Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1914-10-01
TEARNEY MERELY
FLIRTS WITH JOB
That Three Eye Head Does Not
Intend to Retire Is
Peoria Idea.
NOT STRONG FOR HAYES
Variety of Trouble Faces the Circuit
at the Annual Meeting to Be
Held Next Week.

that Al Tearney will not. after all, re.
tire from the presidency of the Three
Eye league is limited in his letter in
the Sporting News by Bill Barnes
Of Peoria this week The Still city
writer also hints at a variety OF trou-
BILE which is likely TO develop at the
coming annual meeting of the circuit.
He says:
with the annual Three-Eye league
meeting some ten days of, there seem
| ingly has come a calm before the
/. storm. President A. r Tearney has
not yet set the date OF the annual
meeting, but il is customary to hold
I the pow-wow during the city series at
( Chicago, and there have been no indi-
/ cations of a deviation from former
! traditions. The election of a president
, and discussing the various important
matters will come UP.
AS TO the presidency. Jim Hayes of
Davenport is the only candidate openly
I admitted to be in the field. He will
have the support Of the northern clubs.
, but whether ne will be able to swing
the election or not is a matter of mere
conjecture. Hayes is connected with
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against him. If he agrees to sever
these connections his chances will be
materially increased. There are still
many who believe that A. r. Tearney
will be persuaded to reconsider his
decision and accept another term.
Hayes and Tearney are about on a
par. Neither will be acceptable to
the southern clubs unless they are alb
solutely forced to take one or the 9TH
er. In that case it is likely that they
will choose Hayes. The writer has at
hand a letter from Mr.. Tearney. 1t
is in answer to several questions l
put TO him. One of these questions
was: Will you reconsider your de-
cision not TO accept the presidency
again?' Mr.. Tearney does not refer
70 the matter in his letter except to
state that there are several questions
that he is not at liberty to answer.
Object TO Sharing Prosperity.
The matter Of a $50 game-guaran-
tee will no doubt be thoroughly dis
cussed at the meeting. Davenport and |
Peoria are both against anything but !
the $50 guarantee. Some of the weak !
sisters, however, are clamoring for I
split gate receipts again. This natur- /.
ally would be favored by the clubs !
where the attendance is small. 1t |
would have been easy picking for |
some of the weaker members to come /
TO Peoria and grab off half of our $500 |
and 1900 crowds, while in return Pc
cria was to be forced to accept half of |
a dinky COO or 1000 crowd. The same !
applies to Davenport, where the at
tendance was good
AT least four clubs are said to be
in arrears to the league. The consti-
tuition plainly states that clubs in ar
rears to the league are not eligible 10
q voice in it's meetings. l also asked
President Tearney for a statement on
this matter and received the following
reply:
You are right about the constitu-
ton providing that a club has no voice
in the meeting in event they are in
arrears, etc, but it would not be well
to draw the line so closely in view of
the disastrous season that baseball has
had all over the country
THE constitution further states that
any club that fails to draw $4,000 at
tendance is ont of the league. or, in
ally rsverts 10 the league. II that rule
& held TO. and the constitution is iron
lad. or at least supposed TO be, then !
here are several Three-Eye cities with
ut franchises. Springfield. Quincy
md Bloomington are reported to have
allied to draw the required attend
nee. They are also reported to be in
rrears TO the league. II the directors
zee fit. these clubs will not have
,oice in the Three-Eye meeting.
Five Paid Up May Control.
Davenport. Peoria, Dubuque and
Ioline ara square in the matter of
Tendance. Decatur is believed TO be 4
yer the line. Moline has not had time !
D make much of a showing and Is all 4,
light in the matter of debts to the
sague. Davenport. Peoria. Dubuque
nd Decatur nre also squared proper
r. This means that five clubs will
ontrol the meeting this year If the L
irectors do not vote unanimously TO d
et aside the constitution. II
IF all these things happen to the 1
DOR old league. then what are the G
respects for next season. II will be b
Omitted that they are not very bril-
ant. New blood is needed in the cir p
nit. according to the writer's belief. s
IS likely to come. Dubuque, Quincy Il
nd Davenport are reported 10 be seek II
" berths elsewhere. the first two IN a