St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1892-02-25
Reported That Minneapolis
Men Must Put Up for a st.
Paul Team.
Hy L. Hach Said to Have
Agreed to Carry Both the
Teams.
From Their Talk It Is Evident
Morton and Libby Feel
Sore.
The Fight Between Ryan and
Needham to Occur Mon
day Night.

The statement is made on what seems
to be good authority that the Western
Base Bali association will, IN the course
of few days. notify Hy l.. Hatch that
the franchise for base ball team in
Minneapolis will be issued to him.
Hach says he has nothing to say about
the matter-he will not talk until the
franchise has been given TO him. He
has been reticent all the time. But
Morton is ready and willing to talk.
THAT is about right" he said yester-
day afternoon when asked if it was true
that Hach would get the franchise.
''But it is no cinch yet that he does get
it. I'll tell you, my boy, just how the
matter stands. The people that run the
Minneapolis team will have to put up
the money for the st. Paul team. That
is all there is to it. That chance was
offered to me, but don't want any of it.
1t was offered to the other fellow
and he jumped at the chance. The st.
Paul team would be dead weight. If
| accepted those terms it would mean
that would have to make $4,000 to
carry both teams and make any money
for myself. will not go into anything
unless l can see at least $1,000 in it.
And | could not make that if had to
carry the st. Paul team. But anybody
can have that chance that wants it. l
do not want it. They will make base
ball a hippodrome. with one manage
ment controlling both teams. and l am
not in on any such play. Then there is
the question of money, as said before.
| am getting to be pretty old 'gieser,'
and have had all the fun want. l am
out for the money now, and ain not
n in
such as this scheme with the Minneapo-
lis management carrying the st. Paul
team. Ii l were to go into that
would lose money. and that would
leave me fiat. as such scheme is bound
TO be failure. 1t would not make so
much difference to the men interested
with me. They are business men right
here in Minneapolis. If they lost little
money, it would be lost. and that is all
there would be to it. They would go
right along in their old business and
never feel the after effects. Ii l make
failure of base ball, that settles me,
for | am base ball man."
''Sam understands my position thor
oughly," chimed in Horace Libby. HE
knows that [ don't want any part of the
base ball business unless he is at the
head of it. l supposed that this matter
had all been settled. | thought it was
all settled before ever Sam came back.
l had every reason for thinking so. |
telegraphed to these people that have
the deciding power several weeks ago.
and | was assured that it was all right
that l could tell Morton to come back
and manage the team. Nothing
at all was said about putting
up for the st. Paul team. These
people make me tired. Down at Chi
cago they made good deal of talk about
having the base bali business in the
hands of business men and running the
association OH business basis. This
looks like it. We were told to go ahead,
as the franchise was ours. Now they
come back at US and insist that we must
put up for the st. Paul team.'
That's the situation exactly" Nor
ton continued. Il had something at
Louisville that was making money for
me. The money was in sight and COM
ing in all the time. | did not come
away from there until was given all
the assurances in the world that the
matter of the franchise had been fixed.
Then did not come for a week after |
was telegraphed to come. never would
have come up here for this if [ had not
thought it was all settled. But there is
no money in the scheme. If l get that
franchise now | will give 1t away. |
don't want it. That other fellow doesn't
want it, either. He won't run base ball
in this town. He wants to get the fran
chiSe and unload it on some fellows
around the West hotel. Let 'em have It,"