The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1902-03-30
TO JUMP CONTRACTS
-FOUR ST. PAUL PLAYERS MAY DE
MISSING WHEN SEASON
OPENS
POWERS AGENTS OFFER MONEY
Brain, Wilson, Winters and Warner
Appear to Have Heard the Hon
eyed Words of Pirate
StaI1ings.

Additional evidence received at the Of
fee OF Manager Mike Kelly has con-
WINGED the management of the ST. Paul
baseball team that Powers, Stallings and
the other agents Of the National Associa-
ton Of Minor Leagues are working more
than hard in their endeavor to wreck the
st. Paul baseball club and American as
sociati0n.
Several delayed letters reached Man
ager Kelley yesterday afternoon, and
the leader of the Saints believes that
when he calls the roll Of the St. Paul ball
club at Richmond, Ind, next Tuesday
morning, three players at least will not
be present to answer the call.
The List of Suspects.
The management of the St. Paul club
refuses to give out the facts at hand
but the list of deserters will read some
thing like the following:
Third Baseman Brain.
Outfielder Winters.
Outfieldar Warner
Catcher Bill Wilson.
Manager Kelley announced yesterday
afternoon that he did not expect to see
Winters on the ground when he reached
Richmond. Kelley received a delayed let
ter from the outfielder yesterday after
noon, and in this letter Winters an
nounced that he had changed his mind,
and was not coming to St. Paul. A com
panion letter from the manager of the
Atlanta, Ga, team confirmed the Win
tiers announcement, and returned to the
st. Paul club the SIS advance money paid
Winters when he signed the contract Of
fered by Kelley.
Winters, in regretting to report that
he cannot join the st. Paul team, pens
Manager Kelley that badly WORKOUT tale
of signing with the other team first.
Winters belonged to Montreal and
claims that he signed with the Selma
team, of the Southern league, now the At
lanta team. Then he feared that he might
lie held by Montreal and signed with the
St. Paul team because the st. Paul team
is outside the agreement of the minor
leagues. Now he claims that the Allan
Ia team has purchased his release from
the Canadian town, and with the track
all clear he is going to the South.
Another delayed letter received at the
baseball office was from Dave Brain, the
well-knoWn third baseman with the
Saints last season. In this letter Brain
announced his intention of accepting an
offer received from the Eastern league.
The announcement was not a surprise
to Manager Kelley. More than one
month ago Brain wrote to the st. Paul
manager and reported that he had re
ct-lN0Q Il DIS money OI6T from SIdll1nSS.
manager of the Buffalo team Brain in
reporting this offer announced that he
was out for the money, and advised the
st. Paul management to meet the offer
Kelley Argued with player.
Manager Kelley wrote to Brain and ar
gued the question from the standpoint Of
honor Erain, when he signed with the
Saints for this season named his own
terms, and his demands were granted.
Manager Kelley pointed out that he was
relying upon the third baseman and
Brain, after q short delay wrote back
and declared he would be found with the
Saints when the season opened.
Now he appears to have changed his
mind again for in this last letter to Man
ager Kelley he tells of receiving a raise
on the first offer and Of his deciding to
take the bigger money.
Brain, like Winters, seeks an excuse for
jumping his contract and goes on to point
out that the American association of this
season is not the Western league Of last
year. He argues that he is liable to be
fined at least $1,000 by the National asso-
citation of minor leagues if he remains
with the American and he really cannot
see where he could raise the money to
pay the fine.
Not one word has been heard from BIZ
Wilson since the old catcher left the
Manager Kelley up the first day the man
ager was in the city and pointed out that
he had received an offer to captain and
manage a team in the Pacific coast
league. He asked for his release, but
Manager Kelley pointed out that he had
refused opportunities to sign several fast
catchers because he had Wilson on the
list, and then the old fellow promised
that he would remain with the Saints.
Wilson Had nGar
Kelley felt confident that Wilson would
be with the team when the season opened
but other stories were heard about the
offer of the coast league team. A West
ern manager while in St. Paul informed
the sporting editor Of 7 h G Hob e that
Wilson had signed and accepted advance
money from the San Francisco team
Now Wilson is missing and though Kelley
refuses to believe that he has jumped. the
local fans following the winter game do
not expect to read of Wilson reporting
for the spring training at Richmond.
Warner lives near Richmond and he
may be on hand when the training starts,
but Warner has acted in a peculiar man
ner during the past three weeks Man
ager Kelley has not been able to bring
word from the outfielder, and this fact
proves the appearance of the rumors
telling OIL Des Moines attempt to sign
Warner.
Stall1ngs appears to be the most active
| agent of the pirate band now attacking
the St Paul team, but the fact that Stall
| lngs is signing the players does not mean
that they will all be found with Buffalo
when the season opens. Stallings is the
man reported to have made the money
offers to Dave Brain, but Brain has been
seen in Chicago with agents of the Mil
waukee management and he may-if he
jumps-start off with the Brewers Of the
Western league.
The attack of the National association
agents will not in any way cripple the
st. Paul team and if Brain, Wilson,
Warner and Winters want to forget the
names signed to the st. Paul contracts
the local fans are only glad to know that
they are gone from here before the season
opens.
Kelley still has more than enough men
for a fast team. With Hurley and Jessup
working behind the bat Wilson can soon
be forgotten With the infield it is the
same thing. Kelley will. Of course, cover
the first bag and with him will work
Shay, Higgins and Bean. These men. are
fast men and Kelley is now relieved Of