St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1892-01-10
the straits is extremely tired of sport for

the straits is extremely tired of sport for
a time.
Tie Minneapolis inbroglio between
Hach and Morton is an unexpected
tangle One has grounds and money
and the other has money ana an option
on grounds. Their chances are, there
fore. about even. Mr.. Hach and Mr..
Larrabee, his secretary, returned to
Minneapolis from Chicago yesterday.
Speaking of the work done MIR. Hach
said:
Yes. we did a good deal-in the way
of conference. In the first place. we
considered at length the salary question.
We have hit upon plan which L be-
lieve will solve the whole question. We
propose 10 establish salary limit. 1t
will probably be from $4,000 to $4,000.
No club IN the association will be al
lowed to go beyond this limit. This
will bring salaries up to about $40 a
month. Of course some of the men may
will not raise the limit. The secretary
of the general association will have the
power to sign all men. He will know
exactly what is paid to every man i'll
the league. AT the beginning of the
season the clubs will have, say ten
or twelve first basemen, the same
number of second, and so on.
These men will be apportioned to the
various clubs in such manner that no
club will be given stronger team than
any other club. In this way the teams
will be kept at comparatively the same
degree of excellence, and all will be
strong and vigorous. Suppose, though,
the Minneapolis manager has man
who does not do good work or who is in
subordinate. Such man might get in,
of course. Why, the Minneapolis man
ager will send word to the general Sec
| wish you would go and sign HIM for
me in place Of The secretary has
the power to make the change and he
signs the man. But in no event will
any club be allowed to go beyond the
limit. This is the plan we considered
and may say that believe this will be
unanimously adopted.
Morton and both appeared at the
conference. This committee of investi-
CATION will visit Minneapolis and make
an investigation into the backing of
each applicant, and then they will de-
eide which one to recommend"
'ln regard to the two-season project"
said Baron Hach, II am satisfied 1t will
be tried. | think it will add interest to
the game to have two seasons. The
son begin, say April Is and end July l.
In case the winning club In the first
season wins in the second SEASON that
will end if, and this club will be the
champion of the year. In case some
other club wins in the last season, the
two clubs will play off,"
''HOw will the schedule for these
played Off games be arranged"
probably in this way: Suppose Min
neapolis should win in the first series
and Columbus in the second. A series
of seven games would be played to set
tie the years championship. The prob
ability is that two games would be
played in Minneapolis; then possibly
Milwaukee would want two games, Civ
ing US percentage. Then Indianapolis
would want game, and the last of the
series would be played in Columbus.
In case some club down low in the list
felt that 1t had been handicapped at the
end of the first season by poor men, the
general secretary would manage to give
the club stronger material for the sec
0nd season, thus giving 1t better show.
1t is believed all around that this will
strengthen the organization and add
much interest on the part of the public"
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The members of the Morton syndicate
nave not returned to Minneapolis and
have not shown their hand further than
to Indicate that they have sufficient
Doodle and brains to run club in Min
neapolis. 1t is understood they have
an option on large tract of ground at
the corner of Thirteenth street and
N1collet avenue. In case the franchise
is awarded to Morton, it is understood
the grounds will be purchased outright.
They will have the advantage of being
full regulation size, and it will not be
possible to there develop the pop up fly
into full-fedged home run. Hach
charges that Morton had a scheme to do