Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1911-01-05
WATERLOO MAY
MAKEIT STICK"
Not Inconceivable That Courts
May Prevent Change in
Three we Circuit.
"WELCH" ON CONTRACT
Boosters Admit Agreement but say
They Can't Be Bound by It
Lose Favor of Clubs.

Rock Island and Davenport represen-
tatives al the Three-Eye meeting in
Chicago returned home today and bring
re ports that are not entirely opumls-
tic. They agree that while Waterloo
clearly held membership in the league
for 1910. through an agreement which
pledged the city to withdraw at the end
of the season if a majority of the other
clubs requested it, the Boosters have
now repudiated this agreement, and,
furthermore, have some show of max
ing their contention good in the courts.
In short the Three-Eye may be pre-
vented from making the proposed
change in the circuit by ousting Wa
terloo and admitting Quincy, and even
if it wins in the action now pending
before Judge Cooper in the superior
court at Chicago and the injunction is
dissolved, Waterloo may still be able
TO cause delays that will seriously in
terfere with the opening of the 1911
season.
MAY CARRY II UP.
The Waterloo representatives de
clared they would carry their case up
to the highest courts in the land. Such
a fight as is threatened would probably
break up the circuit. In any event,
the contest that Waterloo has inaugur-
ated will be enough TO keep the Three
Eye busy and it il extremely improba-
BILE that any effort will be made to
Dust Dubuque and give Decatur fran
chise though there is yet possibility
that the entire matter may be patched
up through agreement with the Central
association.
Some talk was INDUCED in yesterday
of going to Indiana TO hold meeting,
but this was abandoned because it was
certain that Waterloo would, if forced
to do so, get out federal injunction,
and it would then be impossible to es-
cape jurisdiction. There was another
scheme discussed. II was to leave
Waterloo undisturbed and adopt a
schedule with Quincy included and Wa
terloo simply ignored. Obviously,
however, this plan had many serious
defects and its consideration did not
go far.
The next move will be by the league,
to have the injunction dissolved, and
President Tearney has engaged law
yer TO begin action TO that end. He
was advised that the injunction could
not hold in the face of the written |
agreement entered into by the Water !
oosclub owners at the time of their /
admission into the league Waterloo /
claims part of this agreement will not 1
nod in law and that it cannot be fore /
I'd out of the league on the strength /
Of ii. but that if il is eventually |
obliged to drop out, It's property rights I
will be protected by the agreement, /
therefore, it has everything to gain by 4
lighting and nothing to lose.
SAY TOWN Is NOW OUT.
The league magnates point out a
,lause in the constitution which speci-
les that any club whose owners carry
/ dispute into the courts loses its fran
,hise automs tically by that act, and
assert that clause was written by one
II the best lawyers in the state They
lold Waterloo already has forfeited its
membership, and all that is necessary /
admit Quincy to the league, and go
ahead playing ball. while the Waterloo
people are carrying their case up
through the different courts.
After the last conference broke up
without result President Tearney said
,othing farther would be done while
he injunction was in force If that
vas dissolved he said he would issue
| call for another meeting of the
eague Immediately. and that it would
let be a secret session either.
COURTS KILL GAME
The reason that Rock Island and
davenport withdrew from Waterloo's