St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1896-03-03
MAGNATES MET YESTERDAY
AND DECIDED A NUMBER OF I'M
PoRTANT PROBLEMS IN PROS
pECTIVE BASE BALL.
FREE PRESS CUP SERIES EXTRA.
DetrOit's Daily Offers u Trophy Sim
liar to the Temple Cup In the
Big League.


son this year will be longer than ever
before each club being scheduled to
play seventy games at home and sew
enty away, instead of sixty-three, as
has been the case in previous years.
This was the result of yesterdays
meeting of the magnates at the Wind
sor hotel, the first winter meeting
which the base ball men have ever
dared TO hold in the balmy air of this
state.
Yesterday mornings trains brought
the magnates from all pOints-Presi-
dent Johnson, from Cincinnati; T. ].
LOTUS, OF Dubuque, to represent the
new club at Columbus, along with j.
F. Gamble, of the Capital City of Ohio;
Managers Ellis. of Grand Rapids; Van
derbeck of Detroit, and Watkins, of
Indianapolis; President NJ. r. Killilea
and Charles Polachek, OF Milwaukee;
Charles Comiskey, of st. Paul, and
John Goodnow and Hal p. Watson, of
Minneapolis
The first thing on the calendar was
the meeting of the executive commit
tee which includes, besides President
Johnson Messrs. Vanderbeck, Comis-
key, Killilea and Goodnow. 1t was their
first regular meeting, and they had a
number of internecine disagreements
to settle in every one of which Detroit
was one of the disputants.
The recent acquisition of the league
known as a claim list was involved in
the first BrunSkill and Smenk a bat
terry much priced by the Strait City
people, being the bones of contention
Smenk in particular is a player of
much reputation in the East his home
hAinqr IN arlA hn tOha
is also highly spoken of. Vanderbeck
claimed them at the close of last sea-
son, but during the winter Manager
Ellis signed them. There was nothing
said in the contract as to where they
should play, and when questioned yes
terday MI Ellis stated that it was in
tended to play them in his Eastern
league team at Newark, N. J. 1t was
decided, that being the case, the West
ern league had no right to interfere,
but in order to prevent their being
switched back into the Grand Rapids
club, which is under the same manage
ment, the following resolution was
adopted:
THAT Messrs. Brunslzill and Smenk
be not permitted to play in the Western
league without the permission of De-
troit'
Jacob Weimar, catcher with Bur-
Hngton last year, was the subject of
the second discussion. He was claimed
also by Vanderbeck at the close of the
last playing season. Watkins, of In
dianapolis, however, claims to have
purchased Jacobs release from the Bur-
lington management, and that caused
trouble. The league declined to take
1mmedist tie action in the premises, but
diScreetly laid it over, meanwhile re-
questirg Manager Watkins to lay be-
fore the executive committee an affida-
Wit accompanying the contract and bill
n 20 in hn r
the bona fide nature of the transfer.
The third case Was-that of Asa Stew
art, VINO will be remembered as the
crack second baseman of the Sioux
City pennant winners in 1894, and Chi
Cages second last year until toward
the end of the season. When Capt
Arson found Trubey, he decided to let
Stewart go, and it was practically de-
cided to release him to Detroit Van
derbeck was so confident that he was
to get Asa that he paid him SIS, but
there was hitch, and up to the pres
ent time Detroit'S manager has neither
Asa nor the $75. Asa has now signed
with Watkins, of Indianapolis who is
given until April 1 to pay to Wander
beck the money, under penalty of Asa's
expulsion from the league if the same
is not paid.
The meeting of the executive COM
mittee lasted until well after noon, and
it was nearly o'clock when the full
board met. The only thing that came
up at the afternoon session was the
schedule presented by John Goodnow
in behalf of the schedule committee.
and after some minor changes it was
adopted. The schedule, with the
amendments, is as follows:
Detroit at Home-With Kansas City, June
20, 4, 8, July 81, Aug. l, 2, Sept. 81, %, 20;
with Milwaukee,. June g. Z, 8, 9, July %. 20, 30,
Sept. II, 10, 20; with Minneapolis, May 26, 81,
Is, 20, July 20, 26, q, Sept IA, 15 49, with ST.
