The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1899-09-21

Others Are Figuring to Outwit
the New American League Pro-
moters.
Wide publicity was given by Chicago
newspapers yesterday 10 the statement
that Manager Charles Comiskey, Of the
st. Paul base ball club, would abandon st.
Paul the coming year and take Cleveland,
the National league Topping the northern
city off its circuit and granting it to the
Western league.
There seems to be little doub. that the
National league and Western league
magrates, or a goodly number OF them,
are pretty well grounded in a compact to
defeat the purpose of the new American
associa ton, as the National agreement is
as essential to the well being of the
minor L agues as 1t is to that Of the
National league itself. This means. in ell
probability, that the National league, III
stead of continuing the remaining two
years as at present constituted, will lop
off what might be called dead timber,
the towns which have not been support
ing base ball very strongly, and present
clubs, and bestow the territory thus cut
off the major League OH minor leagues,
which would be notably strengthened in
some cases thereby.
With the situation as it appears now,
the National league scheme is to drop
Washington, RaltimCre. Louisville ard
Cleveland. This is the plan which is
accredited to the Hart and Brush party
in the big league, and 1t seems reasonably
clear that the Chicago and Cincinnati
magrates have come to a pretty clear
understanding, not only between them
selves, but with the leading spirits of the
Western league. Formal action mas not
| been taken, it appears but at the annual
meeting CT the National in New York
the question will come up. President
Hart has been quoted as saying that
There will not be any change in the
National league composition until the ex-
| piratiOn of the ten-year agreement. two
| years hence, but then Mr. Hart, of Chi
cago, IS gentleman who frequently has
been suspected of not telling all he knows,
| even to newspaper men with pencils in
| their fingers 1t is possible that Mr.. Harris
! mind will change before the meeting If
! the progress of the Quinn Ted Sullivan
movement promises to give the National
| league a real brush
| Harris scheme at home is figured b,,
those who know him as playing West
ern league club under Tom LOTUS man.
agement in the Windy City during the
periods when the Chicago Nati~nal
league club is away The American as
! ISOLATION could then arrange its dates
to suit itself If it played against he
Mott Il Loo i,
! it. IF against the Western, its attrac elton
! of lower admissions would not be a fac
| tor, as the Western league is now playing
| to 25-cent crowds.
The Hart-Brush combination plans a
| Western league consisting of cubs in
| Chicago, Milwaukee, Kansas City, Min
! neapolis, indianapolis, Buffalo, Detroit.
and Comiskey, the latter being located
in either Cleveland or Toronto The Ma
tional would continue with the four clubs
i heretofore mentioned cut Off
| Manager Coniskey is out of town OF
fishing excursion and could not be
reached last evening, so could not Be
| interviewed concerning the 1umored deal
One thing is certain, however, and that
] is that he has been in close touch With
the Hart-Brush scheme, whether
anything more than his interest has been
| enlisted or not
| The Western league will hold it's an
! nUal meeting in Chicago Oct II. and il
is probable that the question of loea-
! tons for next year will at that time
be deferred pending the National league
meeting, in order to give Messrs. Lotus,
/ Killilea and Vanderbeck a chance for
their money, even if Comiskey's plans
are not involved. Killilea keeps a $ IF
upper lip, in spite of the fact that Quinn,
| of the new association, has a park with
a much more advantageous location than
| his own, and if Detroit is taken by the
new association it will make a harder
| fight in that city than the tripartite con-
| test would result in in Chicago.
Detroit is one of the best base ball
! towns in the country, however, at it's
size. Vanderbeck has a good start in
the matter of grounds, too, and may be
able to give the new outfit run for it's
money.