Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1914-02-25
ISLANDERS STILL FIGHT.
Hope to Secure Berth in Central A.
ISOLATION on Technicality.


ISOLATION on Technicality.
The Keokuk Gate City prints the
following story in reference to the ef-
forts Of Rock Island to Dust Marshall
town from the Central Association and
secure the kewanee berth:
Rock Islands latest and last effort
to get in the Central association Is
now being made upon technically.
According to the way it Is doped out
at the Island city, Marshalltown will
not become sure enough, officia!
members Of the league until the min
utes Of the last meeting are ratified
by the directors. 1t is rumored that
Rock Island promoters hope to tie up
the proceedings by getting the inter-
ested cities refusal to recognize the
action taken at Burlington last Thurs
day, according to a Rock Island paper.
Whether or not the rumor comes from
the fertile brain OF the scribe who
wrote the story or from a bona fide
source is hard to tell.
But to continue with the story. il Is
said that in case the clubs refuse to
recognize that action taken at the
meeting, the vacant franchise will then
come up for settlement and Rock
Island will unquestionably be, voted in.
1t is admitted that this is slight poi
but one well worth fighting for.
The only trouble with this plan Of
action is that Marshalltown Will have
time to win the pennant before the di-
rectors get a chance to refuse to rec
ogniZe the action taken a I the Burling.
ton meeting In the ordinary course
Of events the league is not due TO meet
,Sn Of l,o q
fall.
Manager Richards, Of the MARSHALL
town club announces that he has signed
that before the season started he
would have a bunch signed that would
make any Of the clubs In the Central
association hump before they will be
awarded the pennant. The Baker
CollinssMe1nnis- Barry combination is
alleged to be worth something like 100,-
600 cold simoieans. From this we
would gather that Marshall.oWn has
some inAeld."
In reference to the same story the
Burlington Hawk-Eye says:
The above is largely newspaper talk.
The reading. and approval Of the min
utes Of last weeks meeting of the
central dSSCCldtlOu IS HOt HeCSSSd1y "
the establishment OF the election OF
either Marshalltown or Clinton. Both
cities are now members of this cir
cult and could not be thrown out with
out legal row that would cost the
Central association dearly. The best
that can be said is that Rick Island
was twenty minutes late. To try to
put Rock island in this league in the
place of Marshalltown would be just
as easy now as trying to repsieve
man after he had been hung and
buried.
The fact is that as soon as city
is voted into league it becomes an
active member. 1t takes part. In the
transaction Of business at once, and
has as much of a vote as the Oldest
member present. Clinton, for instance.
was voted in first. 1t at once became
a member and then cast its vote for
Marshatltown.
I'm a memorable session of this
league some years ago, Waterloo and
Jacksonville We're voted out, and Mon
mouth and Galesburg voted in, and
the new cities were signing teams and
spending money on improvements be-
fore the minutes were approved at the
next meeting"