The Minneapolis journal., 1901-12-26
DOING FINE WORK
Wilmot Meets Other Baseball Mag
pates at Kansas City.
WALTER SEEMS TO HAVE THE CALL
At the Same Time BeaIl Has NO1
Ceased From Troubling
as Yet.

Walter Wilmot is down on the Mis-
souri, somewhere in conference with
President Hickey OF the American asso-
ciation, and George Tebeau, the baseball
magnate of Kansas City. 1t is under
stood that they will meet President Whit
field of the Western League, Jimmy Man
ming and William Rourke. Possibly A. B.
Beau of Sioux City and w. T. Van Brunt.
the st. Joe baron, will be somewhere
about. What will come of this gathering
of baseball chiefs is not to be predicted
al this time but there is feeling Of hope
that the two leagues may settle their diff
ferences amicably.
There is no assurance yet that Walter
Wilmot has secured the local franchise,
although the indications are that he may
eventually land it, If he does, Mime
apolis fans may we'll wake up, for Wilmot
has always contended that If left with
his hands free, he could get winning
team every year; not one which neces-
sarily will grab the pennant every sea-
son. but which will be in the race all
the time and come home one, two or
three
The American Meeting.
The American association has been
called to meet at Kansas City. Dec. 80.
OF this meeting the Globe, which must,
under the present conditions, be consid-
cred as inspired, speaks as follows
Walter Wilmot will be present at the AIneri-
can meeting, und Wilmot will be permitted to
answer to the roll call when Minneapolis is
reached on the list. A. B. BealI, the 1901
Minneapolis magnate, may still insist with
blue sulphur trimmings that he is the owner
of the Minneapolis holdings and that he will
be ia Minneapolis next season, but this claim
will not bother Wilmot's chances The
American association will start off the 1902
season with Wilmot in Minneapolis with or
without the permission CT A. B. BeaH
At the present time Bealrs Minneapolis
holdings look fairly we'll tied up. The Ameri-
can claims that it has an ontion on BeaIPs
holdings, good until March 1, and Beall has
already signed an agreement to trade in
Minneapolis parks to George Tebeau for the
Denver parks.
If Beall lives up to the agreement made in
Chicago with Tebeau, Wilmot will play his
team on the Nicollet and Minnehaha park
grounds. II Beall refuses to make the trade
and succeeds in holding his parks away from
the American, Wilmot will start off with nice
new parks, and if the Western attempts to
push into Minneapolis he will attempt to
demonstrate to the Minneapolis magnate for
the Western league just how popular the play
ing manager is with the mill city fanatics
If necessary Wilmot will erect new parks
but the American does not believe for an in
slant that this step will be necessary The
American leaders claim that they have BealI
where he cannot escape and when the over
heated interviews from Sioux City are pre-
sented they simply smile at 'Beall's joke
This may all come TO pass. But if.
for instance, the Western League refuses
to sanction the alleged deal between A.
B. Beall and George Tebeau by which the
former traded his Minneapolis parks and
his American association franchise to the
latter for the Denver park and the lat
ter's Denver franchise in the Western
League, the fat may be in the fire again.
Supposing that Tebeau had nothing in
Denver to trade. as President Whitfield
contends, does he still gain possession
OF Beall's holdings in Minneapolis which
he is alleged to have sold to Walter Will
mot?
1t may be possible that the American
association magnates will simply ignore
the fact that franchise has been awarded
to A. B. Beall and award it to Walter
Wtlmot and may be they can do it. Any
old thing is possible in twentieth century
baseball politics.