The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1896-10-19
THEY MAY BECOME A BONANZA
FOR AMERICAN BASE BALL
PLAYERS.
RAPIDLY GROWING IN FAVOR
THE UNITED STATES.
Smaller Than Ever Before-Purse
Proposed for Next Season
CayiOr's Gossip.

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ago A. G. Spalding astonished the
sporting world by undertaking a tour
around the world with two represent
alive base bail teams The object was
twofold-first. to introduce the great
American game into other countries,
and, second, to advertise the protector
of the. expedition These two teams
while on their travels visited Australia
and played many games in that anti
podean continent. On their tour they
also played in the shadow of the pyfa-
mids, under the walls of the Coliseum
and in the presence of the Prince of
Wales. All that is history. I recall
it because recent occurrences show how
the fruits of that globe girdling tour
are just ripening. True, the pyramids
of Cheops have not been turned into
grand stands and bleaeheries. nor do
the crumbling walls of the Coliseum
at Rome resound with the bowling of
base ball eranks who demand the life
or at least the blood of the umpire.
But in Australia and England the re-
suit has been different
A gentleman has just arrived from
Australia, bringing Goals to New
CASTLE This gentleman proposes to
the astonished Mr. Spalding to bring a
team of native Australian base ball
players to America next summer for a
tour of all the principal cities where
professional base ball is played Mr..
Spalding expressed fear that the
Australians might prove to be so
easy for the Americans that no in
terest would be taken in their games.
but their sponsor who is well acuuaint-
ed with the playing strength of Ameri-
cas- best teams, assured Mr. Spalding
that his country's team are highly pro-
hcient in the art, and can give hard
argument" to even the Baltimore or
Cleveland mines, so much has profess
sional base ball grown in Australia
during the last few years.
1t may be that the United States and
Australia will furnish continuous en-
ployment for the best stars of the dia-
mond. The seasons of the two lands
do not confiict-Wilile it is summer here
it is winter in Australia, and vice
versa. Christmas and New Years day
in that land would be the great holt
day schedule plums, as Memorial day
and Fourth of July are in the United
states. once base ball becomes as
Wen established in Australia as it is in
the United States the stars Of either
land need not spend half their time
loahng. AS soon as the American sea-
son closes, Oct. /, they would start fo1,
Sydney or Melbourne, where thew
would find robins just opening for the
spring trade and yiolets clearing the
decks for action-provfded robins and
Violets DO business down there. Then.
when March uSferS in the antarctie
winter and the Australian season ends
these continuous performing stars
would hurry back to America and re-
port for action on the northern dia-
monds. Australia is more progressive
more up to the go ahead ideas Of the
United States-tfan is England and
there is no good reason why in very
snort time an Australian league of
clubS cannot be made self-sustaining
Inc above plan would be a good
thing foT the pockets of the star pIay-
efs, out not 50 good for the players
themselves perhaps. Gleason. second
basenlan of the New York club. re-
FUSED to accompany the Baltimore play
ers TO England because he believes
that ball players, to be at their BEST
during the playing season, should have
absolute rest during the other six
months of the year. In other words.
ne ne holds the opinion that a ball player
Ike race horse, can become ',stale .
to use professional expression, from
overWork. In support of his theory he
recalls the fact that every one of the
bali players who made that celebrated
trip around the world fell away ma
tsflaaiy IN MS work during the season
of 1890.
The Spaldlng tourists visit to Emo
land had its good results too. Since
that day there has been a base hall
league in Great Britain every year
But the league doesn't pay, is not self
sustaining and makes slow progress
Inc English are not given to adopting
new IDEAS with a rush. In their slow
hands base ball does not begin to he
the sport which cricket is. and the hest
OF plays are passed with expressions
OF very clevah, ''Excellently played
bah Jove" and 'Ah, how neatr' And
/ then, over there the crowd upholds the
umpire in all his decisions. whether
lney peileVe them to be right or wrong.
mat alone is enough to throttle the
game.
- The English idea of base ball is well
Illustrated by the captain OF a team in
the state of Washington The cl,lb eof
financially embarrassed in midsummer.
and several English capitalists recently
located there were induced to back fine
team for the rest of the season. These
new magnates We're on the ground
when the first game under the new ad-
mln1sfraflon was played. It was their
maiden experience at a base ball CON
test. -Duf1ng the struggle on the dja
mond the three English magnates sat
IN one corner of the stand by them
selves, looked on with many evidences
of distress and discussed the sit1,a dior,
in low tones among Themselves r.
happened that the umpire was very nm
fair TO the home team. and the local
captain did a great deal of violent
kicking
AS soon as the game was ended the
lhree johnnie Bulls called upon their
captain, and one, acting as spokesman.
sald Mr.. c., 1t is fab from o,IT de-
siah to intafeah with your duties bI,t
we certainly do not approve of the
mannah in which you insulted the-ab
refehree-the-ah-u
Insulted hint" roared the eantain
Why he can't be insulted! He's a
thief, no better than a highwavman
fair? Why he called Jimmy out at
second when the basefnan hadn't
touched him yet
Very probably, me bob. The-ab-ren-
Zen may nave made few mistakes, but
he's gentleman. We all are gentlemen, and
must De treated as such. Heahaftah. Won
will please respect the-ah-umpiah' and
not dispute any OF his decisions
Such were the orders. C. resigned Tho can
fancy forthwith. In a week, under the En-
glish order OF things. the club slaved To
empty emp benches Result. disbandInent Yer
dict of the new magnates: 'This-ah-base
ball cawn't be censidahed in the same claws
OF spowts with cwicket, don't you know, bah
Jpyef' Wan
In this same connection the H.,tyy,sr.
teams visit to England this fall should nof
be overlooked. The outcome of the expedi-
Llon VIII be looked for with general interest
lWlce oefore have arst-ciass professional
teams tried to capture the slow-going Rrlt
ons-eHce IN 1889. referred to ADORE. and Jr
the early seventies when the chaupion Ros
tons went over. Neither expedition paid ex-
pensesL It remains to be seen whether the
champions OF 1896 viii have any better suc