St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1892-01-31

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1t may be a week yet before the COM
mittee makes its announcement. The
three cases, 10 far as eau be learned,
lean upon one another. If st. Paul
is admitted with Bennett rs
manager. and Omaha with some
body in charge named by
Speas. it is understood the Morton men
will have things pretty much their own
way in Minneapolis. 1t is stated that
Bennett is not opposed to Hach, and is
doing nothing to further the interests of
either contestant in the Flour City, but
on account OF great personal friendship
for Morton would vote for him if be had
vote. The Omaha sentiment is bit
terly opposed to Rach, owing to the
trouble which occurred last summer.
When "Uncle Dick" Mccormick sud-
denly dropped out of the league four
other managers each agreed to put up
$500 to keep the Omaha team in the
League. The Omaha people claim Nh
Hach, representing Minneapolis, was
party 10 this agreement, but because
$500 they say they want no fur
Their business dealings with him.
Of course, it is altogether probable
that st. Paul will be in the league. Mr..
Bennett is doing a little preliminary
diminishing, and has selected on the
east side Of the river several sites which
would not be too far from the business
center. He will not, however, make
any definite contracts until the report of
the committee, which will visit st. Paul
the coming week and size up the situa-
ton, financially and otherwise. 1t is
stated, if team is put into the field
here, Dave Rowe will be Its manager.
lNnC bod "a OEl
bail experience. and generally handles
a team in way TO get telling work out
of 1t. 1t is stated that the team at
Omaha will be handled, so far as the
money is concerned, by Mr.. Speas, of
Kansas City.
Reports from Columbus say that Sec
rotary Williams, VINO signs all Western
leage players. is getting about a dozen
letters day from the gnarly-fngered
gentry Offering their services. There
will be no lack OF talent this time, and
there will be no hurry in signing play
erS. After getting together two or three
hundred applications Mr.. Williams will
pick from the list ninety-siX CT the best
and divide them into eight punches of
twelve players each. Then, selecting
eight envelopes. he will place one bunch
In each. Then, shutting the envelopes
carefully, lie will get an outsider to
number them from l to succeSSively.
When this is done eight cards, numbered
from l to s, will be placed in a
hat. the hat well shaken, and each of the
eight managers will step up and draw a
card, each being entitled to the twelve
papers named in the envelope bearing
the same number as the card. None of
the clubs will know of what players
they are to be constituted until after the
drawing. 1t is probable that the ap-
portionment of players will be COM
pleted by the middle of March. As soon
as each manager discovers what players
he has been awarded he can proceed to
strengthen his team as soon as he de-
Sires, even before the season opens. If,
for instance, he feels that his pitchers
are not strong enough, he can ask that
certain man be released and that
certain other man be signed, provided,
of course, he is not already signed by
this or some other league. There is be-
lieved to he nothing, either, that would
prevent two managers from swapping
players. In the event of such desire,
the two managers would simply advise
the secretary of what they had arranged
to do. and he would do the necessary re-
leasing and signing to conSummate the
exchange.
Director Abel, of the Brooklyn club,
IS not immensely enthusiastic over the
financial outlook of base ball, as witness
his expressions in recent interview:
"None of the clubs in the newly
formed twelve-club league will make
any money this season. Those who
come out even may consider themselves
lucky. Take, for instance, our club. the
Brooklyns. Our salary list will proba-
bly, be within $1,000 Of Boston's total,
and we have a double rent to pay, be-
cause our lease on the old ground does
not expire until next January. Even
If our team played good, winning ball,
and l expect it will, we have to contend
with our bad luck of last year, for we had
q nine second to none in the National
league, in my opinion; but, confound
them, they wouldn't play ball. This year
the authority and management over the
players will be closer drawn and more
defined, and no nonsense will be toler-
ated. But this has nothing to do with
the seasons prospects. For the first
time in three years the men who have
put up the money for base ball have
some guarantee that there is knot at
the end of the string, and not loop, as
you know was the case during 80 and
'91. The twelve-club league is good
step in the right direction, but l am
afraid it will prove too unwieldly for
continuance. l hope not. but it may end
In an Eastern and Western league,
each playing for its own championship
during two-thirds of the season, and for
the worlds championship the remain
der. In my estimation the twelve
league clubs are, or will be, nearly of
equal strength. and the contest for the
championship will be an exceedingly
interesting one."
81 don't think that the managers of
the New Yorks are keeping up their
end, but there is plenty of time, and
look for some surprises in that direc-
ton. There is one curious thing about
base ball, and that is the puculiar meth
DDS adopted by those engaged in it
financially. For instance. take Danny
Richardson. He has been given to
Washington, yet the New Yorks are
trying to get him. If they don't sue
coed, and / don't think they will, un-
derstand he will be induced not to play
good ball at the outset, so that they can
buy his release. No, hold some stock
in the New York club. not much; but if
] was Mr.. Barnie, and Danny did not
come up to the mark, I'd give him a
furlough, pay him his salary and bury
him, as theatrical managers do some
times with leading actors. and so keep
him out of the New Yorks. Next fall l
vROuld rncprvn him again and nv that