The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1901-04-26
Ryan NAY GIA'FtnAN and
ACQUISITION OF THIS VETERAN
WOULD Make SAINTS REALLY
EORMIDASLE
TROUBLE IN STORE FOR HOOD
Ran Who Jumped COmiskcy's Team
for st. Joe May Get Ryan
After Him-sVets"
Reat "COlts.1

It is not among the imposscilities that
mcfarland may wear a st. Paul unito m
this year. Mac would be \ most welcome
addition to Ryan'S bunch. lie really
needs no Introduction to 81. Paul fans.
for he has played on the Lexington
grounds many, many times Fe played
center of indianapolis in the Cd western
for several years, and last year put in
40 games ii Comiskey's outfeld, in Chi
cago, batting 2i6 and field nS .946. This
year Mcfarland is on ComisHey's pay
roll. but it is said that he is very desir-
Gus OF making a change owing. prime
pally, to his health, which has not been
good during his residence in the
Windy City If Mac comes here
he will undoubtedly find place N
center field, his old position. replacing
Andrews who will be retained on the
team as utility man. If Manager Ryan
succeeds in landing Mcfarland and Dill
lard he will have an out and infield with
out an equal in the league and a team
that will he able to play bail with any
body.
Trouble is brewing for somebody IN the
western league, probably Mckiboen CT 81
Joseph Word has been received by Man
ager Ryan that Flood, of Chicago, has
Jumped his contract there and accepted
q position on the St. Joseph team. 1t is
the intention of Manager Ryan to in
vestigate this and. if he finds that his in
formation is correct, a protest will be
filed with President Hickey. Ryan does
not take kindly to contract jumping, and
especially when it int5rferes w tn his we'll
laid plans. as it probably would in this
case In speaking of the matter yester-
day Ryan said: IT will certainly protest
this Flood business if I find that reports
about his jumping to st. Joe are true 1t
will not 90 for the Western league to be
q OiltS with American The Aneri-
can may not lie as strong as the National
but it is a whole lot stronger than the
western. [ want my contracts respected
by the American league, and am assur-
ed they Will be if no underhand business
IS attempted. If Flood has left Com;skey
it will interfere with his re,eas ng billiard
to me. This, however, is not the most
serious size of the question. Unless we
act in harmony with the American We
may lose some of the best players at a
most critical time during the season.
There Is no question but what we are
going TO develop some fast players among
the younger men that we have in this
T league. and I don't want to lie so stu
Ted that I will not know at night who
my men will be in the morning. If we
do not have harmony any enc of the
American league mana gers might come to
one Of my men, offer him more salary
than I could afford to pay HIM, and get
him, They can do this cas- ly, for the
league is composed Of large cities and
can pay salaries that would swamp Us in
a month IL we attempted to equal them.
The American may be regarded as an
outlaw organization, but it makes no d.f-
ference to me how it is regsrGed It's pro-
lection is practically as nee, ssary to the
smaller leagues as is that OF the Ma
tional"
The Colts and the Vets" played a
practice game at Lexington yesterday
afternoon. and the Vets" put t over the
E. Colts in jig time. Ryans team, as it
stands, is playing fast bal and develop
ing with each succeeding cay. It is now
an assured fact that they W II give good