The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1901-03-14
Denver and PUEBLO OUT.
PRACTICALLY SURE OF GET
TING FRANCHISES
GOOD MOVE ALL AROUND
Jump From Omaha to Denver
Would Cost More Than
the Game Would
Bring In.


they ever do-and the Western league
magnates hold that oft postponed meet
ing-if they ever do--it will probably be
found that Pueblo and Denver will be
out of the circuit and Louisville and In.
dianapols in. Watkins, 1t Is said, is
anxious to secure the Pueblo franchise
and Packard, the Denver magnate, is
said not to be averse to going south Of
the Ohio. A conference was recently
held in Louisville at which President
Hickey and Watkins and Ruschaupt, the
Indianapolis promoters were present, and
after it was over Mr.. Hickey gave out
the following statement:
Il cannot say positively that Louisville
and indianapolis will be taken in, be-
cause we have not had our meeting yet.
1t viii take place in st. Paul on Satur-
day, think, and then II the necessary
arrangements are made with the holders
of the Denver and Pueblo franchises they
will be transferred to Louisville and In
dianapolis, respectively.
''W. H. Watkins would hold the Indian
apoliS franchise, which would be turned
over to him by Hulen, and think Pack
ard. of Denver. will be willing to bring
his club already signed, Louisville could
also have the cream of the Pueblo team,
thus making a splendid organization.
If team is placed here no Louisville
capital will be represented We have all
of the capital we need. The town Is what
We are after We have the capital and
we have all the players we want, and
they are better players than the National
league Will cast Off
The three Western league magnates
visited the old National league park and
/, were much pleased with it. The grand
stand was burned year before last, but
the bleachers are intact. and She grounds
are otherwise complete. For $1,000 or 1000
) the grounds can be put in splendid condi-
ton. The National league lease has two
r0O tn MN lNrttI
the lease will be turned over to him.
AS Indianapolis cannot play Sunday
games, the games which will be scheduled
there with Louisville will be transferred
to Louisville. which is an excellent Sun
day town.
Louisville has been without league ball
for two years. and it is the almost unan-
1mous opinion that good club will be
well supported.
Ernest w. Julian, the baseball author
1ty on the Omaha Bee, the most enthu-
SiaStic fan in the state of Nebraska and
also the best dressed man in Omaha
grows enthusiastic over the proposed
new circuit In a recent issue he
. says:
! Indianapolis and Louisville, ST. Joe and
Kansas City, Omaha and Des Moines,
st. Paul and Minneapolis. WHAT a league
that would be! How it would delight the
heart of the Omaha fan to be able TO
so down to the Vinton street reservation
next summer and see a battle on the dia-
mond between Bin Rourke's family and
any one of the other teams belonging to
circuit such as that outlined above
1t would seem like a return to the good
its heydey.
The managers are beginning to figure
out what their long jumps to Denver VIII
DIlnS Iorth: Each team will have to
make the trip to Denver three times and
play each time three games on the Dem
yer grounds. That makes a total of nine
games on the Denver grounds between
the local team and each other club in the
circuit 1t is extremely doubtful whether
these nine games will produce revenue
enough en- TO pay actual expenses incurred
ured that the three trips to Denver VIII
cost MIN $3.50, which will include rail-
toau transportation and expenses of the
LII 1e1il WIllIe en- route and at Denver, as
Vel as salaries. Last year. in the eleven
'Saihes played at Denver, the CHINA team
3to not get that much money, and the
+ +eourk e. family was the best drawing
team that visited the Colorado capital
w 18th the financial status as il IS the
nemDers OF the Western league realize
S Ili41 oenVer is a white elephant and they
the burden eS VI
me batter who gets anywhere near
:4V0 with these new rules effective mnst
ne crackerJaek, said an oId-time fan
VIII the pitcher Slamming
Inc pail over the plate as fast as he
can keep going Mr.. Batter isn't going
70 nave much Of a snap. Take these
ola stagers, for instance, who have to
square themselves around get a GER
tam poise and then lay for the proper
= 1JaH-theyH be so surprised at receiving
the ball over the plate once a minute
that they'll go clear up in the air.
But do not consider that the new
rules will work q hardship upon anv
particular player The batter receives
the advantage of having the catcher
rlsht back of the plate all the time and
the pitcher Will have the best of it when
the fouling OFF Of balls registers up a
strike for each offense unless there are
tWo strikes. Out West here we don't
see much of this fouling off, but in each
OF the big league teams there is a GER
Ealn man who comes near driving q
sptcher crazy because of his ability to
FOUL off bah after ball. Take. for in
iktance, Thomas of the 'Phillies 'Muggsv'
McGraw,- KoehIer of Brooklyn and
Mccarthy of Chicago. They are able to
make a pitchers life miserable for him
whenever they get out to bat
The new rules are splendid in every
particular. They will ginger up the game
and shorten it. No danger of baseball
games becoming monotonous or of spec
1ators getting tired out and leaving the
grounds along about the seventh inning.
They'll stay to the finish now and won't
laave to miss their dinners, either"
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