The evening times., 1896-10-08
BAL T|MORE- NEW YORK DEAL
Monumental City Does Not Ap-
preciate Her Champions.
WAGNER FAVORS THE MOVE
Says IL Would BE for the Best In
t..rests of both Freedman and VOn-
derhorst-Would BE No Injustice
tn Baltimore, AS Her Baseball Eli
thusiusm Has Cooled.

The topic uppermost in the minds OF the
| baseball public today is the prospective
deal by winch New York will get cham
pionship cab aud Baltimore take what is
left.
1t is argued thatthe Monumental City has
tired OF winning the pcnnant ana fails 10
show that appreciation which the good
thing deserves and the only way in which
interest in the national game can be revived
is To put a club in Baltimore that will keep
the fans on the anxious seat.
The small attendance at the Temple Cup
games in Baltimore, even with the home
team winning, is pointed to as an evidence
that the Oriole rootcrs are unap'Tcciative.
All things considered, 1t is deemed To be a
move which will prove beneficial TO all
concerned.
1t rs anticipated that negotiations looking
to such "a deal will be completed shortly, and
the action ratified at the meeting Of the
National League at Chicago in November.
MR.. WAGNER FAVoRS THE DEAL.
1t is thought that little trouble viii h,
had in consummating the deal, as ten oil the
ma.,nates are said to favor IL, among theih
President J. Earl Wagner, OF the Senators.
In speaking OF the matter, Mr.. Wagner said:
"CIub owners favor it, and itwould lie for
the interests of both Freedman and Won
derhorst If the dicker went through The
small: Gro wds that attended the Temple Cup
games in Baltimore have convinced Won
deriIcrst and every other league magnate
that the City of Monuments refuses to
support a team OF champions.
..In the three Temple Cup gamcs-all won
by Baltimore-the total paidattendance was
about 9, 800. The games would have dra a"n
twice as many in any other city III the
league. Washington would have turned
out an average of $500 per game, and New
York 1900 or 5000.
"yonderhorst has expressed his desire 10
buy the New York Club, for he is genuine
sportsman and man Of the world, and spends
| most OF his time in the metropolis For
fin ncial and social reasons ne would much
prefer Il team of champions in New York to
| one in Baltimore.
| REPRESENTS A SYNDICATE.
"vonderhorst. representing n syndicate,
| offered Freedman a liberal sum for the
| New York Club. Freedman refused to sell.
| but that does not indicate that the deal 10
off l believe he would part WITH Il
block of stock If he could secure the pick
an': ma ajority of the Baltimore players in
| exchange.
New York is the Mecca Of magnates
| With n team of champions the New Y prk
STOCKHOLDERS could split S125 900 a year
| Such a deal would be no injustice TO Balu-
| more, for the fans Of that city realize
| that enthusiasm has cooled, patronage has
| fallen Off. and n few years experience
| with a fair team will do their city good
in a baseball way. In Gaze a New York.
Baltimore deal is Consummated. Manager
| Hanlon will go to New York, and he wouiI
own almost as much of the stock OF the
| New York club as Vunderborst. This
| transfer would naturally take majority
| of the New York players to Baltimore"