The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1902-10-28


him in the wilds of some bu:ts league
town and bringing him into fast pro-
fessionaT company, gives him a chance
in life, but at the first opportunity
he goes to the man who is willing to
pay more for his services.
It is all we'll enough for the ball
player to claim that he has the right
to take care of himself and for him
to point out that he Is making money
for his employer, but III making these
claims he should at the same time
refrain from resenting Criticisms COM.
ing from the people Who directly and
Indirectly pay his way.
1t is high time for the club owners
to get down to a business basis with
their players, and down to the right
business basis at that.
From New York comes the report
that the American association Of base
ball clubs is to patch up it's trouble
with the National association of minor
leagues.
Watkins and Bryce, of Indianapolis
and Columbus, are Representing the
Hickey league, Sands of course, Mr..
Powers, is it for the National associa-
ton.
The Associated Press report of the
proposed compromise can only mean
that the American association comes
out the winner of this fight Miiwau-
kee and Kansas City are to be vacated
by the Western league teams and the
Van Brunt organization is to go out
and find two smaller towns to complete
its new circuit.
All this sounds like real victory
for the American, but it is more than
certain that the American magnates
offered something in exchange for all
this.
What did they offer?'
Since the organization of the Amer
lean association the club owners of the
Western. league have blamed T. J.
Hickey for all the trouble. They have
time and time again branded Hickey
as q deserter from the Western league
and have declared time and time again
that compromise could not even be
suggested by the American until Hick-
ey was sent to the discard.
Can it be that Watkins and Bryce
assured the National association that
the American would elect new presi-
dent at it's next annual meeting? Wat
kins is blamed for sending out the
former report that Hickey was slated
for dismissal and Bryceihas not as yet
declared himself as standing firmly for
the present president.
The American club owners know that
a war is costly proposition. The Ma
tional association of leagues has been
often styled a peanut organization,
and does not look much better than
the name, but even war with a pea
nut organization comes high.
Enjoying the protection of the Ma
tional association, the American would
be able to shave the salaries of its
ball tossers. Last season it was pay
the price demanded ort1ose the man.
The American club owners, anxious
To cf tcoY st4ro zc1c
to present these teams at the cheapest
rate possible.
Hickey, according to- several of the
club owners, has made good showing
as president, but there are other able
men ready to take his place.
II the National association insisted
that the past would only be forgotten
the American club owners knew that
forgetting the past meant a large saw
ing, would they dump Mr.. Hickey?
| Watkins Indianapolis organ proves,
in an article published last week, that
everything is not lovely in the Amer
lean camp. The article concludes as
follows.
Element Of all differences, If a settlement
| is to be made at all. Baseball losses are
| fresh in the minds of the owners. Six
| months from now another season will be
at hand and pride and enthusiasm will
again assert themseSPs, to the end that
| there will be less of t1le conciHatory snirit
! in whatever peace efforts may be made.
! Now. is the time when President Hickey,
| of the American association. should be on
| the scene, but where is he? Out in Cali
/ fornia some place, engaged In the delight
1 full occupation of having good time.
| However, it would do no gootf for Hickey
1 to be at the New z rk meeting, for he is
! in such disfavor with the national asso-
| citation that it is doubtful if his presence
! would be tolerated. The Western league
| people sre firm in the conviction that
| will have none of him.
!! LAS between the retention Of Hickey
| and the restoration of peace, let us have
/ peace by all means. Presidents Of Hfck-
| while peace is something that has been
! sought for in vain"
| When you come to think 1T all over it
/ is even better to critieise the coach of
a team than to come out with the fol-
| lowing note, which goes farther than a
| long explanation IN showing how little
| the football editor Of an evening paper
| 'Irsf1eld, Davies and ,O'Brien are de-
cidedly fast, but they are prone to in
| juries and rarely last Through full con-
/ test"
/ sIrsfield has been IN and out of the
! first eleven for the past couple Of years
I but could never make good. He was
| tried at end and half without success:
He would show wei in the second
Irsfield and Davis played as two of the
stars in the game with iowa Saturday
| and critics were convinced after watching
the game that the two would be picked
- - Billy Mac.
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