The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1900-12-22
WESTERN LEAGUE BLUFF
CLARENCE SAULPAUGH SAYS HE
WILL CONTINUE TO FURNISH
MINNEAPOLIS BASEBALL
PARK IS HIS UNTIL JULY /
Werden Cannot Even Manage ST
Paul Without His Consent, Says
the Magnate of the Up
River Town.

Clarence SauIpaugh came up from
Mankato yesterday:
You can say for me-" said the base
ball man, that we are going to have
team here next season, and it is going
to be a good one, too. All this talk about
a fight between the National ana the
American leagues is all rot. There may
be some differences, but you can depend
upon it that they will be settled, and that
there will be no baseball war"
MI. Saulpaugh sat down upon the
Western league with all his massiveness.
''ThOse fellows are ringing in big bluff
and that's all it amounts to. If they are
anxious to come to Minneapolis let them
come. These stories 1 have seen printed
about pushing me out of the town this
season, are not worth the paper they
are printed on
How about the baseball park?" was
asked
well. now, isn't that a nice 'pipe?' -
was the reply. Il have got a lease on
those grounds and no Western league
man has approached me about them
When does Your lease eXpire?' was
asked of the maguate.
1T runs out July l, if I remember cor
rectly. 1t is simply ridiculous to imagine
those fellows Ousting me from the park
until after that date. at least. In the
meantime what are they going to do:
They certainly will have to begin play
ing baseball before July l. ] also have
a cinch on the Sunday grounds. I own
all the improvements there and have a
lease OH the grounds till March with an
option of another dve-year- contract. I
don't see where this man Beall is going
to get in and | don't believe there will be
any Western league team in the city.
There are numerous matters that will
have to be settled by the American
league before the playing season opens
up. l will say frankly that I expect Min
ne2pois to be cut out OF the American
league proper, if newspaper stories are
to be relied upon at all. But Minneapolis
has not been cut out yet, and ] do not
know positively that it will be. The
scheme now seems to be Tor two circuits
within the American league. Ban John
son will probably be president Of both.
One will include Milwaukee, Detroit, Chi
cage. Cleveland. Washington, Taltm
Buffalo and Philadelphia; the other, Min
neapolis, st. Paul, Kansas City, LOUIS
Vile Indianapolis or Buffalo, Grand
Rapids, Toledo and some other city
This is largely speculative, however, and
it is more than possible there will be
but one circuit.
''Werden? l understand he mas signed
with st. Paul. Well, he is not released.
I am sure Of that, and it is quite probable
that 1 will not release him. Mr.. Lennon,
of st. Paul. has not approached me in re-
gard TO the matter, and there is nothing
certain about Pcrrys playing with the
Saints or mana ging the team over there"
When asked as to whether player
could not manage some other team from
the bench without getting a release from
the team by which heswas owned, Mr..
Saulpaugh said:
Certainly rot The National league
mas made a ruling on that very point
Take the case of jay Andrews. [ sod
him to Buffalo. He refused to so there
and insisted that he could manage the
Des Moines team from the bench with
out infringing his agreement. The Ma
tional league declared he must first be re-
leased or bought from the Buffalo team.
That seems to settle the WerGen ques-
ton"