St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1893-08-20

The next billiard tournament i'll st.
Paul will be given by The management
of the metropolitan hotel. Mr.. Barker
will hang up gOodiy-SiZed purse for
five of the speediest amateurs in the
Twin Cities TO compete fer. 1t will be
sweepstakes affair. and each entry will
deposit 80 with the management. Then
the purse will be daciaed between the
three first PLAYERS. so that the third man
will save his entrance money. The
fourth man will be presented with
horseshoe scarfpin to cost $40 by Dun
can Conneli, the expert horseshoer,
while tie fifth man will be given $40
box of cigars. presented by Powers 81
Sexton, the popular West Third street
dealers. So it will be seen ca IN of the
entry 0f five Will at least win back what
it costs him to enter. jules Mayer, who
Is in charge of the Metropolitan billiard
hall, will have charge of the details,
and he announces that the entry can
name tie handicappiug committee
themselves. There will be nothing ar
bitrary in the affair.
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Such Il tournament will surely create
no little excitement, for il will bring out
the very best talent. Jules Mayer is to
pass upon all candidates for entry. If.
enough to make the series attractive.
they viii be politely rejected. But there
will be no unpieasantneSs on this score.
1t is already understood VINO will par
ticipatc in the series. ami, with one eX-
ceptlOn, all Will play at even points, and
this exception will have to carry pen
atty OF Il certain number Uf points to be
designated by the handicapping com
mittee.
The promise that the Twin Cities
would be counted in the National league
next season has been entirely diSsipated.
! But this does rot Shut the cities out of
the possibility OF having ball. Every
! day new things occur that Increase the
| likelihood of a Western league. Kansas
City, ST. Paul. Minneapolis. Omaha,
! Milwaukee,, Sioux City and several other
| Western cities are anxious to make the
| experiment. Salaries are sure 10 be less
than they have been in the past, and il
! has been the salary list that has swamped
| the Western club managers and pro-
prietorS. John 5. Barnes, OF the Phoenix
| Athletic club, is busy every day answer
| ing correspondence relatingto the pro-
| posed new organization, ahd he is ready
to so ahead with it.
Both the Southern and tie California
base ball leagues have Succumbed to the
| high salary incubus. They let their
| players all go some time since, and it is
a comparatively easy matter to sign
good bail players now at moderate com
pensatiens Abner Dalrymple, whu
| played With "Old Man. Anson's colts
so long, is in the city. He has been
! playing in the now defunct Southern
league. and he says that i'll his OPTION
a better and more prosperous league
than ever before can be organized i'll
the West.
The principal event of today will be
the base ball games ttltt VIII be played
at the Athletic park on the West side,
in the aid Of the Minneapolis ii suffer
ers. Two games are scheduled for the
! programme. One will be between the
| newspaper boys and the billiard PLAYERS
| The billiard players are mostly odd base
ballsXperts. but the Faher pushprs are
! not at all discouraged because OF this.
/ They know thing or two about the
| game. and they are confident that they
| will keep the billiard players guessing
| all the time. They have played ball,
every one of tlem.and they all have the
| courage of their convictions, S 90 speak.