The daily morning journal and courier., 1901-08-27
FORMS NEW PLANS.

American League Will Try to Sign Ma
 tional Stars to Kill Interest.
 The latest rumors in baseball cir
 cles give rise to the belief that a new
 plan of action taken by the American
 League officials and club owners has
 been unearthed. Heretofore it was re- l ported that plans hd been laid where
 by several of the best playing clubs
 in the National League were to be snuffed out of existence and their own
 CTS fired bag and baggage out of the game. Colonel John l. Rogers of Phil adelphia; Ned Hanlon and his entire Brooklyn team; Pittsburg, St. Louis
 and possibly Cincinnati were the ones named for an early demise.
 | Now the plans have changed and re- port has it that the American League agents have found it impossible to touch either Brooklyn or Pittsburg, and have set upon a new plan of attack. The scheme as rumored now is to crip- pie all the other clubs as much as pos sible, so as to let Pittsburg make a runaway race of the championship, and this kill off the interest in the National League.
 To do this, it is said, raid will be
 made on the star players of the big
 league, and for several weeks Ameri- can League agents are said to have
 been busy in this line, and have met
 with success. The players said to be
 desired and who have been made offers
 are: Phillies, Orth, Delehanty, Town
 send, White, Wolverton, Flick and
 Duggleby; New York, Selbach and
 Ganzel; Boston, Tenny and Demontre-
 vile; Chicago Danny Green, Chance.
 Hartzel and Taylor; Cincinnati Beau mont Hahn and Phillips; Pittsburg. Wagner, Tannehill and Leever; Brook lyn. Keeler and Mcclure; St Louis, Heidrlck, Harper and McGann.
 It is said Barney Dreyfuss heard of thes scheme and beat them out by sign ing the entire Pitsburg team for next season. Catcher Mcclure is the only Brooklyn player who has decided to switch, and he goes to Chicago, because Jones. formerly of Brooklyn, is with that team. His salary has been in- creased from S2,40O to $3,000, and that fact may induce others of the Cham pions to jump.
 Better success is said to have re- suited from the overtures made to the Phillies. The local National League team has suffered most, and Colonel Rogers will be minus many men when | the team reports for practice next spring. According to these reports, | Delephanty has signed a $4,000 contract | with Washington and Wolverton and | Orth have signed with the same club for S3,200 The last named pair have | each received a $250 bonus for signing, l and Dels money is guaranteed upon | gilt edge security. DugglebY has sign | ed an Athletic contract for $2,400 and | White or Townsend may go to the club | at the same figures. The Athletics | have also landed Centerfielder Hartzel l of Chicago, who signed his contract on 1 July 23. Green of Chicago has agreed | to join the Chicago Americans at fig l ure said to be over S3.000
 It is said some of the American | League clubs have drawn up state ments to the effect that they will not play with or against contract jump CTS. and that will bar out men who signed with the Americans and then | refused to play. This includes Mat l tehWSOn, WILLIS, DlIleell, lNitsoh' Slagle and one or two more. |
 The National League has also had | out missionaries, although with less success than its enemy. Three clubs | tried to get Pitcher Plank, and he was | offered so,4O0 by one club, an advance l of S9O0 over his present salary. Lave | Cross was tempted with $3,500 con- | tract by Brooklyn, but he turned down | the offer. Pitchers Winters of Boston, l Fraser of the Athletics and quite 1 number of others have been approach | ad, but the result is not known
 If these reports are true in any sense he National League clubs will suffer | indeed The local mana cement declare that their players will not | lesert them and Ned Hanlon is equally strong in the belief that he will hold 1 al his players. Time alone will tell, | and there will certainly be some tall | ioings in baseball circles before the ,oys take their positions in the field lext season.-Philadelph Times.