The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1899-03-01
ST. LOUIS SUSPENDED
MOUND CITY BASE BALL CLUB
CAUSES ANOTHER SENSATION
IN THE BIG LEAGUE
FAILED TO PAY FORFEIT
Chicago Before 1t Can Share
in Protection of the National
League--TweIve-C Schedule
Has Eeen Prepared, but May Not
he Played Out-New Rules

NEW YORK. Feb. 2S-The annual
schedule meeting of the National Base
ball league, which began today at the
Fifth Avenue hotel. promises to be one
of the most interesting and protracted
sessions ever taken part in by the men
who control the national game in the
largest cities east of the Rocky mount
aims Since the close of last seasons
play many deals have been heard of,
and some of them have gone through.
The most notable of these is the con-
solidation of the Brooklyn and Balti-
more clubs, which was perfected yes
terday. Brooklyn. of course, gains
Very materially by the deal, as the
"Grooms" will now be made up of the
star players from both clubs, while the
Orioles" will be a sort of second edi-
ton. Manager Ed Hanlon, a stock
holder and director in both clubs, will
manage the Brooklyn end of the bust
ness. Hanlon said today that the re-
port that Baltimore would only be a
farm" club was untrue.
The final makeup of the teams will
not be definitely arranged for some
weeks to come" said he, but when
the teams have been selected, all
friendship-from a playing standpoint
will cease. and the men will play
against each other as if their lives de-
napt."
Next to the Boroklyn- Baltimore deal.
the question Of transfer of the Cleve-
land club to st. Louis is the principal
topic to be discussed this week. Chris
Won der Abe and B. S. Muckenfuss will
contest with each other the question as
to which shall be the recognized repre-
sentative of the ST. Louis club.
The changes in the playing rules sug-
geSted by the committee appointed for
that purpose will probably take up a
great deal of the time when they are
brought up for discussion.
The umpire question will also be
prominent one during the week. and it
looks as if a sort of civil service eX-
animation will be arranged. in order to
test the capabilities of applicants for
the hardest position in the league.
The powers of the board of discipline
may be increased. and a motion to re-
sumo the fining system will undoubt-
edly be proposed.
That a twelve-club schedule has been
prepared is beyond all doubt, but that
it will remain intact during the. season
is~not so certain. Many persons who
have an inside knowledge of the league
affairs claim that there will only be
eight clubs interested in the playing
circuit before the season is many weeks
old.
ST. LOUIS SUSPENDED.
TheAboard of arbitration, composed
Of John T. Brush, De Haas Robson,
James Hart, Col. John 1. Rogers, A.
H. Soden and President Young, this
afternoon considered number of dis
putes between clubs and players. The
principal case taken up was the wran-
gle between the st. Louis club, and
as a result that club has been sus-
pended from the league. A resolution
was adopted reciting the alleged fail
ure of the st. Louis club to comply
with an order made by the board on
Pa, club $3.50 for the release of a bali
player Sullivan, and ordered the own
ens of the st. Louis club to appear be-
fore the board.
After this resolution had been adopt