The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1901-12-01

M anagers IsfllyMhas not been idle and at
the present time is hot after players who
viii be secured if they show themselves
strong enough to put the st. Paul team
up iir at the tpp of the list in the COMING
Our leagpe win be a strong one, ana
with Hickey at the head, I think we will
make 1T a successful one. We have sew,
cred all connection with the organization
of minor leagues headed by Powers. we
will be as Independent as the American
and National leaf CUES. We will, however,
protect thesWestern league
Western League All Right.
BY the Western league President Len
non means the clubs of the old Western
league left out of this new organization
He believes the Western league will be
able to go through a successful season.
There have been doubts expressed as to
the chances of locating teams in ST.
Joseph and Des Moines, but these two
towns will have clubs. If the men inter-
ested at the present time refuse to go
ahead Hickey has men who are ready
to take up the franchises and organize
teams.
Hickey without doubt will shine under
the spot light of the baseball world as
the only man steering two baseball
leagues at one and the same time. Hickey
will be president of the Western league
as well as president OF the American as
ISOLATION.
The new association will respect con-
tracts, but that will be the limit of any,
thing that looks like an agreement on
their side with any other league. The
new association does not fear losing its
players to the two leagues bigger than
this middle grade organization. Players,
however, will take chances when they
Jump from Hickey's new league, for it
is long jump to a good hold in the
National or American leagues, and the
American association will refuse to act
= as mattress for any unlucky ball toSSer
falling back. The player jumping from
the new association had better make
good in the big leagues. for he will either
separate himself from a number of MS
round dollars or drop out of the Amer
lean association down into real minor
league ranks.
Every player jumping from the new as
ISOLATION will be suspended He will get
off the blacklist when he desires to come
back only by paying a fine. The amount
las not been made public by the new
directors, but it might be placed in the
neighborhood of $780,
Hurts Powers League.
The action of the American association
in repudiating the national agreement
came somewhat in the nature of sur
prise to the magnates of the minor league
clubs. The Western association suffered
by repudiating the agreement. The new
association was able to take Toledo and
Columbus from the Western association.
Speaking OF this c. B. Powers, president
of the Western association, spoke to the
Associated Press as follows:
THE American association having
broken away from the national agree
ment, can of course invade our territory
and gobble up our best towns. Under the
national agreement the Western associa-
ton controlled Toledo and Columbus. We
made a stand for our rights under base
ball laws, and decision was rendered
in our favor In order to overcome this
the American association now repudates
the agreement, and Toledo and Columbus
are taken from the Western associa ton.
We will get other cities to fill the gap
and will be doing business when the
gongs sounds next spring. Mr.. Strobel,
of Toledo, has long desired to make a
change and now that he had done so, l
certainly wish him success. Yes, / be,
ieve Columbus and Toledo will hold up
their ends with the new American assoc
citation providing the other cities do not
boost salaries too much