The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1901-05-01
DIAMOND DUST.

Shortstop O'Leary. who was with Cora
MONIES
Tebeau has released Otufelder Bradley
to Denver. Bradley was good sticker
and fast base runner. but his arm was
weak. and for this reason he was re-
leased.
Frank Bancroft claims to have brought
o QUIZ Rusle by giving him his first profes-
slonaI engagement at Indianapolis IN
1889. Rusie, who was then only seventeen
years old. began at $50 a month
Manager Watkins said the other day:
u nope Jimmy Gardner will not have
the trouble in Columbus that / had in
Kansas City in 1880. The club was own
ed by a stock company, as IS the Col
umbuS club this season There were az.
directors In addition to the president and
secretary. Including myself there were
eight managers for the club and we Were
al busy. On the road received as many
as flVe different messages from az many
dlnerent directors telling me what Co do
The fight between the American and
Nationai leagues Is growing more bitter
S 9TtI Gay says the Chicago Chronicle.
When the Cleveland and Cincinnati teams
met mere, 1t was learned the National
league managers had been ordered 10
stay away from hotels at which Ameri-
can league teams were stopping. The
cleveland team was at one OF the hotels
mere When the Cincinnati team arrived
and proceeded to the same hosiery -
irving there, Manager McPhee folirK the
cleveland men before him. and at once
he ordered his players to another house
Tony Messit, a we'll known Eastern
catGher, VINO stood at the top OF the list
IN me eastern Baseball league last wear
is reported to have been signed BY Man
ager Packard, Of the Denver team as
one OF the backstops to relieve Sullivan
manager Packard Is also said to have
signed Outhelder Bradley who was I'm
the outer garden Of the Anderson team
IN the Interstate league last year. and
VINO has been claimed by Stroehei or
the Toledo team this year Bradley Il is
s2ld. Will take the place Of Hickey i'm the
rl3ht half of the oUtheld, the latter he
liz tils retIred 20 the bench, wherS he will
SerVe as utility man. 1t is also said that
Hartman, who is with Tebeau at Kan
Sas City, win also come to Denver In n
rev DAYS to play In the left garden should
McCarthys arm get no better
Sunday patrons OF baseball emphasized
sunday the popularity the American
league is in the fun enjoyment of this
season as compared with the NatfonqI
league the attendance at the games play
ed at Detroit and Chicago aggregatfug
1900 people, while the only National
t on zoo r game b PLAYED ofls - 9 sE
cago ball club. In the East. as well as
the West, the progress Of the American
league is making indicates that it IS the
leader in popularity, while the National
league has been relegated 20 a hack seat.
where 1t promises TO remain while Ban
Johnson's organization Is as progressive
as 1t has been in the past.
~ NI4itCaBO liIo INTENSE loyalty bne-'Tl
toward Comiskey. whose team drew l6.-
RQ people Yesterday. is positive proof that
the former big league has gone into a
decline so far as its influence over the
patrons Of baseball is concerned, and the
attendance figures at Boston and Phil
adelphia show how tired the people had
become Of National league squabbling and
trfckery. The Milwaukee-Detrott game ar
Detroit yesterday drew more people than
the National league game at New York
Saturday, and at Baltimore the attend
a FfGrTVR In fanN
where the champion National league club
formerly failed . to make money the
American promises to roll up handsome