The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1901-03-16
NAGNAIES Met TODAY
INDIANAPOLIS AND LOUISVILLE
WILL PROBABLY BE TAKEN
INTO THE CIRCUIT
DENVER IS TOO FAR AWAY
Pueblo's Population Does Not At
ford Ground for Expecting Good
ness-Satisfactory Adj
justment Likely.

The magnates Of the Western Baseball
league will hold their long looked for
meeting at the Ryan hotel today and it is
expected that a satisfactory adjustment
of all matters pertaining to the league
viii be reached. The question of most
Importance just at present is whether or
not India 7apolis and Louisville shall be
allowed 20 come into the league. The
proposition Of having the Denver and
Pueblo franchises transferred to these
cities has been hanging fire for some
time. but considerable oppos ton has de-
Veloped. 1t is stated that one of the
principal owners Of the Denver franchise
is part proprietor Of the street car sys-
tenn of that city and this in itself ac-
counts for part Of the opposition that
eas arisen. Viewing the general situa-
bon as whole however, the belief pre-
Hails that Indianapolis and Louisville
viii succeed in getting into the league
w. II. Watkins and c. F. Ruschaupt
the indianapolis promoters, arrived in
ST. Paul from that city last night and
they had no hesitancy in stating that
they We're going to do their best to get
into the league. Any reference to Den
yer and Pueblo, however were stu
diously avoided Said Mr.. Watkins:
with indianapolis and Louisville in
the league everything would be satisfac-
tory. Both cities have natural advan-
tages that would be hard TO beat All
in all, it might be stated that Indian.
apolis has population of e00,COo to draw
from. You see the city is connected by
electric lines with Anderson, Greenfield,
Franklin and other cities. Louisville
has a population of 20,000 and the sur
rounding towns will swell that to over
100000. Here is another thing, the i'm
portance of which must not be lost sight
OF. Here in st. Paul and Minneapolis
you have other attractions during the
summer. The same cannot be said of
indianapolis and Louisville You have
many lakes around your cities; we have
not Your street car lines take your
population in all directions Ours draw
the people into the city, which is the
center of attraction when anything is
on"
There was only one magnate at the
Ryan yesterday, w. A Rourke. OF
Omaha, but he left for Minneapolis early
in the afternoon and up to a late hour
last night had not returned All the rest
OF the magnates will arrive in the city
this morning, and it is expected that
a meeting will be called in the forenoon.
If some of them arrive late lne meeting
will be held in the afternoon
D. c. Packard and George T. Tebeau.
the Denver promoters, will be on hand
and lively time is looked for The
fact that Denver is so far away initiates
against the city. On a scale of 40
games all the cities would have to make
three trips to the mining town, four
games to be played the first trip and
three the last two. Denver and Pueblo
both will have to make a hard fight to
show why it would be more advan-
tageous for the league to have these
cities in it. Pueblo's population Is not
what it ought to be and it is not look
ed upon favorably by most of the mag
mates Of the league.