Paul, May 80, 81, June l, Aug. 8, A. s. Sept II,
II, 1S; with Indianapolis, May l. q 8, June Is,
Ii, II, Is, Aug. II, 49, 10; with Columbus,
April %, 49, 30, June 10, 20, q, %, Aug. 49, Is,
is; with Grand Rapids, May 4, 8, 6, July 8, 4,
4, 5, Aug. 20, %, %.
Kansas City at Home-With Detroit. Nav
49, 20, 81, July 20, 81, %, 20, Sept 4, s, s. with
Milwaukee, May s, 9, 10, July 2, 4, d. g. Aug.
20, 70, q; with Minneapolis April %, 2S, "a,
June II, y, lS, IA, Aug. 10, II, IL; with st.
Paul, April 25, &C. 81, June Is, 16, H. is, Aug.
Z, ., 3: with Indianapolis, May 15 16, IT, July
z g. 3. TO- Aug. %. 20, 80; with Columbus.
May May T. .. 10, a. July II, y; 10, IA, Aug. 81,
July 16, u, Is, 10, Sept. Z. 8, 8.
Milwaukee at Home-With Detroit Nav %
g "a July Is, Is, is, 10, Sept. Z, I, s; with
Aug; 10; Is, Is; with Minneapolis, April S5'
81 Paul June SnI III 5 5S y D. 1s Aug with
Aug TO- IL IL; With indanapo d Nav - IS T.
II, July II, u, 10, A. Aug. 81, Sept. /, 2;
With Cou m May Is IT, II. July. I. 5. g.
RaDi0S
is, 10, 20, July 20, a. %, %. Sept. 8, s. 6.
MINNEAPOLIS at Home-With Detroit May 10,
10; H. July Z, s, g. 10, Aug. 81, Sept i, 2;
%it61 e Kansas ans = City ty May 8 4 June 49, a.
g. go StR May = l. BUN June r. 20 q e. Aug. 20 y
%, July "a. M Aug. A. Is, IS; with In,
dianapolis. May 10, 20 81, July Is, 16, 49, 49,
Sept Sept d 3 .? s. % with tb Columbus May p g. a.
Rapids. May u, 10, a. July Ii, IL, ID, a.
Aug. IS 30 30.
st. Paul at Home-With Detroit, May 70
ID, IA, July IL, r. 10. A. Aug %, %, 80; with
Kansas City, April 90 80, May /, June 10, 20
O. 8, 4, June 90, "a Is, 26, Aug. II, is, Is
with Minneapolis, May g. 9, TO- June 80. July
i d,o4oG af1ternoGn s Aug a. 25 26 with In
Sept. L I, s; with Columbus, May 49, 49, 20
July To- l6. IS, 10, Sept 4, 8, 6; with Grand
5Riaplds, May 10, 16, II, July Z. s, 9, 10, Aug
81, Sept. l, q
Indianapolis at Home-With Detroit. Apri
~ %: "a, June 81, %, 90 80, Aug. 10 II, IL
with Kansas City May 80, SC, 81, June i July *
rs r. Sept. IA, Is, Is; with Milwaukee NAV
26 q %, 20, Aug. 8, A, g. Sept. II, IL, 10
Aug. 2. Sept. II 10, 20; with St. Paul s June n.
6, z, 8, 9, July g. 20, go Sept. p, %, %: with
Columbus, May Z, 8, TO- June TO- IL L. ID
Aug. "A, 25 26; with Grand Rapids, April 25
26, q, June %, a. %, 26. Aug 6. 5, 8. 80
e. 81, June 49, "a, 25, 26, Aug. 6, s. 9; with
Kansas City, May 26, o. %, 90, Aug. 3, 4, 8
Sept IL, -, 10; with Milwaukee, May so, 80
81 June l, July 81 Aug. 1, 2, Sept. IA, Is. 16
80. Sept 81, %, %; with ST. Paul, June 2, g.
4, s. July %, 26, 81, Sept II, 10, 20; with In
a1anopodls' May 4, 5. 6, July g. 4, A. s, Aug.
90 %, %; with Grand Rapids, April %, 23, "a
June 81. %, 90, 80, Aug. TO- IL r.
Grand Rapids at Home-With Detroit. Nav
n. 9, 10, June TO- IL 49, IA Aug % Ok 26