The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1902-08-25

| good this season. and every club in the
circuit has made money
While Bancroft was temporary manager
OF the Cincinnati team the Reds won six
games out of nine played For this Ban
ny Is justified in pluming himself.
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The Red Deal has knocked out one of
Max Ffeisehmann's cherished plans for
next year. He had counted on a cruise
Ihrough Norwegian waters. but has aban-
doned that idea and told Frank Bancroft
| that he expects to do a lot of travelling
with the Reds next season.
The early retirement Of NJ E. Young as
secretary of the National League need oc-
cas1oH no surprise. 1t may not come this
season, but at headquarters this morning
Uncle Nick remarked: What need
and ought to take is couple of years of
absolute rest away from the cares and
troubles Of baseball, giving myself up t.
the pleasure of quiet home life and fish
ing
Sam Crawford is the Red who is under
the hottest American League fire Just
now: The Detroit club, which accepted a
Dig DundIe OF money from the Cincinnati
club for Jimmy Barrett's release, and then
grabbed him back without returning the
money. transaction that some people
would hardly call honorable, is trying hard
to bag Wahoe Sam Evidently Frank
Dwyer has recanted on the doctrine that
there are no Reds who can help Detroit
that club. The denial of the Chicago en-
deavor to land Beckley and Crawford falls
nat In the light of later inducements to
coax the Nebraskan to jump the Red res
ervation. Manager Kelley gave Crawford
an inside view Of some of the workings Of
the American League, and advised hira to
stick to the National boat and Cincinnati,
which is well manned by men who have
already proved themselves game sports
men.
A anr% Tll.sI
the effect that Col. John +. Rogers has
given an option on his stock to Al Rea CHI
and that he will retire from baseball at
the conclusion of the current season The
limited partnership between Rogers and
Reach terminates this fall, and as there
is an open breach between the two, a dis
the most satisfactory move open to him.
and his retirement is a popular one in
Phfladelph1a, where his methods have not
been admired Elsewhere on the circuit
the colonel has many friends.
Catcher fuller has been released by Co
fumbus. Fuller's work has not been up
to the standard REQUIRED in the American
club. The pitchers did not seem to have
any confidence when he was behind the
bat and it was. not thought necessary to
carry him any longer, as Babe Myers can
do the catching if George Fox should be
injured.
nous tricks at Detroit in the recent Sc
ries by Philadelphia at that point
"Rube' has a bunch of friends at De-
troit, and he wired ahead that he would
pitch in the opening game and for them
to get their checks down. Ratio Rube
however, did not even show up at the
grounds. There are two stories as to
the reason; one told by local fans, the
other by Connie Mack. The fans say
that Rube's friends gave him a recep-
ton upon the arrival of the Cleveland
boat at an early hour in the morning,
with shippers and fixes and fixes on the
sides, ends and bottom. Mack says Rube
went home to see his ma.
decision by Umpire Brown in a recent
game between Cincinnati and New York Is
coming in for a good deal of discussion.
The play was an unusual one and may not
crop up again in good many days, but
the fans are spending valuable time try
ing to figure out whether Brown was right
or not, just the same. Dexter was on
third and TenneY at first. when CnnlAu