St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1888-08-04

less. In the meantime, money had to
he forthcoming. and it was finally by
the advice of Breslauer and others, to
save himself, that MIR. G0oding made
the deal with Davenport. He cannot be
blamed, and will not be, and Minneapolis
people can blame only themselves, the
saints and fanatics, that this is the only
city OF its size in America that cannot
support professional team. A fine ad-
vertlSement for a great city, truly. Mr..
Gooding said yesterday:
1t cut me to the heart to be even suS-
pected or double dealing i'll the matter.
L can stand the loss of the money and
say nothing, but this thing affects my
reputation. never had a dishonest
cent in my pocket, and L expect
with Minneapolis with no other
feeling than one of regret. l wonid
much prefer to stay here, but 1t is
plainly impossible. Look how | was
situated. Just before the benefit the
peoples salaries were due and they
must have money or go to other Sltua-
tons that were open to them. 1t could
not wait. Before the benefit l went to
personal friends and borrowed $1,000 to
pay the men. The benefit netted S975
and l mortgaged my personal effects to
raise the balance and return the 81 500.
The mortgage is still there. AS to
the benefit, the grand stand seats
about 800. and it was not full by any
means. l can show my books, which
will exhibit every dollar received on
that day. Well, time went on and Sat
urday approached and there was no
money. davenport made an offer, but
DelleVlng in the stock company, l de-
cllned. Lucas came up and improved
the offer, and then, seeing there was
nothlng ahead but subscription paper,
L accepted Davenport'S terms by the
ADVICE OF the very men who were going
into the stock company. That is the
whole story"
This is corroborated in every detail by
Mr.. BreSlaur and others who had sub
Scrlbed to stock in the proposed COM
pany. The Davenport deal is precisely
what was planned here. a company
with a capital of S12,G00 has been
formed, Of which Gooding gets a half
interest for the franchise and players.
He is also retained as business manager,
with salary of 1925 a month. The
company pays the salaries due the play
erS and puts about 81, 900 in the treasury.
Most OF the Minneapolis players will be
retained. The delay in this deal caused
Davenport to sell McCabe, second base,
and Crowley, catcher, TO Milwaukee,.
McCullOm and Rowe will probably be
released and Klopf may share their fate,
but Winkleman, SOwders, Broughton,
Kreig, HAYES, Brosnan, Walsh, Tebeau
and Jeyne will play in their regular po-
sitions. A meeting Of the asssocia-
ton was requested by Mr.. Good
ing. but he has not heard from
Morton, who is, it is thought, ell route
for Minneapolis. Mr.. Gooding thinks
Davenport will be permitted to enter
on the same terms as Sioux City
and begin with all open record. If this
is done the rule will be enforced and
all games played with Minneapolis will
be stricken off in excess of the least
number of games played with
any team. Minneapolis has played
two lit will be three today with
Sioux City, and therefore all
but the first two Minneapolis games
with each team will be stricken OFF. If
this is done, st. Paul will lose nine
victories and one defeat, and Des
Moines three victories and seven de-
feats, receiving two standing and Civ
ing st. Paul to date a standing of SOB
and Des MONIES .653. This will even
up the result OF the st. Louis games, by
which st. Paul gained heavily,