The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1915-08-29
Ned Egan Does Some
DetectiUe Work and
Protest il Made

DetectiUe Work ana
Protest i Made
inst - soon - Il was learned that
the Keokuk and Burlington BAsepaA
Z ,sociatiCns had protested six games
wor, by Muscatine, Ned Egan and the
snortinx editor OF the Muscatlne
News-Tribune. p. ]. Westrade. HE'D
over to Davenport. Ia,
and inyestiSated the record Of Coop
er. now with KeOkuk, ana rs = result
Of their investigations they have
filed q protest with President Justice
ON nine Keokuk games won while
Cooper has been with the Indians
The protest was received Saturday
mnrninr through the mail from the
directors or the Muscatfne baseball
association ana to the document e A.
tached two anldnvits sworn before =
notary public at Muscatine BY Mana
ger ERan and Scribe Westrade. con-
tanning recital of the results OF their
investigations III Davenport which
seemed to prove IN their minds That
Cooper Is veteran.
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Some New Featurse.
Before going farther into the de-
tails Of Egan's act Of revenge there
are few points that need 20 be clear.
ed up. Both the Muscatine News
Tribune ana journal accuse Frank
Boyle OF protesting the six games
aesinst Muscatine and there are sew
era1 sarcastic references 70 Boyle, the
big defender Of the fouf-msn rule,
now being caught red handed. The
truth or the matter 10 that Frank
boyle didn't have : thing 70 do with
the protests. The burlington and Keo-
kuk Baseball associations were alone
responsible for them ana the first,
inkling Boyle got Of the matter Was
through the papers.
Davenport MISREPRESENTATION
And here II another thing. When
Davenport disposed OF Cooper to Gin
ton. the Blue Sox pitcher was declar-
ed BY the Davenport directors to be
outside the pale Of the four man rule.
and ali unsusp ectfng, Clinton -,ised.
Cooper believing the statement OF the.
Davenport authorities. II Il ~ found
that the, pitcher does come under tho
rule. both Keokuk and Clinton will
lose games as the result OF q misrep-
resentation by Davenport. When KeO-
klk secured Cooper from Clinton.
Manager Frank Boyle. who II AZ
white and honest . man a. could BE-
found anywhere, also believed that ne
was safe because OF the Aforemen-
tioned declaration Of Davenport.
II Cooper is veteran II Is because
OF the Misrepresentation to the
Central association by Davenport.
When asked last evening II the fact
that Cooper was secured throush
misrepresentation OF his standing,
would cause Egan's protest to lose
weight. President Justice replied that
II would not; that II It was found,
that Cooper was veteran that he
would have to throw out AL Of Clin-
toms and Keokuk's games won while
Cooper was In the line-ups OF those
two teams when they already had
seen that II Egan's protest gets by.
innocent clubs will suffer because Of q
deal pulled OF by Ned Eean to get
revenge for the act OF the Burlington
and Keokuk associations in trying to
secure justice.
Here are Gentlemen.
The Keokuk oficers. however, have
showed their Wilderness by declaring
that II Cooper Is veteran. even
though they were unaware Of It. that
the games should be thrown out. Al
though this has not been done yet
and there IL chance that Egan's
protest will melt, before an investi9a-
ton which is being conducted by
President Justice, It shows that there
are gentlemen In the league.
Upon receipt OF the protest yesfer-
day morning. President Justice imme-
dfately got in touch with Davenport
and Muscatine officials that the weight
Of Egan's accusations might be test
ed, and he IL expecting to hear news
on the situation at any moment. A
thorough investigation Is going to he
conducted before any decision on the
protests Is made.
One thing that rather puts cfimp
into the arguments fsom Muscatine
that Cooper played more than thirty
days with Davenport in the Three-Eye
league Ia the absence OF record Of
any kind IN authentic year books that
he ever played a day In that LEAGUE
in either the year 1913 or 1914. The
reason for this IL not known. but Il
10 III hcVkuh I6VOT.
Why Eoan Protested.
The following Is an account Of De-
tective Egan's trip to Davenport with
Westrade and what they state they
found out. Whether Il is correct or
not cannot be said, but Il Is . state
ment OF the reasons for the protest.
It Is from the >News-Tribune:
Boyle 10 charged with carrying
five veterans during the past twelve
days during which period the Indians
have won nine games as follows:
Three from Clinton and two from
at Keokuk. two from Clin. ,
ton at Clinton and two from Musca-
tine at Muscatine.
'Boyle's admitted veterans are Low.
Their. Giffin and Wilkes. But Pitcher |
Con Cooper has not been included in /
the list OF players who have played
more than thirty days I'm baseball |
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