St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1891-08-14
HARRISON BACKS OUT
He Doesn't Want a Team
With Four OF It's Best
Players Gone.
The Team Expected Back
From Duluth to Be Dis
banded at Once.
Duluth Gives the MillePs an
Awful Kick at the Graves 8
Brink.
CHICAGO Wins, and Both New
York and Boston Lose in
the League.

The prediction of the GLOBE yester-
day morning IS proving true in almost
every particular. The ball team stands
upon 4 very narrow foundation. It
looks as If it would do no more ball
playing after the return from Duluth.
Hora &c Libby. one Of the men who
took the team off Hach'5 hands, feels
that the publication in yesterdays
GLOBE did him an injustice He says
this IS Il correct statement Of how the
deal was made:
Mr.. Harrison and I agreed to take
the team off Hachs hands, each
10 put in $500. My money was
ready as soon rs the transfer
could be made. One part of the
agreement was that the team should be
turned over IN its entirety. We wanted
all Of the players that were under con
tract to Hach, and we wanted the team
to 90 to Duluth. and begin to play
ball. We were down At the depot Tues
day night when the team started for
Duluth Ward, Rettger, McQUaid and
Darling were not there. II was a part
of our agreement with Hach that all
the players should 90 to Duluth. If
they did not 20, the deal was of. That
was why Hach was so anxious to fad
them. didn't go into this deal to rep
resent any body but myself. | was put
ting ND my own money. The deal with
Mr. Harrison is of. While we were
discussing this matter yesterday Nj.
Harrison received word that his father
was dangerously i'll. His father has
since died. and he has Informed me that
he cannot carry out his portion OF the
agreement because other matters VIII
require his attention. Of course, Rett-
ger, McQuaid ANA Darling have left US.
1 cannot say whether the deal will 90
through now or not. l stand ready to
put 10 my share Of the coin at any
time. When this agreement was made
between Sir. Harrison and HE, Hach'S
connection with the team ended. He
Wasn'tt0 have a dollars worth of in
terest."
The team may play out the season,
bat II is doubtful. The three men who
have deserted, Rettgar, McQuaid and
Darling are the best of the lot. To be
sure. Duke. 1engie and Dugdale might
be signed. If some one IS found to take
part Of the team with Libby they viii
available at short notice. Elmer Eos
ter who mas been released by Kansas
City, could be secured too. That would
make a fairly strong team if all would
play bail.
Ky L. Hach says that he is out Of base
ball for good. He shows good business
in getting out, The mere that Is
learned about the failure of the
Minneapolis team. the more does
Hach's popularity suffer among the
cTanks. They argue that Hach
could have offered the team for
sale and could have sold it as we'll with
out disbaHding the club. Then three
OF the best players in il would not have
been lost, for lost they certainly are.
Each of them received al offer Of 5000
to play the balance Of the season with
St. Louis. Of course, they preferred
taking $500 in st. Louis TO an uncer-
tainty in Minneapolis. They are gone
and nothing can be done about il. They
were lost because the team was dis
banded. The talk about biackliSting
them for jumping to the association IS
all bluff. They were at liberty TO jump
where they pleased. The rule that
players are under the contract to the
association for ten days after the dis
banding Of a team has never been re-
garded in the Western association.