Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1916-12-12
LIKELY TO CONTINUE IN CEN.
TRIAL ASSOCIATION WITH
RuNsER AS MANAGER.
GOOD PLAYERS ARE /,
AVAILABLE FOR TEAM
Eight Men Of Last Seasons orsaniza.
ton On Musky Reserve List-"eiiI'
Collins Again Named as Bunny Pilot
-Esan Airs Troubles in Baseball
Publication.

II present plans of the -'Musky" fans
are carried out Shortstop Jesse Runsei
will be elevated to the managerial po-
sition. all players on the Muscatine re-
serve list will be retained. and partic-
ular attention win be given to. games
with Frank Boyle's and Ned Egan's
teams. Muscatine boosters anticipate
a battle royal between Boyle and Esan
the coming season. and as both men
have in the past managed the Musca-
tine team, local pride perhaps. has
prompted the 'Muskiesr to determine
upon another season IN the association.
The decision OF the Muscatine direc-
tors to remain in the league will be
most welcome III every city on The cir
cult. Following q season of financial
reyerseS and a heart breaking cham
pionship campaign. the "Muskies" are
showing themselves good sportsmen In
retaining their franchise with deter
mination to give their opponents run
for the flag
Good Basis For Organization.
Muscatine has excellent material on
which to lay the foundation for first
class team. On the reserve list are Kin
sey. Hruska. Kennedy, Reinhart. Mar
tini, Durham. Sheldon. and Runser
Some of the men mentioned have fig
ured in sales announced by former
Manager Egan, but evidently these
transactions were never cunsuifiiIIa ted.
as the ''Musky'' mana cement have re-
served the players.
1t has been rumored that Egan, en-
pected TO secure the more promising
Muscatine players for the Waterloo
team. but the action of the Muscatine
directors will compel Egan to build up
q new machine at Waterloo.
Bunny" Manager Is Retained.
Bill Collins, ranked by many as the
classiest baseball player in the asso
citation, will again pilot the Cedar Rap
ids team. according to an announce
ment Monday by President Belden Hill.
of that club. Collins took the manage
ment Of the "Bunnies'' at time when
the club was disorganized. and at the
close of the season had his crew going
at top speed. Few changes will be
necessary in the lineup, and the Bun
MES" will take the field next spring
with practically the same aggregation
that finished the season Of 1916. Col
Inns will have a gap to fill in the in
field. owing to the call for Shortstop
Reeds services by Denver.
The return to form of Pitcher Batch
ley is expected to make the Cedar Rap
ids real contenders next year. Batch
ley came to the A"Bunnies" in the late
season. worn from a strenuo season
with Burlington. and was unable to
give the Cedar Rapids club the service
expected of him. When in form Batch
lel. IS one of the top notch boXncn Of
Tie league.
Rule or Ruin Policy.
Ned Egan has aired his troubles in
long letter to the Sporting News. of ST
Louis. in which he declares that While
Ile sident Justice favored the throwing
out OF games won by Muscatine be-
cause of violation Of the veteran rule.
0: her clubs guilty Or ':ioIation of lcagd.
rules were not penaliZe!. Violation OF
the salary limit is charged by Manager
Egan. who further declares that~ne be-
ticveS he had the cheapest as well as
the youngest club in the league last
year. If proper investigations were
made. Egan declares. other Central as-
ISOLATION mana gers would he found to
possess "unciean hands"
Egan's reference to his cheap club
and his youthful players is causing
merriment over the circuit, as 1t was
generally supposed that the Muscatine
clu., was the most expensive i'll the
league, as that clubs deficit nnioubt
edIy was the greatest in proportion TO
receipts for the season, and his youth
fH players included vets" like Dur
tir; ,cL.
a half dozen men who have played the
game for several seasons. Aside from
Kinsey. it is doubtful if Egan had any
players as young as Lee. Murphy,
Lunte, and Penner. Several members
of the Marshalitown team were TOO
young to vote in the late election.
Why Rules Are Violated.
1t would seem that the annual row
| over violation of rules might easily be
eliminated. especially if the president
Of the league is watching the club
managers closely. No man in the or
ganization is in better position to
know the real status of the players Or
the salaries paid than the league ex-
ecutive. He is the one man In posi-
ton to demand and obtain the infor-
nation necessary upon which TO base
an honest conclusion. Players who have
been in the league for several seasons.
signing one year for salary which Is
| in excess of the salary paid by another
| club for the same man the next season.
must arouse suspicion. and the presi-
dent must know that a player under
contract for SIPS or $3.50, traded or sold
| to another club. which assumes his
contract; is not playing for his new
| owners at $40. Or 500. If this state of
affair exists it is apparent that the
president of the league Should and
must know the condition.
If the president of the association in
1917 will do his part. violation of rules
will be few, and # the league execu-
tive will favor the league with prompt
decisions on disputed cases. there will
| be no occasion for controversies, such
as that arising from the pennant fight
| of 1916, to mar the sport.
The president of the league. for the
next year. must enter upon the duties
of his Office with the thought in mind
that the association is maintained by
and for the fans and not for the
leagues executive head or the club
| managers, otherwise the Central asso-
(; citation is doomed to an early death.
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| Contestant Nearly Finished.
Most Of the testimony for the con-
| testant in the Swearingen win case was