Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1911-08-01
HOPE KINSELLA
WILL MAKE GOOD
On Threat to Drop Out of the
Three-Eye League on
August 8.
WILL BENEFIT THE CIRCUIT
Action on Part of ex-Springfeld Die
tator Will Be Greatly 10 Adj
vantage of Organization.

1t is now a matter OF days till
Dick Kinsella will have an opportun-
ity to make good his promise to
withdraw from the baseball world as
owner and director of a baseball
team. Fans all over the Three-Eye
circuit, including Decatur, the city
that harbors Kinsella's team, await
Aug. 6 in hopeful anticipation of the
announcement of his withdrawal and
the substitution in his place of a man
or club who will take over his team
for the sport that there is in it and
not merely for the money that might
be derived from 1t. These fans are
all anxious for Kinsella to leave the
Three-Eye especially because his
dominating influence over the pres
ent head of the league is anything
but beneficial to the league and to
organized baseball.
WAS PROBABLY BLUFFING.
1t is hardly probable that Kinsella
will make good his bluff for every
time that he has threatened to do
something that would aid the league,
he has backed down before the time
for the change. He threatened to
keep his team away from Waterloo
but it was nothing but an empty
threat and a bluff. He did leave
Springfield when the fans there re-
fused to support him and went to
Decatur. That was one bluff that he
did carry through but it was primar-
lily for Richard Kinsella and not for
h. Of he Thought
that he would be benefited. He has
learned differently and his team has
lost him few dollars this year. He
stated that he wanted to quit and
have a chance to draw out little of
his money. 1t remains to be seen
whether or not he will quit.
RUMoRS OF A CHANGE.
Should he do So his team will be taken
over by Decatur association most
likely and there will be little inter-
ruption in the life of the league or
in his team. Rather there will be a
step forward for the whole league.
Within the last few days there has
been persistent rumor sta+inp that
a secret meeting of Three-Eye direc-
tors is in session in Chicago, for the
purpose of rearranging the circuit.
Local directors are unable TO verify
the rumor. They are of the opinion
that if there is to be a change, 1t
will simply be the transfer of one
team either to another city or to an
other owner or group of owners.
Such a thing as changing the play
ing dates of the schedule or allow
f,,or 20 he
at this time is impossible. according
to a ruling of Secretary Farrell. who
says the schedule must be played ont.
This will be done as the sentiment of
all of the cities on the Three Lamp
circuit is to complete the year.
DIES MONIES WANTS IN.
A dispatch from Des Moines
states that Des Moines has taken pre-
liminary steps toward divorcing it
self from the present Western
league organization and an appeal
will be forwarded to Garry Herr
mann, chairman of the national
commission, in As hours, requesting
that Des Moines be declared unoccu-
pied territory. The dispatch goes on
to state that negotiations are under
way for the transfer of a
Three Eye league franchise at the
present time. There is a possibility
that a new circuit will be organized
next spring with Des Moines at the
hub The Western league club that
started the season under the name Of
Des Moines has not been in Des
Moines during July and two newspa-
pers of the Iowa city have announced
that they will refuse to admit the
club to their columns as representing
Des Moines.
PLANS TO BE FOsTERED.
The scheme is not a bad one, |
should there be reorganization of
the Three-Eye next year. Des Moines,
in point of population, is ahead of |
the present Three-Eye cities and for |
that reason would be a desirable |
addition to the league. If any of the /
cities that are in the league now are |
anxious to withdraw, it will be an |
easy matter to so arrange the circuit !
hat Des Moines could be included to |
he advantage of the league. So il I
Richard Kinsella makes good his /
promise, such as he outlined in The
Argus when he was here few weeks
ago, the Three-Eye league will be
,ery much the gamer.
At all events, President Tearney
should not be permitted to dissolve the
eague in order to please Kinsella,
whose vassaI he is. II he does, he
should be ousted forthwith.