St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1889-12-22
HOW ABOUT ST. LOUIS
Shall the Western Association
Take In the Aggregation
of Won Der Abe?
Some Of the Objections Being
Urged to the Mound City
Mans Team.
A Brotherhood Attorney Out
lines What the Defense OF
Ward Will Be.
The Players League Men Are
Saying Harsh Things OF
Pitcher ClarkSon.

4 great deal of quiet talk is going on
I'm the Western association over the in
direct bid made at New York the other
day by Mr.. Won der Abe, of ST. Louis,
for place in the organization for his
famous Browns. Opinions vary widely
as to the ACCESSIBILITY of admitting the
Mound City team. 1t is a question OF
some moment whether st. Louis would
be paying town in the Western
association. The Browns came TO be
known as the perennial champions OF
the American association because they
so often Won the pennant, but IN spite
of the drawing powers winning team
is supposed to possess, the attendance
al St. Louis fell off steadily from year
to wear until Mr.. Won der Abe threat
ened TO desert the diamond owing to
lack of patronage. The flower of
his team IS gone. He has lost
Comiskey, King and O'Neill, and
it may be well believed that
the St. Louis patrons Of the national
game are weary over the prospect.
The conditions being thus, many man
ayers incline seriously to the belief that
period of profound rest is needed at
St. Louis. Not all the Western aSSOcia-
ton cities. however, take this view of
the case. 1t is not certain that both st.
Paul and Minneapolis would not vote
for the admission OF st. Louis
on the ground that the outlook
for base ball in st. Louis
is more promising than in either Des
Moines or Sioux City. Omaha and Den
yer will also probably favor the admis-
sion of the Missouri metropolis. Of
course both the Iowa towns would
oppose the admission of st. Louis. be-
cause it would mean the increase of the
salary limit, which Is but another
method of throttling the smaller towns.
The proposition to bring in Louis
vile and make the Western assO-
citation one of ten clubs Will not
be favored by many. Ten clubs make
rather an unWieldy organization at best.
and a circuit extending from Milwaukee
TO Denver would rot strike good base
ball calculator as tirst-rate one on
which to make money. If it is thought
best to admit the Southern teams. 1t is
probable couple of those now IN the
organization Will D6 uIOppCu. 1|oOh-
ing the field over hurriedly.
one would select Sioux City and
Des MOineS as the clubs most
likely to DE called out. This may not
be done, however. A much more COM
pact circuit could be made by Topping
off the edges. An official of the st. Paul
club said the other day that he wished
Milwaukee would drop out OR join some
other league, because the city was well
out of the circuit. and only supported
Sunday games. There is more serious
opposition to Denver, because all
clubs must incur great expense
in going to and coming fr9m
that city and lose a day each way in
travel. 1t is 267 miles from Louis fille
to st. Louis, 2S3 miles from st. Louis TO
Kansas City, 751 miles from Kansas City
10 Denver. and further from Denver TO
Omaha. The same objection to Louis
vile as to Milwaukee could be urged.
SO that, on the whole, it is likely that
the association of 1890 will be one OF
eight clubs, and that Milwaukee and
Denver are more apt to be dropped than
either of the Iowa teams.