The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1897-12-19
BASE BALL : BRIEFS.


While the talk of Manager Comiskey suing
to recover the amount of advance money paid
Sagel, now that that player has been award
ed to Kansas City, is going the rounds, 1t is
worth while noticing the statement made by
Comiskey in regardrto the case. AS he tells
it, he noticed Slagel's ability very soon after
the Grand Rapids club had borrowed" him
from the Boston club, and entered into cor
securing the release of the outielder. If
that was the way of it, then Comiskey has
charged himself with violating rule of the
Western league. That rule distinctly forbids
one club in the league tampering with the
players another club has secured a prior
hold upon. In this case Grand Rapids had OBJ
tanned the first claim to Slagers services in
the Western league and yet Comiskey states
that he was at the same time negotiating
with Boston with regard ga to securing the
This Is only half stating the case. The
Grand Rapids club was willing to part with
Slagel, permitting Comiskey to pay his back
salary and knew and approved of the Boston
dicker.
That Ban Johnson has secured Bob Carru-
theirs for a Western league umpire Is the
news that comes from Burlington, where the
ex- n-thousand-dollar pitcher is
The Louisville players will report for duty
March l.
It cost $1,000 less to run the Eastern
league in 1897 than 1t did In 1896
kid" Nichols is negotiating with Princeton
to coach the college ball team.
President Watkins thinks he will have
hitting team next year. He figures an infleld
over 300 and an outfeld near .325.
1t is said that Jack Barnett, the Kansas
City pitcher, will again be seen In q Buffalo
uniform next year. Barnett was released "
Buffalo about four years ago. He has since
played with Binghampton and Syracuse, be-
ing drafted from the latter club by Kansas
City.
1t seems that the Atlantic league has be-
come pioneer in q style of base ball legisla-
blacklisting rule adopted by the National
league. The Atlantic league, like any other
professional base eall Arganization, has its
s5me especially trouble some times IN this snug
league, and several exhibitions of rough and
tumble fighting were among the extra attrac-
lions but not mentionedi on the programme.
a secret ineligible clist for dirty ball players
was established, and if some of the good
players of the Atlantic league are not asked
to resign for next season they will know
the Atlantic league does not care to start the
season of 1898 with men who disgraced the
game in 1897. I'M. this0respect the Atlantic
league has taken as stepfurther than the Ma
tional league, which wifi harbor in 1898 the
same rowdies who hurt the game much last
year.-Buffalo Express, ..e.
Second Baseman fEgan, who was first signe !
by Brooklyn and then claimed and awarded
to Pittsburg, will not play with that team
after all He has been farmed out to Indian
apols. His old team mate Third Baseman
Reilly-the fashion plate-who has been with
Washington, will also be compelled to be-
come a farmer and play with Minneapolis
Milwaukee Wisconsin.
The International Baseball league was
formally organized at Port Huron Mich
Tuesday, with Hamilton London, Guelph,
Bay City Saginaw and Port Huron as mem.
bers. The towns were fully represented ano