Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1915-09-21
VETERAN PILOT is UNANIMOUS
CHOICE OF LOCAL olREc-
ToRATE.
MANAGER LYNCH FAILS
TO FILE APPLICATION
Muscatine Lines Up With Opponents to
President Justice-DeeIare League
Executive Broke Faith With Musea-
tine in Cooper Protest case-Bur-
Iinston Supports Rule.

Frank Boyle. of Waterloo, manager
of the keokuk Indians during the sea-
son of 1915, and one of the Oldest and
most successful pilots in the Central
Association, has been chosen as mana
ger of the Ansons for next season. Mr..
Boyle's terms were accepted by unani-
nous vote at meeting of the board of
directors. held Monday evening.
Manager. bobby Lynch, who has
been undecided as to his plans for next
year, and who had been given until
Sept 90 to file his application. failed to
submit his terms and as a consequence
he was not considered as a candidate.
There is likelihood that new league
will be formed in Wisconsin and Mich
igan this winter. and if the proposed
circuit is assured Mr.. Lynch will prob
ably head Green Bay team. 1t was
this project which caused him to forego
another year in the Central association.
Many Players in Sight.
Mr. Boyle's application was optional
for one week. He has had offers from
two other Central association teams,
bit preferred to come to Marshalltown
and consented to wait one week FOR
action by the local board. Mr.. Boyle's
desire for an answer at this time was
f. the purpose of permitting him to
sign players he could secure now. hut
who might not have been available in
a scek or two He has several good
men in sight and will close contracts
w h them at once.
Has Had Much Experience.
Mr. Boyle is confident he can secure
a team which will be in the fight for
the pennant. and his past success in
the association justifies the greatest
confidence in his ability to put Mar
shaltown in the running. Mr.. Boyle
was manager of the Fort Dodge team
of the old Iowa league when it was
organized in 1904. and he has been at
the head of Iowa league or Central
association teams since that time, with
tie exception Of year or two in the
Three-I league. He has always had his
team up near the top, and has been ex-
ceptionally successful in developing
and selling young players.
Museatine Joins Opposition.
The rnanasement of the Muscatine
club has joined Marshalltown in the
light agains- President Justice. That
ne has BROKEN his word with Musca-
tine and has not acted IN fair man
ner in the Cooper case are the charges
against the association head outlined
bv the Aluscatine directors. The cor
respoadence between President Justice
and President Sam Block. Of the Nus
patina club has been made pubic ana
forms an interesting bit Of baseball
literature. II submitting Muscatines
proteSt OF Cooper President Block
stated in part in his letter 20 Mr.. JUS
,ice:
Nv attention was today drawn by
the local directors 10 this peculiar
fact: That during oar entire member
snip IN the Contra! association We
Z have never been sustained in single
instance on any protest we have ever
made: AND more than that we are
aware of no important protest made
by opposition clubs 20 Us in which they
were not sustained. In other words
lin the game of protests our average
stands:
Muscatine ............... .Voo
other teams .....--.--...-...- l'ooo
WHAT'S the matter with MuscatineP
Do we lack acumen in the running OF
our affairs c, are we void of baSeDaii
sense? ANYWAY. we are beginning TO
look like Nuts to the baseball fans
f! here.
We are enclosing TO YOU our protest
4 Of all games won by Keokuk from Aug.
f j.. on accoun, of their having FIVE vet
i Grams.
This protest is backed by affidavits
Of people wilc have taken the pains TO
examine the records and the evidence
Go1
/ Reply From Justice.
4 To this letter. President Justice
made this reply bearing directly on
the Cooper case Aug. %:
II wish u say that il it is an abso-
lutte fact and acknowledged by the
Davenport club that this newspaper
information that you have furnished is
correct. or if the records of the Three-1
show that this player was with them
the time that you claim, it will not
only throw out the games that Keokuk
won while he was member, but also
with Clinton and the other clubs thai
he has been with since released by
Clinton It does not make particle
} of difference to me whether keokuk
loses these games or not. They VIII
have to abide by the law and live NJ
to it lust the same as any other club
President Justice promised the Mus
catine directors that II the evidence
were produced he would act agains'
Keokuk and Clinton. The evidece wa:
Notwithstanding an admission from
the president of the Davenport clut
that Cooper was veteran, and letter:
from Manager Dan O'Leary, OF thu
Davenport club in which he declared
Cooper was veteran and that the
Clinton manager, George Manusch
knew he was veteran when h
bought him. Yet. despite his promise
to Muscatine, and despite the unques'
tionable nature OF the evidence sub
mitted he refused to make ruling il
the case and submitted 1t to the "un
interested" directors Of the association
Block Makes Statement.
In a statement issued by Presiden
Block, he says in part:
THE Muscatine directors have here
tofore been the friends Of Mr.. Justic
and notwithstanding the previous op
position around the circuit, they hav
always given him credit for fairDes
and have always supported him.
When we filed our protest OF Keo
kuk and furnished indisputabIe evi
dence and had his reply stating il Dav
export ccrroborated our evidence tn
games Won by Keokuk would o
thrown gu. and then when the evi
dence was corroborated, he had