The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1901-12-24
ITS FINISH WRITTEN
DYING SHRIEks OF WESTERN ARE
REACHING EARS OF IT'S
SUPPORTERS
EVEN MAGNATEs ARE AT OUTS
Cannot Trust Each other, and Pre-
serve Stolid Silence as to Their
PIans-A Bright Sher-
lock Holmes.

Though Whitfield, Rourke Manning,
Van Brunt and the other Western lead
ers are working overtime in an 1T
tempt to hold bold front between the
baseball fanatics and the real condition
of their league the inside information
continues to leak out, and already enough
rs known to convince even the pretended
advocates of competition that the finish
of the Whitfield league is written.
The Western had a right to believe
that it had some chance in this baseball
.war it is waging against the American a
few days ago, but all is different now
With the Western club owners presenting
a united front they had a right to claim
that they were still able to make lrou-
bile, but the united front is no more
The Western magnates have -arted
the falling out that runs on just ahead
of the final bump up. Already they are
watching each other with suspicious eyes
Certain moves made by certain members
of the Western have convinced the 9th
er leaders that all is not open and above
board. The suspicious have been born,
and the suspicious of the average base
bah nagnate are hard things to kill.
The awarding of the American asso>
citation franchise for Minneapolis to Wal
ter Wilmot has started all the trouble.
The American leaders, when transacting
business with Wilmot, went right ahead
as if they were the certain owners OF
the Minneapolis holdings. Beall was be-
1ieved to be the owner of these hold
dngs by the Western leaders, and now
they are looking to Beall for an expla-
nation.
In an interview wired to the evening
paper fighting to keep st. Paul in a
league smaller than the town deserves
Mr.. Beall announces for the benefit OF
the baseball. public that he is still the
owner of the Minneapolis holdings and
that he will continue the holder of his
property, and that still Furthermore the
Western will play in both st. Paul and
Minneapolis next season.
In making this announcement the mag
nate of the 1901 Minneapolis team evil
IDENTIFY felt convinced that he alone was
making public the moves in this baseball
fight. He apparently overlooked any
chance leak from the over-infated West
ern balloon.
What BeaII Is Doing.
Beall may still own the Minneapolis
holdings, but he has already signed an
agreement with George Tebeau to turn
over the lease to the Minneapolis park
for Tebeau's lease on the Denver baseball
holdings. This agreement, written on
the letter head of a Chicago hotel, and
signed by A. B. Beall and George Tebeau,
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of the American leaders can be believed,
they have the Minneapolis holding tied
Up still more with an option, which gives
them until March l to consider the pur-
chase of the Beall holdings.
Beall may come back to Minneapolis
next season, but just at the present time
he looks the owner of the Western
leagues Denver franchise. Circumstan>
tial evidence almost proves the Ameri-
charge of the Westerns Denver exhibit
lions
AS the story goes, Beall, when the
American and Western were holding their
meetings, did not feel particularly anx-
ious about returning to Minneapolis for
another season. He had the Minneapolis
franchise in the new association, but
when the Western met Beall sided with
Rourke and the Whitfield following. The
American men claim he changed because
he was offered the Denver franchise
The fact that the transfer of the Dem
yer franchise from Packard to Tebeau
was refused approval, carries out this
theory.
Tie further fact that Beall agreed to
trade holdings with Tebeau helps some,
too If BeaI is not interested in the
Denver franchise and is to come back to
Minneapolis next season, why did he
agree to trade off his parks?
Sherlock Holmes Deductions.
The evening paper critic, who, not con-
tent with his attempt to keep fast base,
ball away from st. Paul, goes on to an
nounce that mo dependence can be
placed upon the hot air blasts which
have been served to the public through
the morning papers," is meeting with
much success in his Sherlock Holmes
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threads of his theory became mixed. The
Western does not appear to be telling
-, even it's own supporters it's plans so the
critic must not be blamed.
Beall is not, as this critic claims, at
tempting to secure a payment of a sum
of four figures for pulling out of Mime