The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1902-02-06

GEAR HAS COWBOY CLUB
White Wings Latest Move Confirms
Report That the American
Association Will Adam
don Omaha.

LOUISVILLE, Feb. 5.-Although the re-
port lacks official confirmation, owing to
the fact that George Tebeau has side
stepped the newspaper fraternity, an
nouhcement is made that the American
association has practically leased the old
National league grounds and will erect
new stands between the present time and
the opening of the season the last week
IN April. George Tebeau, of the Kansas
,J1ty club, one of the members of the cir
cult committee, has been in Louisville for
several days for the purpose of securing
she grounds for the Milwaukee men who
were voted the Omaha franchise, which
Will now be abandoned. Pending the Sc
lection Of a manager by the Milwaukee
syndicate Tebeau will manage the club
and sign players, but it is expected that
Mr.. Buell. viii announce his choice of a
manager within a few days.
Tebeau offers to tear down the present
temporary grandstand, which replaced the
one burned and build a new and larger
enc il the National league will deliver to
MIN outright its lease of the grounds
This matter is now under advisement
DIeyfuss transferred his National league
team from Louisville; then the grand
stand burned. The National league then
assumed the lease of the grounds to pro-
tect it from enCroachment by the Amer
lean league or any other hostile body
Owing to the uncertainty of how the Ma
tional league cat is going to jump it hest
tates TO let go now, as the privileges here
are valuable assets in the event of the
formation of a new major league
Tebeau says he has already signed nine
players, of whom four played last year
with the National league, but has not
made the names public He believes
American association ball will prove a
success in Louisville.
The following special comes from Den
rTN.,l,-
retirement from the Kansas City team of
the American associat ton, having gone to
Louisville, where he will be owner as
we'll as manager OF that city's baseball
team. Mr.. Tebeau says the offer he re-
ceived for his Kansas City franchise was
so good that he could not decline it.
Though not disclosing the name of the
purchaser, he says the latter is a man OF
money who has long been anxious to
break into the game. He has turned over
his Kansas City grounds, franchise, play
ers and all to the new owner, merely
holding in that city his franchise in the
Western league. Last year Mr.. Tebeau
announced he had sold his Denver team,
but when fall came he reclaimed it. He
has disposed of all the men who had
claims on him in connection with the
Kansas City team. Those who consider
themselves we'll informed think the only
visible effect will be that Mr.. Tebeau
can make ms hight Tor the Kansas City
franchise of the Western league without
the complications that would have en-
harrassed him if he had held the Kansas
City franchise. in the American associa-
ton. AS matters now stand he can go
into court and claim that, having no con-
fiicting interests in Kansas City, he is
not trying to play one hand against the
other. Mrs. Tebeau and her children are
still in Denver. AS soon as Mrs. Tebeau
can rent her home here she expects to
remove to Louisville, stopping for a time
in S.. Louis.
KANSAS CITY, Feb. Sit is reported
here that Dale Gear, Tebeau's partner,
has purchased the stock in the Kansas
City team held by Tebeau, and the pitch
er is now believed to be the sole owner
of the Kansas City American association
team.