The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1900-12-05
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plan FOR A NEW NATIONAL BASE
BALL ASSOCIATION
Is OFF
WESTERN HACKERS DRAW OUT
EaStern Bunch Didn't Come to the
Front, So milwaukee Men
Have Quit in Dis
gust.

! MILWAUKEE, Wis, Dec. 4.-Disgusted
with the failure of the Eastern men to
quality, the Western hackers of the Ma
tonal association have withdrawn from
the field and will make no more efforts
this season to organize a league which
they intended to rival the National league
on the diamond next season.
The Milwaukee men who have bsen
backing the new association said today
that they had taken down their forfeit,
their collateral having been returned TO
them by the Baltimore Trust company,
which had been constituted the holder
of the money and securities put up at
The Baltimore meeting last September.
. The Milwaukee men have been patient
1y waiting for F. c. Richter, OF Philadel-
phia, TO make good, but the detection Of
MCGTaw to the American league and the
failure of Tommy Mccarthy to hold his
Boston grounds, robbed them of their
ambition to shine as magnates, and they
announced this afternoon that they
would not spend another cent to organize
The circuit, but would await the action
of the men in the East before they
would renew their efforts.
tt IS up to the men in the East 10
make their promises good to organize
their circuit" said Joseph D O'Brien to-
night. and until they can show us that
they are solid financially and have their
grounds leased, We are out OF the deal
for gOcd. McGraW threw us down and
spoiled our Eastern circuit by going with
Baltimore to the American league, ana
the failure of Mccarthy to hold his
grounds in Boston placed a quietus on
the movement to organize the National
association. The Milwaukee men who
have been back of the movement spent
= great deal Of money and time in try
ing 10 place the association on its feet
and give the people a real. live opposi-
lion league to the National league, which
has been enjoying a monopoly Of the
business We have done more than our
share of the work so far and put up our
money to show that We meant business,
and as a result we have four cities in
the west prepared to so ahead at short
notice. prepare grounds for ball playing,
and sign the best players in the country,
while in the east only Philadelphia and
Washington are financed and have op-
lions on property that can be prepared
for bail playing before spring"
.. :. HaVenor, the Milwaukee alderman
who proposed to finance the new Chicago
club in the association, and had an OPP
ton as well as a lease of the old Con
gress baseball park in that city, said he
was through with the association until
the eastern men came to time. 81 put
up ny money at the Baltimore meeting
to show my good faith, and spent the
money necessary to secure an option on
the Congress street grounds IN Chicago
for my ball park, the lease being COM
plete with the exception Of my sigma
ture, which I withheld until I was fully
convinced that the people in the East
meant business. SO far we have spent
our money freely TO promote the inter-
ests Of baseball and The organization Of
the National association, but We can
not proceed alone and shoulder all the
work as well as the expense, and now /
have drawn my forfeit down, prepared
to await what the Eastern men have to
say"
A. H. Koch, a Milwaul1eean, who Sc
cured an option on a piece Of property
. last summer in Philadelphia, before tie
Baltimore meeting was held, with a
view 10 placing a team in Philadelphia
confirmed the statements Of O'Brien and
HaVenor. Tine reports 1 had from Bos-
ton about Mccarthy after McGrew an
noUEced that he would identify himself
with the American league, convinced me
that the outlook was poor for placing
the association on . sound financial basis,
so / withdrew my portion of the fund
1a.sed at Baltimore to organize the as
sCciation," said Koch. IF we had pro-
ceeded 1 know that Boston would have
been deUiment for lack Of funds
Therefore, I am cut Of the deal until
has the money TO proceed, but grounds
secured as well. We placed too much
confidence IN MCGraw and the Baltimore
people and their detection hurt Tx
chances of cur success"