St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1891-08-19

American association; President Won
der Abe, who held the proxies of Bos-
ton, Baltimore and Washington;
L. H. Steucker. president OF
the Louisville club, who held a
Philadelphia proxy and Jack Chapman,
manager of the LOuiSvilleS; Z. j.
Kaufman, of Cincinnati; Gus Schmelz,
OF Columbus; II. IL. Gillette, of Mil
waukee; George Munson, secretary,
and G. Y. Scott, legal adviser of the st.
Louis club. The meeting was in con-
tinnous session from 1O:l5 a. m. until
II 80 O'Clock in the afternoon. lmme-
diately after calling the meeting to
order President Kramer stated the
object to be the consideration of Mil
Yankees application for franchise IN
the American association.
President Gillette made formal APP
plicatiOn for admission to the association
and for a permanent franchise, where
upon the following resolution was pre-
scented and unanimously adopted:
Resolved. That the application of Milwau-
kee foe membership in the American associa-
ton upon the terms and conditions named,
this date, is hereby accepted. with the ex-
press reservation that the Cincinnati club be
retained in full membership, the latter, how
ever, 70 transfer its dates to Milwaukee for
the LCc4ulG VI luG plSSCllL SNloO4A liz
cinnah club is 10 retain full power IN the
American association
President Gillette stated that all the
Obligations of the Cincinnati club would
be accepted by the Milwaukee CLUB.
| Regarding the extension of the schedule
il was decided by vote not 10 play any
more games than the schedule calls for,
as it would extend the season too far
into the fail. MaSsrS. Kramer and
Kauffmann were authorized by the
stockholders of the Cincinnati club to
dispose of the Cincinnati grounds as
their Judgment dictated. 1t was deh-
nitely decided that a club would be
placed in Cincinnati next year. The
present grounds may be used. but that
part is left open. as the prevailing Opin-
ion was that the interests OF the aSsOcl-
alton wOul ueceSSitate the securing OF
new grounds, that Is, more accessible to
the public.
President Kramer rendered his resig-
nation as president of the American as
ISOLATION. but, by unanimous vote OF the
association. it was rejected. Strong
pressure is being made To have him re-
consider it. The chances are he will
continue to preside throughout the bal
/ ance of the season. DR.. Stuckey, in be
half of Louisville. stated that the club
/ Is III lISL-cldSS Uuaucidl COuulllOll. duu
stated that it Will not only continue this
season. but for seasons TO come, and
that the chances are very bright for the
/ future of the club. The matter of UNI
| pires came up. and it was decided to
/ let it rest until next sea-
son. Consideration was also given
| the question of the national
agreement. After a long debate 1t Was
laid on the table for the reason that the
league had made no formal advances
towards a renewal of the old relations
! between the two parent organizations.
The meeting then adjourned. The
official disposition of the players was
made as follows: Vaughn, Carney,
Mains and Dwyer signed two-year con-
tracts. and Caravan One-year contract
with the Cream City club; Mari has an
offer from Washington; Johnson and
Whitney from PittSbury and Whitney
from the Columbus and New York
league club. Seery will probably go 10
the Cincinnati league team. while Rob-
insou is out of a job, though he may
DIav with the RrOviiS