Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1914-02-21
NOT YET MEMBER
OF ASSOCIATION
Minutes of Last Meeting Must
Be Approved Before Mar
shaIltown Is In.
MAY REASSEMBLE BOARD
,,t Promoters Of Baseball Project
Sound Favorable Cities and
Prospects Seem Good.

u has developed that MarshaIltown
I'll no; be a member OF the Central
,ssoe,atiou circuit Tor the year 1914.
,,,fr the minutes Of the Burlington
r.ee,iug Thursday are approved by the
Sf-.c,ors OF the league. Since the de
cs.sop made by Secretary Farrell de-
.I.rsug Rock Island open territory.
h,seba1 promoters here have been
s,,ndfne the proposition in regard 20
re Feasibility OF reconvening the re-
nj meeting and taking another vote
On The eighth city in the league Had
r.rreIIs decision come one hour earli-
ar I, would have changed the entire
,olScv OF the Burlington meeting. and
Rock Island would have secured the
franchise by an almost unanimous
vote. That Il the reason the local pro
rso.ers are going 10 make one more
enort TO get into the league. and II
another such meeting takes place the
prospects for a favorable vote on this
eity seem good
Sexton Was Right.
MI Sexton. president OF the Ma
t,ouaI Association of Minor Leagues.
has always been OF the opinion that
ne Three-I league could not hold this
territory. inasmuch as II has repeatedly
refused 10 allow a team here, and has I
made a determined effor, TO get a Z
ruling 10 that effect from Secretary /
Farrell and the board OF arbitration. |
The result is that the board and Far
rel have ruled in favor OF the Island Z
sr.
Nr. Sexton did not see why Al /
Tearney's league could hold Rock Is 1
land on this five mile clause. owing TO 4
the fact that II was first made for /
an entirely different reason. He is /
Of the opinion that IL would be entirely /.
Unfair 20 keep this city out Of the i
zane. and the declaration made late /
rel proves that the national board Of Z
arbitration agrees with him unanimous
II.
MsrshsIltown's Big Bluff.
OF course it might seem unfair 10
rule Marshalltown out of the league
after II had been taken in. but owing
70 the fact that no vote was taken upon
the admittance OF Rock Island. II hard
h locks so unfair. President Justice
ovsrruled every effort TO vote the Is
hnders into the league in spite OF ter
rtorial trouble. because he wanted 10
avoid any trouble with the Three-I
league
But MarshalltOwn came forward with
oae grand blum. stating that it wanted
The franchise at this meeting OF not
a. all. The error seems TO have been ,
made by the league in listening TO
this bluf and postponing the meeting.
as developments have proven.
Rock Islands Good Points ;
II voted into the league, Rock Island
VIII be among the largest cities in the
circuit; the organization will be most
compact with a large number OF the
titles closely punched together. mean :
i-g saving OF almost $1,000 per year
n mileage over Marshalltown. IN ad-
slhon 10 this Rock Island has always
been noted as an excellent baseball :
own. having a territory comprising a :
population exceeding 100000 from
Which 70 draw. This would probably
mean an attendance Of more than So ,
20 per season with a possibility Of |.
1900. assuring good financial cCndi-
ten.
Following is the comparative esti- :.
1aied population OF the cities under /.
eonslderation for the 1914 circuit. in :
a1ding both Rock Island and Mar :
'aalltown:
49, rrr I =