Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1915-07-27
EFFORT TO SNEAK
THREE-EYE CLUB
HERE is FAILURE
Con struthers Tries 10 Get Lease On
Island City Park to Bring In
Decatur Team.
CITY COUNCIL ALIVE TO IT
Action On Request Held Up While
Promoter Is Given Chance TO
Learn Sentiment Here.

Az attempt TO sneak a Three-Eye
league team into Rock Island through
action taken at the meeting Of the city
council last night failed. Con struth-
era acting for somebody" in the cir
cult offered to place the Decatur club,
g homeless aggregation already turn
Ell away by Galesburg, In THIS city.
asking permission TO lease Island City
park from the municipality.
TArea-foId is the aim back Of the
proposition. IN the first place, in or
der to hold this city as Three Eye
serrltory a team has TO be placed here
This season. Secondly. the league is
topping. and Rock Island is believed
the remedy TO restore its equilibrium.
The desire also is TO humiliate Rock
Island and put it over on the fans
vino 50 not want Tearney's brand Of
sport
Tile commissioners invited informa-
ton when Struthers appeared last
night with his proposal They got it
and there was marked contrast in
their attitude this morning when they
again look up the discussion with the
visitor
Desiring to be fair. however, they de
ferra5 action on the matter Of leas-
ing the park to Struthers for several
days with the agreement that he in
the meantime interview business men
and others interested in baseball in
this city. The council. too, Ia the
meantime will secure further infor-
nation and action on the matter will
be taken shortly.
Antagonism Develops.
The meeting this morning developed
aHagouism to the Tbree-Eye. Captain
IS 4. Rosenfeld. one OF the men who
financed baseball in this city and help
ed materially in making Rock Island
d baseball town. was at the session.
f. J. Mueller also attended and the
sentiments of other men who were in
touch with the situation here, were
presented TO the commission.
City Attorney J. X. Scott asked Mr..
suuthers what effect it would have in
Rock Island if the park was leased
and the team brought here. Struthers
replied that it would keep Rock Is
laHj in tho Three-Eye league. Com
missioner Juhl said that the city didn't
want TO be I'm that circuit, if the sen
timent he found was to be relied on.
MT. R0senfefd explained to the COM
mission that if no team is placed in
Rock Island during period of two
years the city is free territory. He
said that the agreement was on the
records Of the National Association Of
Minor Leagues, and was adopted at
Tearney's suggestion when the prop
osition of aholishing the dve-mlla lin
IT was up at the Omaha meeting last
winter.
"Tf the Three-Fye does not put a
team in this city this season, it valves
its rights to Rock Island" said Mr.
Roseufield Il don't think this city
wants a bankrupt team at this time
Of the year, anyway
TITS not a bankrupt team" con
tradicged Mr., Struthers.
IF it's not q bankrupt team. why do
you want to take it from DECATUR"
9Ir Bosenfeld asked.
Mr. Strurhsrs evaded a reply saying
the city was getting a $1,000 PROPOSE /
lion for nothing and that no money
was asked. He said the team would
be urged over to local capitalists if
they wanted It, or the present own
ers would keep it. He stated that
there are several players soon TO be
sold and that all this would give the
city q good start financially in the
Ihree-Eye next spring.
Money Cuts No lee.
Mr.. Rosenheld replied that the
question Of money made but little diff
ference here. He said the city could
finance its way into any minor league |
and that it did not need to be pre-
sented with team from the outside, |