Rock Island Argus., 1911-01-14
WATERLOO CLUB
IN A STATEMENT
Gives Reasons 1t Appealed to
Courts to Keep Place in
Three-Eye.
HELD VICTIM OF POLITICS
Claims That City Lived Up to Its
Contract and Now Objects to
Being Made Goat.

Waterloo's side of the controversy
In the proceedings TO oust from the
Three-Eye league is given in a state
ment made public today. 1T is furnish
ed by the baseball association OF that
city and gives at length the reasons
which, in the minds of the Waterloo
club owners, justified them in taking
the matter into the courts wnen facing
the certain loss of their franchise to
Quincy
The statement asks the baseball pub
lie to fairly judge the case. The his
tory of the admission of the city to the
league a year ago is given as follows:
In 1909 Cedar Rapids, Iowa, one Of
the four northern cities in the Three
Eye league, did not come up to the
requirements of the league and was
ready to quit the game. When the lea
que met, the four southern members
having arranged matters beforehand,
finding Decatur (of the southern sec
tom with debt of 50 900 and ready
to quit-the northern section voting
with them. believing that the south
ern section should be allowed TO de
termine affairs in that end of the lea
gue-had the Decatur franchise
transferred TO Danville, Danville pay
ing S2,50O of the Decatur debt and
Peoria, Springfield and Bloomington
agreeing TO pay the other $500. From
reports, Bloomington has not yet paid
its share and that association refuses
to do so as it denies its responsibility
for the agreement made by one OF its
delegates. Then this southern section
Danville being admitted and given a
vote sought by'a vote of TO 8 to give
absolutely free. the Cedar Rapids
franchise TO Decatur.
NORTHERN CLUBS OBJECT.
The northern cities then stepped il
and demanded their right to suggest a
candidate for Cedar Rapids place as
they gave the southern section carte
blance in filling the southern vacancy.
OF course the fight of the southern sec
tion was for control of the league
Waterloo was an applicant and receiv-
ed the support of Rock Island. Daven-
port and Dubuque. After one of the
most bitter fights in the history of
baseball Waterloo was admitted. The
southern section professed TO believe
that Waterloo could not make good.
Therefore Waterloo made a contract
with the league for the first year, in
which II agreed to draw $4,000 people
at home and to furnish a proper team.
The understanding was that if Water
loo made good according to the terms
of the agreement, there would be no
question about its retention in the
league. That contract provided that if
a majority of the league membership
found that Waterloo was not suitable
territory. this city would withdraw
by request from the majority of the
league membership. Waterloo started
in to make good
TEARNEY Is QUOTED.
That Waterloo did make good rec
ords are quoted to demonstrate AS
is known. the attendance of that city
was greater than that of either of the
four southern clubs and the Boosters
were the best drawing team on the
road, playing before 5000 more people
than any other team. This showing,
according to the statement, was consid-
cred as having, made the city secure in
the possession of its franchise. Presi-
dent Tearney is quoted as expressing