St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1890-03-06
TWO CLUBS TOO MANY
National League Hagnates
Find Themselves in q Pc
culiar Dilemma.
FPuitle3s Efforts TO Induce
the Indianapolis People
10 Get Ont.
Spalding g. Co. Practically
Agree Upon an Eight
Club League.
Detroit Makes q BolI Bid for
Admission to the Broth
eph0od.

CLrvIIANp, O.. March 5. 49, After
spending the entire day in frmtess eff
forts to induce the indianapolis club to
get out of the league. delegates rot to-
gether in the Wcldtll house at O'clock
this evening and decided to refer the
schedule back to the committee, with
instructions to make another report
Several OF the clubs objected to thu
schedule as made up and il WAS decided
TO demand a new one. After taking
this action the meeting adjourned until
10 O'clock tomorrow. 1t is pretty gen
orally understood that the work of to-
night is the result Of an agreement upon
an eight-club league. President Nimiek,
Of the ptteburE club, left for home to-
day, ana his place upon the sch edule
committee Will be filled by See
Rotary Sclluirett. The Detroit peO-
pie have given up trying to get into
the league aud will henccf0rth devote
their energies to securing admission to
the brotherhood, Fred StearnS to-day
offered Al johnson tree grounds and
lirst-claSs club II Detroit could be
ADMITTED 70 TIE BE0THERHOOD.
johnson said he would have to refer
Tue ihatltt |" inc meeting mere next
week: HlrdthS lheH tell IoT DcJrolt'
ana president MINIS went to Bu1faio to
see Nhal chance IAere WoGlu pe 10 get
Howe ana mic TO uahHfef thelr broth
grhcrd llaAchlSc 70 beIT0lt manager
LeadIt\ - sun mere Nhen asked
ABOUT ING uitT 10 M Johnson, Lcaulty
said: "Ges, we have made the broth
prhODA at, offer We have q GOOD club
III Detroit, aS wei as one oil the BEST
base ban parks III the country, ana
we want 10 Grl INTO gOOu company we
We uld prefer the league, but II we cant
get into THAI organization we snail try
20 secure ADMISSION 10 thc bfolhtI-
hood. secretary Schahutett. OF tiie
IItlsbufg "luO, seemed TO think THAT the
ScheQulc committee ahtlCl pateu the SAFE
or aSilh&toha irahehiae I" Detrolt
Wlch IL drew up lhc RECOMMENDATION
Tor an eqUal DIVISION OF tht ihH@aTo eA-
pehScS Oh tht SeEtIal ciuuS' on
see ne Sai9, III 'tiiOlC were 10 take
washington pace IIltsourg Wouid oe
thIoNH ii'lu tIle Eastern group ana tllc
consequence would be a greatly N
cltaSed mileage expense. Under the
present division OF the clubs Iltts-
burg has much the best or II,
LOT Wheh inc western ciuOS. 80
East we nave shorter distance IMAM
any OF thtIll 10 travel But J! we were
10 DC put III tie Eastern ulVlsloh we
would nave 10 GO some very livery
Hustilhg 10 Jump around with Boston,
Brooklyn ahd New 0rk, ana our hlle-
age would be much larger Than tiat OF
any other cluh. rms equal DIVISION or
me mileage expenses VIII, or course, 40
away With the objections that We would
otherwise I've compelled to raise against
being transferred 10 the Eastern group.
However think this scheme to
DIVIDE TIE MILEAGE EXPENSES
equally IS very good one, no matter
whether Detroit takes NashIhgtoh's
place or not, ana I'm surprised that
something ike IL was not th"ught Oh
ltng ago. manager heauleH, OF the
DetfolI clu0, When asked II t'eFe was
auy pfo0ahility OF transfer OIL tle
w aShlhgtoh FRANCHISE 10 the Guy the
straits, said: Il am afraid not. III looks
to me as II there would DE only elEut
clubs IN the league tins year. NaSAlhS-
ton wants to sell ana we are anxious 10
BUY, Out I've mauG Il SoOd lhany III
quirltS during the last Twelve hours
and am constrained to beileVe that we
haven't much nope OF getting III. Inc
general desire is Tor an elght-ciuD
-NN 80 49,
SAID to the contrary am convinced that
indianapolis and Washington VIII 20
out" " hen asked for ms candid opin-
ION upon the circuit question, deie-
gate, who can be depended upon 10
know as much as any OF his felioW mag
mates about what Is gong on, SAID; "Ot
course 1t VIII not do Tor me TO come out
and say So over my own name, out
4 Don OBJECT TO telling you per
Sonaiiy That IL Is my honest oe-
heI that we VIII not DE apie 70 20 on
WIN more IMAM eight clubs why, we
had no ldea oI inc SIZE OF me elephant
now upon our hands untli we got at
mat schedule. All VINO nave looked
that over ana STUDIED IL are convinced
that ten clubs would be
a SEVERE HANDICAP
70 us THIS season. Oostractlons make
themselves manifest on all sides. IL
would be Impossible TO nave all ten
CLUBS play my at the same Tune. Ihere
would have to be great many lay
overs with the attendant heavy eX-
pense, and then there would always he
the danger OF ram, when a clubs turn
10 play ilnaily came around. When We
come to figure The thing out we hHd
that 1t would not he at all uncommon
1Or team 10 lay OH week at