Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1916-01-13
fight for the Indians franchise di'
aborning.
Justios Cast. Deciding vote.

aborning.
| Justice Casts Deciding vets.
When the delegates settled down to
| the business Of the day 1t was felt that
the best Justice could expect was . tie
! vote, and it was rumored that Mason
City might switch to Norton on tho
second ballot.
Belden Hill, Of Cedar Rapids. placed
Mr.. Justice in nomination. and Joseph
A. Whitacre, of Marshalltown. pre-
| scented Mr.. Norton as a candidate. On
the first ballot. the result was as fol-
| lows:
For Justice-cedar Rapids. Clinton,
Keokuk and Mason City.
For Observation-Disclosures, Marshall.
town, Muscatine and Waterloo.
Mr.. Justice the nannounced that he
had the deciding vote in case OF tie
and would cast it for himself Immedi-
ately objection to this procedure was
raised by A. c. MILFORD. Of Waterloo.
and K. W. Scott and John y. Bass, oI
Marshafftown. The legality OF MI.
Justices vote in an election OF Off
GERS was questioned, but Mr.. Justice,
seconded by Belden Hill. fought his
case on the associations constitution.
Fred NJ Wilbur, Of Marshalltown, was
reelected vice president without OPP
position.
Charges Of Frame-up.
It was intimated by Waterloo rep
resentatives that there was an Interior
motive in the act Of keokuk pulling
the game from the fire" in that city on
the eve If election, and 1t was charged
that keokuk had come to the meeting
solely for the purpose Of casting
vote for Justice, and intending tn
peddle its franchise before the opening
of the season. Mr. Overton holly re-
piled. saying a great change had come
over the fans at Keokuk, that the
necessary funds had been raised in
thirty six hours time, and that keokuk
certainly would be represented III the
Central assoc:at ton. Later in the day.
however, Second Baseman Swick. OF
keokuk. was sold TO Waterloo, and it
was stated ON authority that the
keokuk management had sold its club
house and had surrendered its park
contract.
Mr.. Bass insisted that Mr.. Justice go
on record as showing an inclination to
forfeit the keokuk guarantee Should
keokuk fail to place a team in the
field. the guarantee money to go to the
league end not be handed back TO
Keokuk. should some other club take
over the franchise and deposit $500 to
guarantee a team.
Mr. Justice cvaded the question. bur
Mr.. Bass was persistent and finally
a reading of the section in
the constitution referring TO the sur
render of guaran &c money and bring
ing from the char an admission that
keokuk would be obliged to surrender
the $500 if the franchise were trans
ferred.
Hill Lets Cat Out.
With this question definitely settled,
Belden Hill let the cat out of the bag
by asking the president for information
as to the situation at Rock Island. The
Norton faction didn't care anything
about the situation at Rock Island, as
the eight clubs had deposited their
guarantees and there were no vacan-
cies Mr.. Milford took advantage of
Mr.. Hills slip to force the question of
any further interest in the Rock Island
fight. The president reported that the
matter was not decided.
Adopt New Veteran Rule.
Next in importance to the fight for
the presidency was the elimination of
the -four veteran" rule and the sub
stitution of a modified agreement,
which was ratified by all the clubs.
The old rule was annulled because it
has been held to be unconstitutional.
a committee, composed Of Belden Hill,
Of Cedar Rapids: F. NJ. Wilbur. OF
Marshalltown, and c. w. kaletsch. OF
Burlington. appointed by the chair TO
draft a substitute measure. The new
rule provides that club may carry
not more than five veterans. or players
from leagues higher than class D. who
have participated in more than thirty
games in the higher organizations, the
standing of the player to be determined
from the official guide. The old rule
provided that a club could carry no
more than four veterans. or players
who had played in higher leagues more
| than thirty days. The substitution of
the word games" for days" Will make
a vast difference in the definition of the
term veteran especially as regards
pitchers 1t is also stipulated that
players shall sign affidavits as to their
! standing, and If the affidavits are
found to be false in statement, the
! player is subject to loss Of salary.
Lensthen Playing Season.
1t was decided to lengthen the play
ing season Of 1916. opening Wednesday,
May 8. and closing Monday, Sept. IL.
This will provide for a season one
| week longer than last year.
The opening games will be played in
the southern cities and the closing
games in the north. The northern
cities will have two holiday games
Memorial Day and Labor Day-ane
the south will have observation-disclosures
Day. There will be ten Sunday games
in each city. one more than provided
by the schedule Of last year.
Sports Writers Elect.
The Central Association Sports
writer's held a meeting early in the
afternoon. and the following officers
were elected for the ensuing year
/ President, J. ". Harris, Cedar Rapids
Gazette; vice president, Joseph A
| whitacre, Marshalltown Times Repub-
| lican: secretary, F. j. Hanlon. Waterloo
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