The Minneapolis journal., 1901-11-13
SPORTS
ANSE GAVE IT AWAY
Plans Under Way for Forming a
New American Association.
BOTH THE TWINS TO BE INCLUDED
''k. CO., Chicago, Indianapolis, Mill
waukee, Louisville and Either
Columbus or St. Louis.
to The Journal.

special 10 Ine journal.
Des Moines, Iowa, Nov. 13-Plans for
the reorganization Of the Western League
and organization OF an American associa-
tion including in it's circuit practically
the same cities as the original American
League, have been prematurely exposed in
an interview given out by Captain Anson
or chicago, the erstWhile star of the Ma
tlonal League. AnSon gives it out cold
that he and not Jimmy Ryan is to have
the Chicago franchise if he wants it and
ne thinks he does. He says Ryan is per-
soma non grata to Thomas j. Hickey, the
czar of the new organization and that. w.
+. Chase, former president of the Des
Mo1nes ball club, is to be president of
the Chicago club in the new league. He
says Chase and Hickey waited upon him
at Chicago last week and offered him the
management of the team. They thought
so well of him as drawing card that
they offered him a third interest in the
franchise as gift. He modestly asked
Tor 51 per cent before he would consider
the proposition and says he thinks he will
get it.
Mr., Anson disclosed this information
during visit to Des Moines over Sunday
with bowling team. This was merely
incidental to his chief mission, which was
to see if Chase is able to finance the un-
to the latter proposition and that he will
be ready to pick out his players for next
year the moment Chase flashes the $13, 900
which he promised to invest in the ven
ture.
Chase seeks to work the same graft with
the new league that he attempted with
the western when the present circuit was
organized two years ago. His scheme
is to secure the exclusive right to manu-
facture the official ball of the league. He
Is at the head of the sporting goods de-
partment of the Simmons Hardware COM
pany of st. Louis and is backed in his
Chicago venture by his employers. He
also has some money of his own. With
the western League two years ago, Mr..
Chase thought he had such a monopoly
erected, but discovered after the season
had opened that his contract was not
binding and the "Chase league BALI was
soon discarded, being succeeded by the
Spalding ball.
Anson says Chase conf1ded in him that
as president of the club he would not in
terfere in the management Of the team and
would devote his sole attention to the
manufacture Of the ball. But he thought
Ansor was striking him trifle too hard
when he asked for majority interest
without being at a cents expense.
The old Western League is to be main
tanned in order to avoid litigation, the
places of Minneapolis, st. Paul and Kan
sas City being filled with Sioux City
and Pueblo. The circuit for the new
league is to be known as the American
Association, and will include St. Paul,
Minneapolis, Kansas City, Chicago, Mil
Waukee, indianapolis, Louisville and
either Columbus or st. Louis. Anson is
of the opinion that as the latter has
demon q nd &c loo1I
as Chicago, 1t will support three teams
He predicts that Chicago will support the
new league better than it's National
League club, because of the quality of
ball they propose to put up and of a de-
sire to show their disapproval of the man
ner in which he was canned" by the Ma
tional League few years back He fig
ures that the American drew we'll before
it expanded to include the eastern teams,
and that the new league will draw Just
as we'll. In fact, he says he wouldn't be
at all surprised to see the National COM
pletely frozen out of Chicago in about
three years, or at least humbled at his
feet. In the latter emergency he makes
no promises as to what he will do, but
intimates that he will be coy and might
eventually do the Barkis act. But he in
s1sts his loyalty to the new league will
call for at least three years constant
service, as manager of the Chicago team.
One Of the important revelations Of Mr..
Anson is that the talk Of a North Side
park at Chicago for the new league is
pure hot air. as 1t also the talk of
Jimmy" Ryan having any connection
with it. He says he will rent the old
West Side park, and regards it as the
most favorable location. He proposes to
hit the National all the hard licks pos
sible.
Mr.. Arson was asked if he contemplated
getting into the game himself He shook
his head sadly as he replied: mo, guess
my ball-playing days are over. They say
L m a has been, you know, and I suppose
am. I'm too fat.''
National Magnates Gather.
New York, Nov 13-According to the
World, it is semi officially announced that
an important conference of the powers
that rule the National League is shortly
to be held in this city. Frank De Haas
Robson, owner of the st. Louis club has
arrived in the city. 1t is said that John
T. Brush Of Cincinnati, A. H. Soden Of
Boston and Barney Dreyfus of the Pitts
burg club will also shortly arrive in the
city and confer with Robson and Andrew
Freedman, who was yesterday reelected
president Of the New York club and who
will serve in that capacity for another
year The magnates are expected to con-
slider ways and means to prevent inrorads
being made in the territory of the Ma