Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1911-04-01

fail TO see how consistently we could
have acted otherwise than we have
In other words we propose to adhere
strictly to the letter Of the injunction
Of the national commission Of which
you are one of the honored members
settlement by the national commits
sion
ROWLAND MESSENGER.
H. E. Casteel Of Rock Island offered
the suggestion that resulted in the
drafting the foregoing communication
TO MI Johnson. The latter was found
in his Office in the Fisher building,
and the message was delivered TO him
by Clarence Rowland Of Dubuque.
Within Is minutes Mr.. Johnson an
swered that he had wired Garry Herr
mann, president of the national COM
mission, at Cincinnati and that the lat
ter would be in Chicago Saturday
morning, at which time the controver-
sy would be taken up, both sides
heard, and a final ruling made. This
was cheering Information to the
northern delegates, inasmuch as il
carried their point. AT o'clock a
notice was received from President
Tearney announcing the conference
called for Saturday morning had been
abandoned, and that instead the three
members of the national commission
would sit in judgment on the Three
Eye controversy next Monday morn
ing at II o'clock at the ONCE Of Mr..
Johnson in Chicago, Mr.. Lynch having
wired from New York that he would
come on for the meeting with Messrs.
Hermann and Johnson. The change
was decided upon after Mr.. Hermann
had sent a second telegram TO Mr..
Johnson stating he had found it would
be impossible for him to be IN Chica-
go Saturday. At the hearing before
the national commission next Monday
il has been ordered that the north
ern and southern divisions each have
a representative, both prepared to
present all the facts on which their
respective contentious are based.
WAS NOT EXPECTED.
The move by the northern clubs that
has resulted in the early calling to-
gether of the national commission was
wholly unexpected by the Kinsella-
Tearney crowd. When the league
meeting was declared adjourned by
Tearney the records showed that by a
vote of five TO four (Tearney illegally
deciding the tiel the league had
adopted a resolution presented by J.
NJ Boyle of Danville providing for the
appointment of a special committee
of three to thresh out and settle the
entire league dispute. Boyle's reso-
luton follows:
Whereas, 1t seems impossible for
the members Of the league to agree:
and in keeping with the suggestions
of the national commission for the
best interests of baseball that some So
luton of existing differences be nam
ed; therefore, be II
Resolved. That a committee OF
three be selected, one by the northern
clubs, one by the southern clubs, and
that the third member be B. B. John
son, resident member of the national
commission. In case either section
does not select the member of this
committee within "a hours, then the
president of this league shall select a
committeeman from that section fall
ing to select
This committee to have free power
to act for this league and to be bind
ing on all members. This committee
is 10 settle all questions now at issue
between members Of this league, ar
range a circuit adopt a playing sche-
dule and perform any other act ne
cessary''
EXPECTED DIFFERENT ACTION.
Upon the adjournment of the league
meeting the southern delegates with
drew from the hotel entertaining the
erroneous impression that the north.
ern representatives would leave the
city in disgust. The Kinsella-Tearney
faction first assured themselves that
the northern clubs would not concur
in the conditions Of the Boyle resolu-
ton. The plan OF the Kinsella- Tear
ney crowd was 10 proceed to carry out
the provisions Of the Boyle resolution
as soon as they were notified the
northern representatives had scatter
ed. But they reckoned wrongly The
northern representatives got togeth.
er, and after discussing the situation.
Mr.. Casteel came forward with
the suggestion TO Immediately com
munlcate with Mr.. Johnson, and thus
head of the highhanded plan of the
southerners. Apparently Mr. Johnson.
doubtless an innocent party TO the Kin
sella-Tearney frameup, was quick to see
the justice OF he position assumed
by the northern clubs, for IL took him