The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1899-10-05
TO ATTEND LEAGUE MEETING.
Manager COmisI>ey Has Gone to Chi
cago to Be Present.

Manager Charles Comiskey, of the ST.
Paul Base Bail club, left last night for
Chicago, and will remain there until
after the meeting of the Western league
which will be held next Wednesday,
Mrs. Comiskey also left for visit in Chi
cago.
There will not be anything done at
the meeting next week. said Mr.. Comis-
key, before going, Except to settle up
the business of the year just closed.
There has been a lot of talk about pos
sible changes in the Western league cir
cult, but there will be nothing done at
this time. Some changes will no doubt
be made at a later meeting, some time
after the National league meets in No
vernber perhaps. If the big league
should conclude to drop some of the
towns that have not been yielding the
support demanded by the league, that
would leave the Western league with no
doubt one or two towns to select from
that would improve the financial strength
Of the circuit 1t is barely possible too,
that the Western league can secure
fcothold in Chicago by consent of the
National league. In that event the West
ern will be on a better basis than ever
before in its history I shall return to
st. Paul about Nov. 1, as L have some
property in Chicago that will require
some attention as soon as the meeting
is over, and will spend the winter here,
with the exception of a few weeks trip
to St. Louis and New Orleans which I
have III contemplation. I should have
gone to Chicago earlier, in fact, to at
tend to matters there had | not been de-
tanned here by some litigation with which
[ should have had no concern. For the
first time in my life suit was brought
against me- In all my business affairs
to this time 1 have never been sued for
a bill before. 7 have always paid my
bills, and hope tO continue to. This suit
was uncalled for, and on a debt which
the plaintiff testified in court was for
bill which was not charged on his books
to me, but to e. B. Smith The case was
decided in my favor when this was
shown, the court not sustaining Mr..
Smiths cfaim that in purchasing the
goods, an awning and some camp chairs,
and the like, for the judges stand at the
Lexington park bicycle track. he was
acting as my agent.
'fHy brother, Patrick H Comiskey, has
been treasurer of the club ever since
have had the st. Paul franchise, and in
my absence has attended to its financial
affairs. There never was any occasion
for Mr.. Smith to assume such authority
except that l had paid without question
some bills incurred by him i'll improving
The park. I appreciated the fact that he
had gone to great expense in building
the park and I paid, besides the monthly
rental, several amounts of various sizes
for incidentals:"
A rumor has been In circulation that
Mr.. Smith would purchase the st. Paul
Base Bali club and manage the club next
year himself, but this he denied. Man
ager Coniskey states that he is willing
to sell the franchise for what it is worth,
but not for any loss, and he insists that
it is one of the best in the league, al
though the patronage this year was not
what could have been asked, or might
have been desired.