The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1902-02-09
HICKEY is COMING
PRESIDENT OF AMERICAN Asso-
CITATION is HURRYING TO
ST. PAUL
TRANSFER TALK CALLS HIM
Lennon still Insists That He Must
Have Down Town Park
Kelly Sends in His
List.

The question of the transfer of the St.
Paul American Association Baseball
club to some other city is to receive Of
fetal attention today. The moment
George Lennon; president of the st. Paul
team, discovered that the ordinance per-
hitting baseball in downtown districts
was marked for the graveyard, he wir-
ed president Hickey, and the president
of the association is now on his way TO
St Paul. He will arrive this morning
and will at once learn that the st. Paul
magnate intends to either have down
town baseball or baseball in some city
other than st. Paul Manager Mique
Kelly has also wired that he expects to
reach St Paul today.
The president of the st. Paul team is
still firm in his determination to re-
move the team from ST. Paul if base
ball within walking distance of the bus
mess district is prohibited. He still in
sists that baseball at Lexington park
with st. Paul in the American associa-
ton must be a losing venture He de-
clareS that the st. Paul fanatics have
convinced him that they want a park
nearer the heart of the city, and makes
the simple announcement that he will
either give the fans what they want or
not try to present a baseball team
1t is now up to the American Associa-
ton magnates," said Lennon yesterday
3 Some folks think that I am bluffing
when l announce that we will either have
a baseball park down town or farewell
to baseball here, but if the American
leaders agree to my transfer of the club
it will be case of Lennon gets a down.
town park or st. Paul goes without
baseball.
II want to give the st. Paul fans
baseball, but | really cannot do it this
year under the existing circumstances.
Sentiment, the fans know does not fig
ure in baseball business at the box-office
end. l want to have team here but
the fans are fair enough to know that
cannot give them baseball as a losing
venture all through the season.
1t takes money to carry a team
through the season, and this year the
st. Paul players are commanding large
salaries. True many of them PLAYED
for me when we were in the Western,
but big league managers have since
that time decided that these men are
fast enough for major league company.
The old men signed by me for this sea-
son l think convinced the st. Paul fans
last season that they were good ball play
ers and these men demanded more
money, and my signing them proves that
they had their demands granted.
If tried to go through the season
holding onto the list that Manager KEEL
ly has already signed 1 would have a
salary list of more than $1,000 month.
ooIne OF CneSe men Will probably be
dropped, but the pruning process will lot
cut down the salary list to any great
extent
Il can only say, as I have said before,
that 1 want to stay here with the ball
team, but that 1 will not attempt to start
the 1902 season in ST. Paul if my re-
quest for a downtown park is denied .
Manager Kelly is through with his
search for fast material and President
Lennon has received from his manager a
list of the players signed for the 1902
season. The list is as follows:
Catchers-Wnson, Hurley, Jessup, Ea-
ton.
Pitchers -Chech, Cogan, Evans, Cook,
Reordan.
Infielders-shay, Higgins. Bean, schae-
fer, Brain.
uoutfielders-- Winters, Warner,
Geier, billiard
The Chicago National league team was
after Second Baseman Schaefer. but
Lennon insists that the German will be
found playing under Kellys direction
when the season IS on. The signing of
Bonner by Chicago filled a hole for Mr.
Hart, and he is now willing to allow Len
non the popular second baseman