball as a penalty.
COMMISSION CHEAPENED.
President Tearney has said that the
league is the laughing stock of the
baseball world. If it is who has made
il so? And even though il may be is
1t in as compromising a position as
the national commission itself? This
body took jurisdiction, heard the case
and rendered a decision, which was in
effect that it had no authority to
change the circuit and ordered the pre-
paration of a schedule by a given date.
If the league did not agree upon one
by that time it asserted that IL would
do so.
/ Why has not the commission enforc-
ed its commands? Why has it toler-
ated delay on the part of the executive
of the Three-Eye while he and the
southern clubs were devising a plan
to defeat the ends of the highest court
in baseball?
The commission took jurisdiction to
protect the public that was threaten
ed with being left without baseball,
and the players who were facing the
/ loss of employment. Is it now TO con-
fess itself defeated in its main objects :?
HAS SHOWN BIAS.
The northern clubs will hardly well
come any suggestions from the Chi
cago Tribune which has printed biased
stories of league affairs ever since
this fight has been on. Its offer now
| is in line with those that the south
ern clubs have made since they were
fairly beaten. every proposition con-
tanning an lily concealed joker which
virtually gave the southern clubs
what they have been contending for
the balance OF power in the league
! Had the Tribune heretofore been
as considerate of the patrons of the
/ ThreeEye league as II now claims TO
/ be or as il has been OF the position
OF President Tearney. its suggestions
might now be received with respect,
/ instead OF suspicion AS II Is the
northern clubs resent its efforts They
have already had enough of Chicago
/ influence in their affairs
HOUR Is PASSED.
! No. We viii not arbitrste. The hour
for arbitration is past. 1t is now time
1 to play ball There is a circuit OF
eight cities, each with a fully or
gained ball team now under training
and IL only remains 10 adopt q sche-
dule- Let the southern clubs quit
their bluf1ng and get down TO bust
ness. Quincy will not press injunc-
/ ton proceedings unless they are ad-
vised so doing. and mark it down
prevented from playing this season
there will be no baseball of any kind
/ in the southern cities.
I M'NANARA IN LINE
President James Mcnamara of the
Rock Island association today stated
/ that if the Chicago papers had