The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1902-04-02
WARNER ON THE LIST
ANOTHER OUTFIELDER SIGNED BY
KELLEY JOINS THE CONTRACT
JUMPERS
DIES MONIES GETS THIS MAN
--latest RUbberIeg Claims He Agreed
to Play With Iowa Town Be
fore He Accepted ST.
PauI's Terms.

The large money offers made by G. T.
Stallings and the other agents of the Ma
tional Association of Minor leagues con-
tinue to attract the attention of the bah
players signed to go through the season
in st. Paul uniforms and the rubber
leg" list started by President Lennon last
week continues to grow.
Another name was added to the list yes
terday afternoon when the president of
the st. Paul team received a letter from
Frank Warner an outfelder signed by
Manager Kelley long before the snow had
started to melt. The letter brought d
money order for $75-advance money paid
to Warner by KelIey-and a short little
note signed by the man signed to play
the outfield for the Saints.
President Lennon was disappointed
when he discovered the length of the mes
sage from Warner for he expected a much
longer communication from such an ex-
pert penman. Warner may have saved
wear and tear on the pen and ink but
he was to the point-he simply said that
he wouIu not be with the Saints when
the season opened.
Being a real contract jumper he natural
ly felt compelled to explain his failure to
live up to the signature attached to the
little folded paper carried around so long
and guarded so faithfully by Manager
Kelley.
Old Excuse Is offered.
Warner, like every other contract jump
er, pointed out that he was more than
sorry that he could not join the st. Paul
team. He felt a mad yearning to play
with St Paul humping against his store
clothes vest, but he stood between love
and duty for ne signed with Des Moines
first.
Having signed with Des Moines first he
felt bound by honor to take a chance
with the Western league team and forget
st. Paul. The honorable ball tosser fail
ed to furniSI. a diagram of the line Of
reasoning he followed when he permitted
his busy hand to sign a St Paul contract
after attaching his name to one furnished
by Des Moines.
Warner, Dave Brain and the other con-
tract jumpers are simple when they at
tempt to excuse their dishonOrable work
by pointing out that they signed with
other managers before they signed with
st. Paul or when they claim that they
fear the blacklist of the National cssocia-
ton of Minor leagues.
Warner declares that he is going back
to Des Moines because he signed a Des
Moines contract before he signed to play
with St Paul. If Warner intended to
play fair with the club owners why did
he sign two contracts?
Dave Brain in explaining his jump to
manager kelley pointed out that he did
not care to take a chance in an outlaw
association of bail clubs while the asso-
citation Of little leagues was threatening
blacklist and then right a few lines down
in the same letter he announced his will
ingness to come to st. Paul if the Len
non management would meet the offer
made by Buffalo
Lumley and Winters may have re-
ceived more money to change their minds
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and that Warner did, but Lumley and
Winters go in the class with Warner for
they, like the outfielder, deliberately
signed to play with st. Paul after at
taching their names to minor league con-
tracts.