St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1889-10-13
MANAGERS WILL WAIT
TheWestepn Association Meet
ing Will Not Be Held Until
in November.
Des MoineS to Remain, but
Omaha May Conclude to
Drop Out.
A Surmise on the Compost
ton of the Association
Next Season.
The American Association to
Close for the Year T0-Mor-
row Afternoon.

The annual meeting of the Western
association has been postponed by
mutual consent from Oct. Is to some
time in November. This is done TO see
what is accomplished at the National
league and American association meet
ings, and whether or not the brother
hood engineers a compromise or con-
cludes to start on its own hook. 1t is
broadly limited that both league and
brotherhood officials have made over
lures to whole Western association
clubs for transfer to the East in case
there is a general rupture. Until this
important matter is settled Western as
sOciatiOn managers don't know pre-
cisely what to do. When the meeting
comes the first important business will
be the naming of the cities to COM
pose the league. It has been the gen
eral impression that DeS MONIES has
seen all the base ball it wants to for ten
years, but this view of the case proves
erroneous. Des MOines is much more
anxious to remain in the association
than wear ago. The losses for 1889
footed up less than $1,000, and move
ment is already on foot preparatory to
putting a strong team in the field. lie
promoters of the enterprise will issue
200 shares of the value of $50 each, max
Ing in the aggregate $4,000. which will
be robust backing OH which to open the
season. Ii is settled, however. that st.
Joseph goes out. The attendance In
the Missouri town was large and
the salary list small. and yet a
wall goes up that there was
a deficiency of $1,000. The manage
ment of the club was evidently not OF
the best. The other haIf-dOzen cities OF
this years league will doubtless seek to
retain their membership. though it
is not absolutely certain that Omaha
will want to staG in another year. After
a town has once won pennant, Its peO-
pie rather insist that 1t shall keep it up,
and the year following pennant year
is pretty certain to be losing one.
President Mccormick has been pretty
busy lately selling players. He got a
good price for Crooks, has just sold
Nichols through Ted Sullivan TO Gin
cinnati for $1,000, and it is under
stood a big offer has been made by
California club for Clark. An Omaha
writer says:
rrcs.ueut Mccormick sits over his desk
these hazy October days figuring how he can
get even on his $1,000 invested in the base
ball business. his calculations disclose that
he can probably realize $1,000 from the sale
of players. This sum. with the $1,000 in
bank, comes within 500 of the amount in
vested in this association, and if realized
would provide for a very satisfactory dispo-
stion of the base ball business in'this city.
The SIl.5OO does not include the grounds
and improvements, and their sale would
probably allow the stockholders 10 draw out
their original investment
The remaining five cities are anxious
to give the Western association another
whirl. Among the new cities which
will ask for admission will be Wichita,
Kan; Lincoln, Neb.; Oshkosh. Wis,
and Duluth, Mimi, and shrewd
guesser says Denver will be dropped
owing TO its distance from the aSsOcia-
TONS natural center, and that the as
ISOLATION of 1890 will be composed of
clubs from st. Paul, Minneapolis, Mil
waukee, Omaha. Duluth, Oshkosh, Des
MOines and Sioux City. The election
of officers will excite some discussion.
1t would be a wise move to roll the
offices of president and secretary to-
gether and choose somebody for the
place who does not reside in any league
city.