Omaha daily bee., 1898-12-04
BASE BALL FOR NEXT SUMMER
Buffalo AImOst Certain to he In the
Western League and Per.
haps Toronto.

It looks very much like a cinch that Buf-
falo win be one of the stations in the West
ern league to take the place OF St. Joseph
next season. President johnson of the
league and President Franklin Of the Buff
falo club last week arranged everything with
the exception Of one hitch. The league has
agreed to give Buffalo the st. Joseph club
with one condition. That is, that II GER
tain Western league club. said to be Kan
sas City, wants Pitcher Danny Daub for $400
before January Is, Buffalo Is to give him up.
President Franklin made an objection to this
condition. arguing that II Kansas City can
use Daub so can Buffalo Thus the matter
stands, but this difficulty will in all prob
ability be overcome.
There is a strong likelihood also that
Toronto will be in the western organization
next season. The hitch occurs over the
price demanded by Arthur Irwin. who wants
$4,000 for his good wilr and team. while the
league offers half that sum. Cold plunks
to the amount of 5000 is considered suf-
lcient price, inasmuch as Irwin does not
own the ball park at Toronto and has ritied
the Toronto club of all its good players to
strengthen Washington. Toronto would take
Columbus place in the circuit. which, II the
Canadian city is secured. win read in this
way: Eastern Clubs-Buffalo, Toronto, In
dianapohs, Detroit. Western Clubs-St.
| Paul, Minneapolis. Kansas City, Milwaukee.
Dahlen and Lange are being hawked
| about the base ball market like so much
dead wood by President Conology Hart oi
| the Chicago club. During the seas oi
| 1898 neither gave the club the services they
were capable Of" declares the Windy City
| president. "They did not do their best
| Despite the fact that Dahlen had the lead
ership Of the club, a position that should
| have made him ambitious, he was anything
but that" Dahlen's rowdyism, resulting II
almost dozen invitations from the umpire'
to increase the perspiration OF the bench
| lost a half dozen games for Chicago, while
Bill Lange was too busy chasing soubrette!
to do his best. The passing OF these tive
Chicagoans has given rise to various rumor
OF deals-that they are to be traded fo
Jennings and Kelly, or even Delehanty o
Baltimore, for a batch OF Giants. including
star Second Baseman Gleason. or for
group Of Colonels Hart and Burns seen
| to want Gleason particularly, and Thornton
may be thrown In to fill the measure II
exchange for the Giant two-bagger. Witt
Everett at FIRST. Gleason at second. Nc
Cormlck at short and Wolverton at third
the infeld would be fairly strong. although
II Is not certain that Wolverton is fas
enough to hold down the last corner Of tn
diamond. Jimmy Connor does not figure Il
this forecast. for he Is occupying the position
Of Mohammeds coffin.
81 expect to be on top again next seaso
and expect to have Charles Comiskey a
manager and captain of the Browns" is a
announcement made by Chris Won der Abe
which to most critics possesses the arom
OF a certain Chinese drug. Der B-ss,
however. has succeeded in deposng Muck
enfuss from the presidency Of the Brown:
and he may not therefore, be talkln
through q vent In his chapeau. AS vic
president OF the Sportsmen's Park clut