Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1894-11-13

winning the National League basc-pa''
pennant that he would not take ume W
hunt UP team TO play foot-ba'i. "he"
the time to pay the opening games "as
at hand, all the other teams were reaoS
but Hanlons, and he was In dilemma
lie argued that II would never DO 10 nave
team OF weaklings for Baltimore auui-
ences. after having won the pase-pa"
pennant, and rs the other hVe teams
had gathered up all the really good taien''
there appeared nothing left for him but
to p,od along with team or rank 'a"-
enders. One day Ted Sullivan happened
In Baltimore. and Hanlon chanced 10
meet him In front OF the Eutaw Rouse.
In n casual way the subject OF ioo'-pai'
came up. and Hanlon was depiorins 'he
fact that he had neglected TO engage
team until II was too late.
well, Ned" said Sullivan, III you are
to play football. and those other peopie
think they have the best OF !ou' WI!
not go TO England. and get the reai
article?"
TED GOES TO ENGLAND.
Hanlon. who Is progressive In every
thing he does, jumped at the Idea, ana
arrangements were made win SuH-
van by which he took the next steamer
that would open the eyes Of the other
managers. Meanwhile Mr.. Hanlon jollied
the Baltimore papers with stories about
the great team he had gathered In De-
troit, In which city they were said TO
be even then practcinB to get In condi-
ton.
There was one thing that puzzled Han
Ion. How would Sullivan succeed In get
ting the players cut Of England without
the fact reaching this side or the water!
Association football in England Is SINH
lar to baseball In the United states, ana
the departure Of such an aggregation Of
talent would very likely b. cabled over
Ted told Hanlon that he need not worry
that II he was not foxy enough to get
the players out Of England without the
fact becoming known on this side. he
would not accept one cent OF remunera-
ton for the trip.
When Sullivan landed in England he
hurried 10 Liverpool and Manchester and
saw three or four games played. He
picked out seven players on the several
teams and quietly approached them with
offers to 20 to America. They fell in
with the scheme right away. and the sala-
ries offered them per month were more
than they could get In year in England
pledgiIg them TO secrecy. Ted then went
W INT tiifiltlo VI tit tliJs lIbii Nlstl
he had selected players to secure their
releases. Fortunately for him there were
no games scheduled for the next few
days. and Ted. representing himself az
being from Glasgow asked the loan Of the
players TO take to that city during their
vacation time. When the players. who
were In with the scheme. added their
pleadings to this request. the directors
agreed 10 let him have their star players
for week. he TO pay all their salaries
and expenses during the time they were
absent
SMUGGLED OVER.
That same afternoon Ted got his prizes
down to Liverpool. and the next morning
they were headed by steamer for America.
They all took passage az tradesmen, and
were not signed as members OF the Bal
timore team until they landed In New
York The next afternoon they showed
their agility at Union Park. In Baltimore.
for Hanlon, and hc was so well PLEASED
that he gave Sullivan q check big enough
to make the money-lovlng Irishman's eyes
sparkle. Filling in with few pick-ups
from here and there. Hanlon brought his
eleven to Washington tho next day Tor
their first game in America. They made
a holy show of Manager Schmelz's team.
One Of Manager Schmelz's players. little
Deane was the first to tumble 10 the fact
that the Baltimore players were an i'm
portation. He Is a subscriber TO n Man
chester England paper and after that
first game he went 10 his bOardingp!ace
and consulted n late copy OF this publ
cation. which had Just arrived that after
noon bv mail In il was an article about
the Manchester players. who had been
taken 10 Glasgow by n gentleman named
Sullivan. The names were identical with
e % tho nj xrhn ~
the Raltimore SID of the score-card. The
Post was the first paper TO print the fact
that Baltimore had imported English play
ers. and then the Treasury Department
started little investigation. BY some
means this investigation was headed off,
and nothing done in the matter.
Had the oot-ball league continued Han
Ions men would have simply walked away
from the other teams. Ted Sullivan, who
makes Washington his home. tells this
story as "A good Joke on the other foot
ball managers.