The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1896-10-05

against club. One was published in the
G o Of Sept. "a, the authenticity of which
has never been successfully disputed.
Detroit wants Hahn. the Nashville south
paw, that Comiskey figured for this season.
Philadelphia lost both the first and last
Ban Johnson has written to President
Young, of the national league requesting
protection for the eight cities constituting
this league, as well as Omaha and Toledo,
should Minneapolis decide to withdraw from
the league. Both towns are very anxious
to get back into this league, and while
neither of them would be good as Mime
apolis has been this year, from the financial
standpoint, it is to be remembered that Min
neapolis would not have been nearly so
good. with third or fourth rate team.
There will be bear dance up in Min
neapolis when they learn the price they paid
for keeping Wilmot and Hutchinson and how
their deadly rival, St. Paul, has profted
thereby. Chicago loaned the two players at
the opening Of the season on the condition
that it should have the pick Of any two of
the team at the close. The pick Arson made
was Preston and Connors, the fielder and
second baseman. Then your uncle Arson
went to Comiskey and offered to buy Den
ger and give in exchange for him the two
players he had taken from Minneapolis
Comiskey knew he would lose Denzer by the
draft, so he took Anson's offer and next
season st. Paul will have something like
stone wall infeld, while Minneapolis has a.
hole at second that will be hard to fill. Com
iskey did not get the $500 for Denzer he
would had that player been drafted but he
did get. two players he could not have
bought from Minneapolis for ten times that
money.--Detroit Journal.
1t is said that the St. Louis Browns are to
be thoroughly reorganized before next season.
Manager Dowd will go out in the field and
the whole infeld will be changed
The Cincinnais like DUNCAN and Burnett
pretty well.
Billy Hamilton has been given ninety-n
bases on balls this season, and has stolen
seventy-four bases.
The National league will try to secure the
services of Umpire Mcdonald again next
year.
Halliday says the batting average of urk-
EFT Is frightfully padded by the Cleveland
scorers.
The records credit Pitcher Payne, of Brook
Ign, with only one wild pitch in thirtytwo
games.
Van Derbeck, of Detroit. has thirty
players, either on salary list, lent to other
clubs or signed for next season.-Milwaukee
Journal.
Manager Wilmot has reserved all the play
ers except Parker, who belongs to Chicago.
Partridge, Howe and others, who are farmed
out, are also reserved.
Rothenfus manager for the pennant-win-
ming Newark team of the Atlantic league,
will play first base for Grand Rapids next
season. Ellis has thirty-one players under
reservation.
The New York management has renewed
it's still hunt after Little Willie Lange.
The original offer of $4,000 has been limited
at again, but Arson knows a good thing as
well as any one. LANCE will stay right here.
Chicago Tribune.
Manning has reserved every player on the
Kansas City team, but his new manager,
Carney, will be given full swing when he
assumes control Manning says that he does
not expect to put on a base ball uniform
again.