St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1889-11-04
ROCHE IS SECRETARY.
The Morton Forces Are Routed
at the Minneapolis
Meeting.
Smiling Sam Fails to Become
Secretary or Get on the
Schedule Committee.
The Spalding Ball Also Sent
Spinning Through the
Soup.
No Club Elected to Fill the
Vacancy Left by st.
Joseph.

no CluU Ei6CL6Q 10 FIJI Tic
Vacancy Left by st.
Joseph.
The members of the Western Base
Ball association who attended the an
nual meeting yesterday at the West
hotel. Minneapolis, were not feeling
very well, and it took President MeCor-
mick a long time to get them settled
down to business. A majority of them.
under the guidance of one of the Min
neapOliS magnates. had spread thick
coat of red paint over the Twin Cities
after the adjournment on Saturday
highland sweiled heads and bleary eyes
which would have cost any Of the ball
players at least a months pay, were
looked upon as a matter of course, ana
attracted no attention from the white
slave-drivers who during the ball sea
son hire private detectives to catch
their men out of bed after II O'Clock p.
m. at $40 per catch. When the meeting
adjourned early Saturday night, the
Morton forces felt that nothing could
ring. land the willy Sam supposed he had
everything his own way. The oppose
ton. however, secured an adjournment,
and Omaha, which was represented by
President Mccormick, was won over.
Before the election Mccormick declared
that he would not accept renOmina-
ton unless Morton were reelected sec
rotary. but for some reason during the
night he changed his mind. Jim Tart,
VINO was mentioned as the possible new
secretary, after calmly viewing the field
and discovering that Morton held the
key to the situation. withdrew from the
fight. Morton, who was determined
that he should name
TIE NEW SECRETARY
and have him under his control or fill
the office himself, held the name of G.
G. Chase. of Oshkosh, in reserve. lily
Hach was the man who to Keep the boys
in line and to pay particular attention
to the delegates from Des MONIES, Mil
waukee and Omaha. This, with the
vote Of Minneapolis. gave Morton
clear field after the st. Joseph franchise
had been declared forfeited, and the
Morton-Hach ring could afford to laugh
at Dave Rowe and Judge Foley, who
led the opposition forces. Hach. how
ever, did not do his work. well, and
away and voted directly OPP
Judge Foley opened the ball by pro-
posing NJ. j. Roche, of st. Paul. for
secretary. This was to be prelimf-
nary skirmish, SO thought the Morton
Hach forces. and they refrained from
placing any name in nomination, while
self-satisfied smile settled over their
features as they thought how easily the
other fellow would be defeated. But
the smile was changed to frOwn, and
the frown to looks of CONSERVATION,
when st. Paul, Denver, Sioux City and
Omaha cast their ballots for Roche.
Des Moines. Milwaukee and Minneapo-
lis simply voted against Roche"
There was 10 contest over the election
of a
BOARD OF DIRECTORS.
and Des Moines, Milwaukee,, Sioux
City and Minneapolis were given arep-
resentation. Omaha is also represented
in President Mccormick. In the seiec
ton of the schedule committee the
Morton-Hach forces again met with de-
feat. and they were completely routed.
The committee selected consists of A.
NJ. Thompson, of ST. Paul: David E.
Rowe, Denver. aud r. E. Mulcahey, of
Sioux City. This was a severe blow to
tie people who had supposed that when
they secured the meeting in their own
city, they would have everything their
own way. With their own man as
secretary and their own schedule
committee they would not only have
secured control of the umpres. but they
would also have gobbled up all the de-
Sirabie dates. The other clubs, how
ever, had learned by experience, and
when they found they had the other
side on the hip they ran things to suit
themselves. Dave Rowe, who was one
of the most bitter opponents or ex-Sec-
rotary Morton, had declared repeatedly
that Denver had been badly treated.
not only in the selection Of dates for
games in his city, but he also declared
that the work OF the incompetent UNI
pires employed by the association had
cavSed considerable falling off IN the
gate receipts when games were played
by his club on the home grounds. In
this he was
SECONDED BY ST. PAUL.
and it Is matter Of history that both
Milwaukee AMI Sioux City were dissatis-
fled with the work of Secretary Morton.
The present schedule committee is CON-
posed of experienced and fair-mided
men. and all the clubs feel that they
will be Justly treated. The matter Of
adopting ball to be used during the
coming season by the association was
brought up 10y Hy Hach, who, with his
partner, represents Spalding in the
Northwest, and consequently has a
monopoly Of the base balls which bear
his name. Last season the Spal-
ding ball was used by the West
ern association, and the firm handling
those goods supplied all the clubs with
r. fho ofean IF
of the clubs kicked on the price, and
thought cheaper ball might be substl-
tuted. Then the classification scheme,
whereby the minor associations are to
be robbed of their players to further
the ends of Mr.. Spalding. had not ere
ated very favorable impression in the
minds of the managers Of the clubs, and
they did not propose to allow the Chi
cago man to have caSt-iron sinch if
they could help it, and when Hach
moved that the Spalding ball be adopted
as the official ball of the Western asso-
citation for the season of 1890, he was
promptly sat upon, and his
MOTION WAS KILLED.
A committee consisting of S. G.. Nor
ton, of Minneapolis; w. M. Taylor. of
Milwaukee, and Judge Foley, of Sioux
City, was appointed to select an official
ball. The committee was given full
power to act, and if it can find base
ball which costs less money and is as
durable as the one manufactured by
Spalding it will be adopted and the
Spalding ball will be discarded. Ed o.
Brandt was appointed committee of
one to make arrangements for the trans
portation of all the clubs in the asSoca-
ton during the season. The Western
ball players will be represented
in the New York meeting of the
minor league clubs on Nov. II
by President Mccormick and S. e.
Morton. Both delegates are instructed
to fight the classification scheme to the
end. and they will officially report the
action of the association of MINOR league
clubs to meeting which will be called
by President Mccormick after his re-
turn from New York. AT the present
time there Is VACANCY in the assacia-