The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1901-12-17

point to Kansas City in proving the
claim that the Western has been thor
ougl ~ defeated. In Kansas City Tebeau
has secured the old baseball park fig
ured on by Manning, and he also holds
the title to about the only other sllita-
supporters may scott at this claim, but
the american men insist that Teteau
has the lease of the old ball park locked
in his safe.
accounted for. Il st. Paul all is safe for
the American association holding. The
WestGrl could never go through a sea
son without Minneapolis Western team
acting as foil for the st. Paul West
ern team 1t would be a proposition with
Failure marked ali over the face of it,
ana the Western magnates know this
without being tcld
III; II st Paul; VI nneapolis and Kansas
City are held aWay from the West,,rn
a magnate in the WI feld camp woule
WIZ arm 81 ps and paded cell by sug-
costing that The little league try and
G.; or with team in Milwaukee,.
Dill .liiWaukee fanatics may be, as some st
mat the beer City has been travelling
IN too fast company, but the fanatics n
tht trwn that hoped make the amber
orlnk famous Will hardly hang on with
tne othcr exii eme. To make the Western
appear Tcre weak, the American mag
mates declare that the enemy has not
secured the Milwaukee grounds
Have Only Omaha Left.
And only Omaha is left to the West
ern If all these American claims ara
maze good, and there is every reason
=; 10 ,a eei'evt thai they wifi be. Omaha
make It's last stand. Rourke has fought
hard fer the Western since the hegio !.
nlng OF the war. for in helping to start
t Ircuo;e ne knocked the gang-plank nut
tr3r1 behind him and now to save Rourke
The western may line up behind him.
The Western still has a holding in
Omaha, out the Ant ricaf with Rour,xe
with 1t at the first meeting, named Om-
circIit. and the American insists that -
VIII go through the 1902 circuit with
It's original circuit
An american association team Will be
t +bc at omaha, and, despite claims TO
Ille contrary, the American has an Oms
IA IA man anxious to take the franchise.
Inc man In question is well known IN
the omaha baseball world He Will with
ohe doubt complete arrangements with
franchise Rourke will have chance
70 discover his real popularity rating II,
the Pat Grove town. IA
Will be hard for the critics VIII
nave rsnva appeared anxious to have st. Paul
represented in a league as far towa ~
the back seats as possible. but tbas.
critics knew from the start that 'n tbe
w eslern was starting a losing fight IN
a a5e to hold territory claimed by
me me Western, when 1t took in st. Paul,
uiIh I'm cap and Kansas City, became
a., league 100 small for it's circuit. WITH
OUT opposition it worried along through
an unfruitful season. I'll oush
me Western club owners knew The
g Goeepb when they went into the St.
| ooSepn meeting, but they went into that
| meeting looking for a chance to e sma,
lungs I'm In their anger they threw awar
me nt seed Nd Judgment an1 Of their cooler
pening, and. having had a cbanoa LAP y
AGAIN AGAIN coolly consider the conditions. the
| ton 'neir Dosl-
They have still time to saw. +ben,sa,,,o.
asho' though much talk may be the thins,
nCr several more weeks, it is more thar
pl3 pro that the Western will in the
circuit " siA-ciup