The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1899-03-24

MILWAUKEE, Wis, March 2S.-The
Western league base ball schedule, which
it was expected would be given out to-
night, has not yet received its final
framing, and will not be made public
until tomorrow evening at the earliest.
The magnates did not get together at
all today. there being no business to
transact until the final schedule is sub
mitted for adoption. Though President
Ban Johnson came TO Milwaukee with
several schedules in his pockets, the
ball men seem to have been unable to
agree upon any one of them. and, after
yesterdays protracted meetings, it be-
came necessary to frame an almost en-
tirely new table of dates.
Mr.. Johnson has been working the
greater portion of today on the prob
lem, and expects to have it ready to
submit at a meeting of the ball repre-
sentatives tomorrow. Possibly the West
ern leaguers are holding off to see what
comes of the National league meeting
tomorrow, when a meeting to fix up the
schedule OF the major league will be
held in New York If at that meeting
it is decided to drop Cleveland from the
schedule. the Western league magnateS
can save the trouble of another meet
ing by adopting the schedule to suit
Cleveland instead of Columbus, as, if the
schedule is made to take in Columbus
and later on that club is transferred to
the Forest City, practically a new
schedule will have to be made.
LOOKS LIKE CLEVELAND.
CHICAGO, March "a special dis
patch from Milwaukee sums up the base
ball situation follows:
The Western league, thanks to the
diplomatic work of Johnson LOTUS Co
niskey and Fillilea, has secured the
coveted Cleveland territory, in return
for which the Western people have paid
absolutely nothing. Lotus will transfer
the Columbus team to Cleveland. Frank
Robson and the good Mr.. Brush will re-
tire gracefully from that section of the
base ball map and from now on devote
their undivided attention and talent to
the task of making the rejuvenated St.
Louis team pay dividends on the invest
ment.
Few important deals for players were
made Milwaukee sold Third Baseman
Burke to Rochester, and st. Paul and
Detroit dickered over deals involving the
exchange of Isbel for DUNCAN. Chauncey
Fisher, the pitcher who goes to st. Paul
this year, filed a claim for back salary
for services rendered as manager of the
St. Joseph club The chances are more
than even that Chauncey will be gently
but firmly turned down."
MAKEUP OF THE TEAMS.
The makeup of the eight teams in the
league has been given out as follows:
st. Paul-Catcher, Spies; pitchers, Den
first base Isbell; second base, Glenalvin;
third base, Geier; shortstop, Shugart;
1ielders, Gillen, Preston and Burke.
Kansas City-Catchers. Hansen and
Merritt; pitchers, Gear, Meredith, Eagan.
Stricklett, Friend and Hastings; First
base, CANCEL; second base. Viox; third
tielders, Turner, McVicker and Miller
NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS., Speer: pitchers,
Rettger. Swain, Hart Vollendorf, Reidy,
Husting, Mcdonald and Check; first base
Stafford; second base, Hallman; third
base. Grey or Shoch; shortstop, Lewee
or Burke; fielders, Weaver, Nicol and
Detroit Catchers. Buelow and An
drews; pitchers, Thomas, Guese, Young,
Bean and Irwin; first base, Slater; sec
ond base, Eagan; third base, billiard.
Sharrot and Barrett.
inneapolis-Catchers. Dixon and Fish
er; pitchers, Parker, McNeeley, Wigs
and Hutchinson; others not certain.
ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS, Kehoe and
Lynch; pitchers. Foreman, Gore, Haw-
ley. Sanders, Kellum, Knepper and Scott;
. first base, MOTT; second base, Stewart;
third base, Hickey or Doherty; short
stop, Allen; fielders. Fleming, Flynn.
neutrality-suspicious., McCauley and Dix
on; pitchers, Brown, Lee, Gray and
Daub;, first base Birmingham; second
base, McQuaid ;shortstop. Nash and Roat;
third base, Gremington and Eustace;
teders, White, Pickering, Garry and
Householder.
Columbus-Catchers. Sullivan and
Buckley: pitchers, Jones, Briggs, Gilpat-
rick Walters and Brown; first base
Tebeau; second base. Crooks or Bier
bauer; shortstop. Hall; fielders, Lally.
Frank, Butler and Genings