St. Paul daily globe., 1892-06-05

NOnal sport. Inc pad weather mas
hung to the West all the week, and the
attendance at nearly all the Western
league games has been ridiculously
small. At the same time salary days
keep right on coming around, and the
several managers go right on delving
deeper and deeper into their pockets.
Some of them are still hoping TO fix it
with the weather clerk, with a view of
at least getting back some of the money
they have spent. but the general out
look could not well be more diScourag-
Ing. The managers are all growing at
a great rate, but it seems probable that
the Western league team will last until
the Fourth OF July, with the idea of
gathering in the prospective big re-
peiptS. After that it is very likely that
at least three of the teams will stand
from under with rush unless money
Is forthcoming from outside sources to
keep them On their feet. The Indianapolis
team, which is playing very poor ball,
has lost nearly 5000. and il is stated
that its owners are growing very sick of
carrying it, This is merely sample of
the very tired feeling that Is being ex-
perienced all around the diamond. Six
or eight towns are already wishing that
they had not gone into the base ball
business IN the year 1892.
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To add to the other troubles of the
Western league. the contest for the pen
nant is developing into a most one-sided
one. Columbus already has a sufficient
lead to win in the first series, which
ends on the 30th of June. Milwaukee
and Kansas City are the only other two
towns which appear to be in the hunt at
all. The other five are plainly out
elassed. AS before limited in the GLOBE,
this state of things has occasioned a
great deal of dissatisfaction, because It
is reasoned that it is very strange that
the players committee should have
given the towns represented on the COM
mittee so much better players than the
other towns in the league. To the
GLOBE. however, this seems like the
mereSt nonsense. This paper prefers
to believe that the drawing was fairly
made, and that it was an accident
that the three towns under suspicion Sc
cured the pick of the players. This little
row, however. should teach the league
lesson. In future the players commit
tee should be made up of men not at all
connected with the league.
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In the league, the situation is consid-
erably more encouraging. Very little
money has been maue, TO be sure, but
there is more money behind the Ma
tional than the Western, and. the cities
in the former being larger, it is not so
hard to recOup for losses that have been
sustained through bad weather. The
most exciting incident of the week was
the circulation of the TumOr that Capt.
Anson had tired of Chicago and was
open to bids from any other cities which
might desire his services. The reason
given was that the old man had got
tired of being abused by Chicago at
tendants of the game. When confronted
with the rumor, Mr.. AnsOn refused to
talk further than to say: Il AIN under
contract with Chicago"
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The Columbus club is forging right
ahead of its competitors in the pennant
race. and is practically sure to win the
first series. which ends with the month.
The Milwaukees are next In line and
Kansas City not far away. With the
exception of Toledo. the other teams are
not at all in the race for the first series.
They can pick up their fints, however,
and get fresh start on the 1St of July.
The clubs end the week i'll the follow
Ing relative positions: