The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1901-03-11
Denver 70 Be DROPPED
GEORGE TEBEAU DECIDES TO
TRANSFER IT'S FRANCHISE
TO LOUISVILLE
PUEBLO IS ALSO OUT OF 1T
indianapolis and Louisville Both
Considered Better Ball Towns
Than the City In the
Rockies.

Denver has been dropped from the
Western league.
Although the Denver men interested in
the franchise are trying to keep the mat
ter quiet until it is definitely settled for
fear that it may hurt their plans in
Denver If the scheme now on fails it
is certain that it has been decided to
drop Denver.
Word was quietly sent to the Mountain
City one day last week that the Denver
and Pueblo franchises were to be taken
to Indianapolis and Louisville. George
Tebeau, who owns a controlling interest
in both of these franchises, has gone
East for the purpose of fixing up the
deal. Now that the cat has been let out
OF the bag, it is said that this has been
Tebeau's intention ever since he took
UP the Kansas City franchise.
Indianapolis and Louisville are both
considered better baseball towns than
Denver and majority of the league
magnates believe that the league will be
strengthened by moving East. When
Tebeau got into Kansas City he knew
that the Denver franchise was shaky
and that it would be moved before long,
but whether it was moved or not he got
on the safe side of the fence. The de-
cision to move the franchise East eX-
plains the Slowness with which Wilbur
has proceeded to sign up men for the
Denver team.
When the National league met and cut
the throat of the American association
and left Louisville and Indianapolis out,
without franchises, 1t was known that
Denver and Pueblo franchises would go
East, but information was held up for
the purpose of getting every concession
possible from these cities.
Denver, with a winning team last year,
in the Western league; but the chances
are that there would have. been tail
end team in Denver this year, as Tebeau
was sacrificing that city on the altar of
Kansas City. With a losing team, Den
YER would probably lose more money
than any other city in the league. Te-
beau knows this. and the pressure
brought to bear on him by the other
magnates has decided him to move the
team.
There has always been complaint about
the long jump from Omaha to Denver,
but the good crowds of last year made
it a paying venture, and most of the
clubs were glad to go for the sake Of
the money bag. The other magnates see
that Tebeau is making sacrifice of
the Denver team this year. and they
know that this means long trip for
very little money if Denver stays in. the
ledSue, anu the pIOpdDlliCleS are CIldI L.
beau will work both ends of the string
by getting a bonus for dropping Denver
Manager D. c. Packard denies that the
franchise has been formally transferred
yet. He says that he does not know
what will be the outcome of the agita-
ton, but looks for the formation Of a
ten-club league. If this is not done, Den
yer will he frozen out. 1--WE cannot stay
in if they do not want u.s. he says.
las they will make it so uncomfortable
for us with manipulation of the schedule
that it would lie impossible to make
money here, and no man wants to throw
his money away. There has been moth
ing definite yet