The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1922-12-07
n JON YOsTER


III 10000
JOIN = FOSTER
~1o1i1ynley ~. Do. when the
oasd Of arbitration 0f the National
Anopc1at40n Of Minor Leagues
$3.50 ~ resolution ordering that
u. klQppof C( the Portland, Ore,
G5lb II sl0foyef barred from any
Sfttapatton IN the affairs Of the
eeuoc1stien and that he be ineligible
- s1staia any relations whatsoever
v1kh the association" 1t touched on
'Gcase u Law and . court fight.
K1eppoe Insisted today that he
Uade . report OF the finances OF
E9k6 TacumA club on the basis OF a
stock subscription list which he
presumed would be taken up by the
men In Tacoma who were pledged
. the shares Of the stock, and that
As left the city for his home ex-
Decttng the funds would be put in
the club treasury as had been
agreed. They were not and, accord
inR To Klepper. he made good the
difference,
He says he will take the matter
TO the courts, that in fact, it is to-
day in the hands Of his lawyers.
The. presumption Is that an injunc-
tion will be applied for to restrain
the National Association officials.
from preventing Keeper from con-
Quoting his business. National As
ISOLATION oficials when asked today
exactly what their resolution meant,
ii q triie hazy. They reckoned
It would prevent Keeper from
siRuinr his name to any baseball
contract. from sitting as a delegate,
from being elected an officer or any
/. thing which has any relation with
the association. and thus on through
the various lanes Of baseball.
The Portlander took his medicine
without n violent expostutations,
! merely insisting that he had not
svtifuily violated n rule or law Of
baseball and that he had done all
in his power by putting in his own
funds to bring about a proper con-
dillon OF affairs at Tacoma when
he found that the men who were
nnpposed To furnish the money had
19lnled 10 do 40.
The afnir il easily the most
widely discussed thing in baseball
circles today Many wonder IL the
action is not q warning to minor
LEAGUE men to 70 slow in fooling
WITH the buzz saw. for it is 40 stiff
nunishment "a has ever been
meted ont A major learue owner
hsre odav remarked mai the new
Standardization in baseball had the
minors .scared stir He elab-
oratcd. with instance, where the
smaller fry had been brought IN
With abort rein The minors. OF
co.,rse feel thew have moi alone
heen the vi6lators of baseball law
and TODAY are quietly discussing
among themselves certain incidents
In which they think they got the
worst of Il. At any rate. however,
everyone here believes there will
10 considerable hewing the chalk
line for a time at least.
It was seriously suggested here
today that a sort Of general amnesty
DE granted players who are now on
the banished roll. The argument is
that 1t would permit several
leagues in which such men are
playing to Join the National Asso'
citation as they wish to. 1t would
put an end to much pickering ant
wouid clean the STATE LOT a new
start. conservatives, however, rea
Using now mucn trouble wa
created by the men now ineligible
wonoer wnetner II Is a gooo ea
periulent Q Dsseosii 10 "aAe Una
A'no Oh Iresn stalt c.,.... -.
oae IMI 80 oon a,;.ua.. ~.
HeIneu uo"" sSv,vVv =. Ou,,.~s
ttn! xn ~, Oa e =. s"na
~ tooay nc ,au oeen 10
2 Cnsriey EODets u ~
:lteyer Arlett: VIII give W,
xso:o3O.- ss'a Eooeas. ana !,
EIins, w .noa
sseAnAle,,' ueei0 " aeoope
Sna.e sNd .as1 AIle.. 10 NJ. toI SAL ,
ana there 10 NO temptation maj VII
nov me.
Big oners nave Deen torneo Low
!or players before therefore >'o'oo'
~ NOT = Dig sum. -.
u now seems tnat NAE, ~ho SOY
for $15.OVO TO connie MACK, couit
have been bought three months ag'
for $4,000. Competition did 1t
Hale went to Portland as part pay
ment for Pillette and johnson. H,
sre-enters the major leagues CLOTHED
In ereenbacks.
Jack C. Nay VIM cost the Yankees
amhstantiai mia before the deal /,
1nr~ n~t.ils ~ Iho -t-,r..ctio,
- IN he vorted mi in New York
ma Nav mater n strictly a mino,
ine1ne deal aimee Nav h now ,
|irrr ritch.r Noc.m.o th~St T.o,,,,
N.tsc,sIs ava m ali claim ~ hin
when they let him 70 to Vernon. II
ma nav and Another e viii Goa
ina Ysrt. S5n o0N 70 rat MAJ IN
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