The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1901-07-12
GREAT PLANS ON FOOT.
With All the Changes st. Paul viii
Keep Ryan

IseporCS are current that next year will
see quite few changes in the baseball
world, and there is ma eriaI evidence thar
some OF the reports bear some semblance
OF truth. President Ban Johnson. of the
American, has been on the go. visiting
Inc various cities in his league for the
past three weeks and it is understood that
ne has been in communication not only
with the managers of the American
clubs, but that he has also been keeping
company with several Of the National
magnates. Out of all this grows the re-
port that a truce has been declared he
tween the two leagues and that next wear
VIII see consolidation with Johnson at
the head as president The ten-year
agreement that exists in the National
expires With the present season, and 1t
IS certainty that great many changes
are on the slate. Authority is to be
had for the statement that the two ma ior
leagues have come to the conclusion that
1t would be suicidal for them to continue
TO war on each other and that IT has
been determined to have but one big
league with sixteen clubs These sixteen
clubs are to be divided into two divisions
one in the West and the other in the
East. Each division will play out the
season independent of Zach other anI. at
the end, the winners in each division will
meet and play certain number OF games
for the championship This plan is said
to be the most plausible that has ever
been put forth, and it is a certainty that
the interest of the entire country would
center In the final struggle for suprem-
acy while every club in each division
would strive for the coveted opportunity
or getting in for that final battle.
1t Is common gossip that there is an
everlasting war on between the mag
mates in the National and that it Is an
absolute impossibility fer them to get
together in another agreement. This
adds color to the scheme outlined above
ana 1t is said that the stronger faction
OF the National is to get in with the new
deal and freeze out the others.
Report comes from Kansas CITY that
Manning is holding to his lease on the
Kansas City baseball park like grim
death and with that report comes an
other to the effect that the reason Man.
ming refuses to let go is that he will
be in Kansas City next year with a team
in the new league.
With all this talk going about the h'g
leagues it is certain that the Western
league Is to be continred This league
has made decided hit, and there is alb.
solutely no probability of it's dissolution
Thtre may be few changes, due to the
fact that Colorado Springs and Denver
are to far removed and these teams will
have to be moved East The return OF
Manning to Kansas City VIII also end
the days Of the Western in that city. in
place of these three towns 1t is proba-
BILE that indianapolis, Louisville and
Sioux City will be taken in. It Is sad
that Indianapolis will guarantee sup
port to a Western league team and that
the same is true of Sioux City There
is no question but that Louisville Is a
good ball town
The rest Ct tie cir>uit will remain as
at pre- sent St. Paul is sure to be repre-
scented by team with Ryan as mana
ger. President Lennon character.zes tt e
report that Ryan is to go to Chicago
with a team in the Western next year
as not worthy of attention 1t Is the
general opinion that it would be a mos.
foolhardy piece of bus ness for TIE West
ern to try to break into Chicago and that
it would take First National bank to
keep the team in the field and this is
probably true. for the people OF Chicago
have had nothing but fast hall in the
history Of the game and would net at
tend Western games, no matter how good
they might be, with a big league elab in
the city.