Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1914-02-09
PLOW CITY FANS
WANT MORE Time
Moline Enthusiasts Meet in
Final Session and Ask Ex-
tension of Justice.
PARK BADLY IS NEEDED
Solicitors Have Money, They Claim, to
Secure Franchise-Many Cities
After Berth.

/ Moline baseball fans met Saturday
night in the Manufacturers hotel in
the Pillow City, in what was supposed
to have been the final and deciding
session of the supporters or the ma
tionaI game in that city, regarding
the vacant Central association berth
which Moline is after, and according
to many and varied reports sent out
are not so jubilant over the situation
as they have been. 1t is claimed that
a sufficient amount has been secured
to purchase a franchise and team, but
the city has no park and no place 10
play. A park is an absolute necessity,
and there will be no baseball in the
Pillow City this year unless one is
secured.
A message was sent to President
NJ E. Justice of the association, ask
ing an extension of time for period
of one or two weeks more, but those
in a position to know are of the opin-
ion that Justice will not grant the
request, as there are too many cities
after the franchise.
Rock Island business men have de-
clared themselves in favor of the Cen
trail association and it is thought that
an immediate effort will be made to Sc
cure the berth which Moline was after.
Influential men of the city expect TO
get busy on the proposition at any
rate, ana success now practically seems
assured here Rock Island has always
been a good baseball town and the
city is very anxious to get in.o the
Central.
Many After Berth.
The following dispatch sent out to-
day from BIr,ilgtcn, Jnwa. will prove
of considerable interest to local base
ball fans:
Burlington, Iowa, Feb. off the d.
rectors of the Central association have
held any doubts about the ability 10
fill the vacancies in this league made
by the designations of Monmouth and
Kewanee. they have all vanished away.
They are in the position of one now
having an embarrassment of riches.
Several good towns are knocking at
the Central association door and are
willing to meet all requirements.
These cities are Rock Island, DH-
buque, Moline, Aurora, Oskaloosa,
and Clinton, Iowa. Any
one of these cities would be decided
on what they have had.
But at present the Central association
appears to be tied up with Moline. :
Some kind of an option was given to
that city, it appears, which allowed
them time to arrange to get away from
the influence of the Three-I league.
Meanwhile Marshalltown, Iowa, has
come forward with no strings of any
kind tied to it, and offering to pay all
required. 1t is a good sized
city and has an abundance of enthus-
iasm, judging from the meetings that
have been held there by the fans re
garding getting into the Central asso-
citation circuit. Marshalltown was
charter member of the old Iowa league,
out of which the Central association
was created
1t is expected that the matter of
will soon be settled and
then one of the best seasons of the
league will be assured. All the man
ayers have been very busy with the
lining up of their teams, and many
Of them know about what their teams
will consist of now. A number of them
have already scheduled exhibition
games for the training season.
The old embargo against Central as
ISOLATION teams playing exhibition
games with each other was abolished
at the annual meeting of the league,
and most of the teams will book such
contests.