Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1896-06-03
CLEVELAND CI.in'S FUTURE.
Well Authenticated Reports of Its
Sale to Brush and Byrne.

From the Baltimore Herald. today.
What is to become of he Cleveland Club?
That is the question above all others
that is now absorbing the attention of the
rooters and cranks today.
For long time it has been believed that
owing to the meager patro page in the forest
city Robson would be willing to transfer
the club to some other city, provided he
could get the consent Of The magnates. No
positive move was made in the matter,
however, until within the past two weeks,
Robson, John T. Brush of Cincinnati
came east to sound the magnates as to the
feasibility of transferring the Cleveland
club to Indianapolis
The encoura cement he met with IS said
to have been far from satisfactory, and,
seeing the course of matters, Brush
thought up another scheme II was Moth
ing more nor less than that he ana l;yrne
of Brooklyn should purchase the Cleve and
club, transfer the best men to Brooklyn.
send the Brooklyn players thus frozen out
to Cleveland, and then, if possible, transfer
the latter club to indianapolis.
From two sources it is learned that this
contemplated deal has been consumma ted.
One authority for the announcement is a
gentleman who has the most intimate
knowledge of the doinGs of the National
League magnates, and through whom
many a story of the secret deals of the
league have become known. This gentle
man IS positive IN MS ASSERTION that the
d, al has been consumma1ad. He says that
crush, when in Baltimore last week, had
but slight idea OF ending the matter the
way he did
When here Brush. says this gentleman
was endeaN orng to get the consent of the
uaSnates to transfer the club bodily to In
dianapoiS. Since leaving Baltimore. how
ever, Brush has had a conference with
Byrne, who was particularly struck with
the deal, as eventually c0nsunnatei, and
imm @ iiately aC1uiCSced. When asked "a Ia I
he thought Robson would receive for his
franchise and players, he informant said
about $lO,WD
The other source upon which this story is
based is the newspaper reports. In both
Cleveland and Brooklyn public announce
mentS Of this deal are male. ard in both
places the sum mentioned covering the
transaction is $1uuW0.
Nothing in the league constitution can
prevent the sale of the club 20 Brush and
Byrne, nor can anything prevent these two,
after this, from releasing 20 Brooklyn what
Cleveland players are needed, nor from
sending to Cleveland the surplus Brooklyn
men. Objections may he made 10 trans
ferring the Cleveland club TO mdianapols.
In this case these two can let the club
and make a little profit. The strengthen
ing of Brooklyn is the main feature. A
championship club there would take much
patronage away from New York, ana would
mean much money to both the mawnates
Brooklyn, of course, would be greatly
benefited. Take, for instance. this team: Cup-
py, Young, Kennedy and Wallace, pitchers:
Grim, OCOnGor and thinner, cltchers: Te-
beau or La Chance, first; Childs. second;
Corcoran or Mcl\ean short; McGarr third
and then Burkett, Mccarthy and Griffin In
the outtield, with McAleer as substitute
Could that team win pennantS?
OF course, denals are IN order, and thew
came in fast last night.