The evening times., 1900-01-20
Hitch IN THE BALL Deal
The New York Club Will Not Get a
Pick of the Orioles.
NcGraw's Demand for n Salary of
$4,000 stands i'm the Way-He May
Keep the American Association
0ut-Good Team for Washington.

NEW YORK Jan. 20.-The intimation
in Baltimore dispatches yesterday that the
franchise of the club had been practically
sold and that McGraw. together with the
cream OF the players. would be handed over
TO the New York club for
consideration. has created stir
at local baseball headquarters. An
Official announcement was made
by the management Of the club. however.
that neither McGraw nor any other Balu-
more player would be secured under any
circumstances. While Freedman did not
make a personal announcement OF this
fact one Of his lieutenants did, with the
additional Information that the New York
club desired to have 10 dealings with the
Brooklyn Baltimore syndicate.
Whether McGraw's terms reached the
New York club before this interesting piece
OF news was promulgated could not be
learned But the Information that McGraw
wants a salary OF SO coo from the club 10
which be is assigned may have had some
thing 10 do with H. As ID is. MCGraw viii
go to the highest bidder. unless an ar
raugsmeut is made for him to join the
forces OF the Brooklyn club. He does not
want 20 play under Hanlon for the reason
! a
ager himself Those who believe they
know which way the wind blows do not
fear 20 predict that McGraw will be the
manager Of either the Chicago or Cincin-
natl team when the final shake-up occurs.
Ii is also possible that the Philadelphia
club may make a bid
Refusal to take any players of the Bal
timore team further compicates the situa-
ton. for it was thought that an offer TO
manage the New Yorks would be suf-
fcient to induce McGraw to turn his back
upon the American Association promoters,
who are doing their utmost to make him
Jump the reserve rule.
When spoken to on the subject neither
Abel nor Ebbetts, the Brooklyn magnates
professed 10 know anything of the reported
consummation of the Baltimore franchise
sale but when pinned down they declined
to discuss the situation at all.
If the circuit committee has made no
definite proposition 10 the Baltimore club
or if the proposition is being kept quiet
purposely it is for one of two reasons
Either the magnates want to tire the
Brooklyn Baltimore syndicate by the de-
lay, or they want to put matters off so
long that the American Association will
not have time to arrange a circuit for this
year. The magDates are laying wires to
knock this association movement out of
time in short order, and they have patched
a scheme in which, it is understood p. T
Powers, President of the Eastern League,
and Ban Johnson, President of the Ameri-
can League, are interested. Powers has
refused to say a word about the situation.
except to make the remark that in playing
strength the Eastern League is only ex-
celled by the National League. and he was
sure that the Cleveland. Washington and
| New York teams as they played last year.
would have been outclassed in the East
| ern circuit
This is taken to mean that if Baltimore
! and Washington go into the Eastern
League, patrons in those cities will not be
| treated to an inferior article of ball.
| President Powers vouchsafed the informa-
! tiun later that in his belief the big League
would start the coming season with ten
| clubs
| President \. E. Young, by the way, now
| declares with unusual emphasis, that he
has prepared no schedules of any kind and
! is awaiting orders. 1t is reported that the
League will meet here in two weeks