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

When the mists have rolled away-if
they ever do-and the Western league
magnates hold that oft postponed meet
>ing-if they ever dot will probably be
found that Pueblo and Denver will be
out of the circuit and Louisville and In
dianapohs in. Watkins, it is said is
anxious to secure the Pueblo franchise.
and Packard, the Denver magnate, is
said not to be averse to going south o.
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 will take place in st. Paul on Satur-
day l think, and then if the necessary
arrangements are made with the holders
of the Denver and Pueblo franchises they
will be transferred to Louisville and In
dianapoliS, respectively.
wv. II. 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 to Louisville. AS Watkins has
his club already signed, Louisville could
also have the cream of the Pueblo team,
thus making a splendid organization.
IF a team is placed here no Louisville
capital Will be represented. We have all
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 Sie grounds
are otherwise complete. For $1,000 or $1,000
the grounds can be put in splendid condi--
4tion. The National league lease has two
more years to run, but Hickey states that
the lease will be turned over to him.
AS Indianapolis cannot play Sunday
games, the games which win 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-
imous opinion that a good club will be
well supported.
Ernest w. Julian the baseball author
lily 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 recent issue he
says:
indianapolis and Louisville, st. Joe and
Kansas City, Omaha and DeS MoineS
St. Paul and Minneapolis. What 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 battle on the dia-
mond between Bill 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
DID days when the Western league was in
ats heydey.
The managers are beginning to figure
put what their long jumps to Denver VIII
DrinS 4orth; Each team. will have to
make the trip to Denver three times and
play each time three games on the Den
yer grounds. That makes total of nine
games on the Denver grounds between
fhe local team and each other club in the
circuit. 1t is extremely doubtful whether
-htse nine games will produce revenue
enough TO pay actual expenses incurred
S on me 49, trip p Manager Rourke has fig
IIea mat the three trips to Denver will
cost him $2,25O, which will include rail-
road transportation and expenses of the
sd, sam whlIe en- route and at Denver, as
wen as salaries Last year, in the eleven
SajheS played at Denver, the CHINA team
4iu not get that much money and the
Kourke family was the best drawing
team that visited the Colorado capital
with the financial status as it is. the
tbot LET'S OF the Western league realize
[llaI pehVer Is a white elephant and thew
the burden. 'Aoi'i'ei'e s VI
me batter who gets anywhere near
;4oV with these new rules effective must
- "~rAOA JACK, SAID an Old-time fan
Yesterday with the pitcher slamming
the pan over the plate as fast as he
can Keep going Mr.. Batter isn't going
nave much of snap. Take these
ola stagers. for instance who have to
square themselves around, get a GER
tam poise and then lay for the proper
oal-theyll be so surprised at receiving
the pan over the plate once a minute
that they'll go clear up in the air.
But l do not consider that the new
rules viii work q hardship upon any
particular player. The batter receives
the advantage Of having the catcher
risht back of the plate all the time and
the pitcher will have the best of it when
the fouling Off of balls registers nm 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
o. the big league teams there is a GER
tam man who comes near driving a
Wtcher crazy because of his ability to
foul off ball after ball Take. for in
stance, Thomas of the 'PhilIies. 'Muggsy'
McGraw, Koehler of BROOKLYN and
Mccarthy of Chicago. They are able to
make a pitchers life miserable for him
whenever they get out to bat.
Inc 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
tators getting tired out and leaving the
grounds along about the seventh inning.
They'll stay to the finish now and won't
rave to miss their dinners, either.'
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