St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1892-01-25
st. Paul, Minneapolis and
Omaha Not Yet Admitted
to the League.
The Question Of Who Shall
Have the Franchise Not ].
Yet Determined.
Hach Says He Feels Sure He
Will Get the Franchise in 5
Minneapolis,
But Doesn't Want Bennett
and Rowe in st. Pagy and
Omaha.

Hy L. Hach returned to Minneapolis
from Chicago yesterday. He says he
cannot be other than satisfied with the
turn of affairs at the base ball meeting
at Chicago. He claims to see in it moth
ing but an assurance that Minneapolis
will have franchise in the new West
ern league and that he will own the
franchise. The committee on organiza-
ton, consisting of Speas, of Kansas
City; Mcclure, of Milwaukee, and
Evans, of Columbus, have power to act.
''They will go to the three cities that
have not formally been made members
of the league and decide who shall get
the franchise. AS the matter now
stands there is league of five clubs,
and they have the authority to select
three more. So far as Minneapolis is
concerned, have not the slightest doubt
that l will get the franchise. The COM
mttee will. undoubtedly, take run
down to Omaha and start a club
there. Dave Rowe was at the meet
ing claiming to represent Omaha,
but he has not many friends in
the league, and it is possible that
he will not get the club. There are men
who think that the league will not suf-
fer by leaving Rowe out of it. Jack
Bennett said he represented st. Paul at
the meeting, but lie would not say who
his hackers were: Then he is Mime
apoliS man, and the men in the league
have not been satisfied that he really
represents responsible parties in st.
Paul.
Libby and Harrison really did more
to help me at the meeting than to harm
me. Libby went into the meeting with
the statement that Morton wanted the
franchise. When it came to pass that
he had to admit that Morton had thrown
the deal off and gone to Louisville with
Pfeffer and Williams he said that he
and Harrison wanted it for themselves.
He made certain representation regard
ing grounds and backing and said that
Harrison would stand by any agree
ment that he might make. Then Libby
turned around and began to cry
me down. He represented that the
press of Minneapolis would not support
me and that L was so unpopular that
the base ball lovers would not stand by
me or any team L might put into the
field. BY making that kind of talk
before the men there he did me more
good than anything else This commit
tee on organization will examine into
the facts, and [ have no fear of the re-
suit. L don't believe that these people
have an option on the grounds at Thir-
confident thatI will have the team here.
| think that st. Paul and Omaha will
have clubs in the league, but whether
Dave Rowe and Jack Bennett will be
the managers is another thing. The
committee will decide all that"
1.-The newspapers have published
some things about the way the league
will be run that are not exactly cor
rect, continued MIR. Hach. "The double
season system will prevail. The first
season will end about the 1st of August.
One team winning both seasons will get
the penant.sIf different team wins the
pennant in the second season those two
will play Off championship series.
The schedule will be so arranged that
during the first season each team will
have two trips away from home and
two periods at home. In the second sea-
SON there will be one trip away from
home and one at home.
Nov as to signing players:
1.-The secretary has been instructed to
sign ninety-siX players, that is. twelve
men for each of the eight teams. The
association Will meet and make up
eight teams as equally matched as pos
Sible. No manager will know what
team he will get. The cities will be
numbered from l to inclusive, and the
teams likewise. Then the managers
will draw for the teams. A manager
will not know which of the. eight teams
he is to have until after the drawing.
These tparnc will no moponad oil
through the season so as to
make the clubs as even as possible.
For instance, If | have man in my
team that is little weak l make appli-
cation to the secretary for another man
to fill the place of that weak player.
My application will be- referred to the
committee on PLAYERS, consisting of
Krauthotf. of Kansas City; Schmelz, of
Columbus, and Mcclure, of Milwaukee,
and they will pass on it. If L am pretty
we'll to the front in the race the chances
are that L will have to keep that player.
The constant aim will be to keep the
teams as evenly matched as possible.
1.-The same plan will be followed in re-
Suppose minor league breaks up and
some very good men are thrown on the
market, for whom two or three clubs
make application. The players COM
mittee will give the disputed player to
the weakest team.
Some people say that a salary limit
cannot be kept down to a reasonable
figure when the fight gets hot and the
teams get to bidding for players. l will
show you why it can. Here is player
outside the league whom l want. / ask
the secretary to sign that man. [ go
to the player and tell him to send in his
terms at a reasonable rate, and tell him
that [ will give him $1,000 extra to play
with me. The secretary may sign him,
but the players committee may decide
that another club needs him worse than
do and send him to that club. The
player does not get the extra money. If
l have advanced the bonus l lose it, and
L am not liable to make a proposition
like that. Jim Hart says this is the.
best basis on which base ball league
was ever organized.
80 return to Bennett and Rowe for
moment to show that they are not vet
considered members of the league-you
will see that they have not been named
on any of the committees that have been
appointed"
NEW NATIONAL AGREEMENT.