Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1914-02-23
WHAT IS MINUTES
MAY MEAN HERE
:, the Directors of the Central
Had Only Continued Their
Wrangling.
CAN WE UNDO THE DEED?
sexton Would Have Had Casteel on
Wire II Msanates Had Held
n Vote

rireau little Insignificant minutes
--,v Keep Rock Island out OF baseball
ale wear. Il seems rather q strange
,..a,enent 20 make. nevertheless II is
,s.sluteIy true. u the magnates OF
,s Central association would have
eo,tinued the.r wraugling. their heat
a discussion on voting Rock Island
- ,f,rshalltowu into the 1914 circuit
ar jus- about y minutes longer last
Tsursdey Afternoon. ". II. Sexton OF
,sis CITY. president OF the National As
s,eiaticn OF Minor Leagues. would
have been talking 20 LOwry Casteel
oyer Icar distance wire at the Bur
ung;cn hotel telling him. OF Farrell's
ming. Lowry would have quickly in
sorrnsd the league maguates OF the
seeisiou handed down by Secretary
v.--eil riding Rock Island as open
,,--fory and the move 10 vote the Is
Isrders into the circuit would have
5sen made al once. Keokuk. Ottum-
n Burlington. Tuscarine. Clinton and
Waterloo would nave voted for Rock
Islznd. while Be,den Hul % Cedar
Raplds would have cast the only OPP
posing vote
Threc-I CiSes Oppose.
Nany newspapers in various cities
tkrouehout the Three-I circuit have
opposed RocE Islands entrance into
ne Central and have fought tooth and
nal for the national bC>rd OF arbitra-
Ton 10 uphold Tearney and the league
n ruling this city their territory. In
one way they have failed. in another
tiey appear 10 have won. Develop
nents viii show. They have failed
because the territory is open and
Rock Island Is no longer a member
o. the Three-I property in spite of
ne hve-miie limit clause. They have
won, apparently. because Rock Island
lost out by - minutes at the Central
meeting. But local promoters OF base /
ball here are not willing TO give up so
EASILY. In fact they have not given |
ap at all They are fighting TO have |
he meeting reassembled and judging
from various reports throughout the
circuit such thing viii probably be !
brought about
In opposing Rock Island soIre OF /
the ThreeI circuit newspapers have |
made some real harsh statements re- !
gzrding the city and the local papers, !
but in spite OF this there is no i'll |,
feeling here Of any kind against them. !
Rock Island made an honest effort 1
70 get into the fold. and even though /
the fight IS not yet lost, the Islanders I
vii take defeat. If L comes, like real 1
EpoTtsmen. There Will be no after
rziling. no commenting upon the fact
thar We we're beaten. no fault finding.
II Ne are finally beaten, we'1 take our
Medicine and let II go 81 that.
The papers about the Tri-Optic cir
euiC are not blamed for the stand they
have taken in the matter. II is only
natural that they should stand by
their own league and show their loyal
y in the fight 70 keep Rock Island out
Of baseball.
Fans Lcok fo- Success.
All about the city can be heard com
7ent. both favorable and unfavorable.
rsgaruing Rock Islands chances for
getting into the Central association
n spite % the vote taken on MARSHALL
Town last week The majority believe
ih1t the chances are good. They want
baseball here and they want e. bad
lnd judging from these conditions Il