St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1892-02-21

apolis franchise to either Morton or
Hach the better for base ball in the
Western league. Mr.. Bennett is not
pushing matters in st. Paul until he
knows which of the contestants is to
win in Minneapolis. 1t is stated that he
is very friendly to Morton, and that as
soon as the unfortunate row up the
river is settled they will work together
to some extent to make the national
game popular i'll the two cities.
The schedule of the Western league
is practically completed, but will not he
announced until some time in March.
The committee had the dates of most of
the big race meetings before it, and
scheduled games so as not to conflict.
There will be no games in st. Paul and
Minneapolis from July 20 to Aug: Z,
but the two teams will probably play
together July 4. The opening games
will be played at Toledo. Columbus.
Indianapolis and Milwaukee about
April 20. Unless considerably changed,
the schedule will make provision for
no games in the Twin Cities until
about May s. Instead of going away
for trips to New Orleans or Hot Springs,
the st. Paul and Minneapolis teams
will get in trim in the home gymna-
Sums and play local championship
series, if the weather proves prOpitious,
between April 5 and Is.
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Applications are not pouring in to
President Williams so rapidly as at first.
Several of the best players of the coun-
try. outside of the big league, are still
holding out. hoping that some sort of
high-priced lightning will strike them.
Probably, however. it will not be many
days before they make break to get in
out of tine rain. An example of the sal
utary influence the Western league
limit has had on salaries is shown by the
offer of KID Baldwin play for 81, 900
this year with any club to which he
may be assigned. Had there been no
settlement Of the baseball wars Baldwin
would be holding out for at least So, 600.
A good many of the players offering
themselves to Mr.. Williams have been
asking too big salaries, however, and
he has been obliged to tell them that he
cannot make up his teams for $4,000
each unless they cut the amounts
sauarely in two. Many, of course, will
do this rather than take chances with
the minor leagues and many others will
wish they had later on. 1t is stated the
twelve-club league has about seventy
players on its hands it is willing to turn
over to the Western.
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A good point has been brought out
recently in the discussion of the new
plan of drawing for teams. 1t is believed
that painstaking committee of selec-
ton can name eight teams which will
be somewhere near equal in strength:
but how will material for captains be
distributed? Not every ball player
who can play his position we'll can cap
tain team. If great care is not taken
II fon
four men each capable of acting as cap
tain, and four or five others will have
splendid teams, but nobody to direct
them.
A curious difficulty has broken out re-
garding players. At the Indianapolis
meeting the big league decided that all
previous agreements with minor leagues
had been wiped out, and that the play
ers Of the old Western league were free
to sign where they pleased. So Chicago
grabbed up DUNCAN, who was under
contract It., to Z Kansas ans; City; Pitttsbprg
players were picked up. The Western
league was disposed at first to grow
warm and kick over traces, but thought
better of the matter and did the next
best thing in sight. 1t declared that, if
all agreements were at an end, the
league under it in the grades of protec-
ton had no right to their players either.
Acting on this Milwaukee seized George
Nicol from Rockford, and other clubs
picked up the players they wanted.
Some of these men, Nicol for example,
had signed contracts and accepted adj
vance money from the clubs of the 1lli-
nois-Iowa league. This was explained
to the Western, but it turned deaf ear
to the protest. In the meantime the
IllinoiS-IOwa league doesn't know
whether it has any players that it can
hold.
Crooks and Wilmot are still in st.
Paul, and neither of them is exactly
sure where he will play. Crooks is
scheduled to go to st. Louis, but he and
Won der Abe have not yet agreed on
the matter of salary. Wilmot is booked
for Chicago, but he is very anxious to
get out from under the wing of Grandpa
Arson, and recent advices indicate that
the latter is willing that the st. Paulite
shall go elsewhere if he can get good
trade out Of him.
L. G. Krauthoff, of Kansas City, who
will represent theWestern league at the
meeting of the committee to formulate
new national agreement which meets in
New York, has drafted new agree
ment. which will doubtless be adopted,
as it is known to meet the ideas of a
majority of the committee. By Mr..
Krauthoff's plan the system Of the
stronger leagues drawing on the weak
er parties for players during the season
will be abolished, and the price paid for
protection by the minor organizations
will be nominal.