The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1902-10-28
BASEBALL

There is some prospect of a change in the own
ership OF the Toledo baseball club and franchise
In the American Association. Charles J. Stro
bel has been asked for thirty-day option on
his property, and is considering the matter.
The prospective buyers Roger Bresnahan
and Charles Stevens. Bresnahan is of the
best ball players in the business and has signed
a contract to catch for the New York National
League team next season for $4,000, which
makes him of the highest salaried ball play
ers in the business. Ar. Stevens has had years
Of experience in the heatrical business, being
for number of years the manager of the Peo-
pies theater at Toledo, now the IIyceum.
If the deal is carried through, Roger will cap
tain and manage the team, and Mr.. Stevens will
look after the business end of it, which will
make a combination that is bound to win.
Ban johnson, president Of the American Base
ball League, who is In New York, said regarding
the announcement Just made Of the list of play
for the proposed new team there: 1--WE have
made known the names of the players who will
compose the New York team, and our next step
will be to inform the public Of the location Of
our park. The time is not yet ripe for us to
dirulge the locality, but will do shortly''
Manager NlcGraw of the New York club says
that the list Of players issued by President Ban
johnson ut Chicago on Saturday is misleading,
as it contains the names of several players who
have signed with the New York and other Ma
tional League clubs.
President Ebbetts of the Brooklyn club de-
clares that Captain Keller has not signed with
the rival organization, and Barney Dreyfus and
Henry Pulilan Of the rittsburg club. who are in
this city at present, declared last night that
Leach, Conroy and Smith will remain with
the Pittsburg team although they are men
toned in the American League list as having
signed to play on the team in which Ban JOHN
son proposes to play in this city next year.
Correspondence has been opened between West
Superior baseball men and managers of other
towns interested, toward the formation Of a
league for next season.. 1t would Include among
other places, Superior, Duluth, ST. Cloud, Crooks
ton, Grand Forks and Fargo.
80 OUR PRESIDENTS NAME.
The Americans appear to have considerable diff
6culty in pronouncing the name OF their presi.
dent, According to one paper they have at least
fourteen different ways. including Rosa felt.
Rockwell Ruzy-felt. Ruzy-veld Rockwell and
Ruza- felt. We cannot very we'll laugh at the
Americans. we have had our own difficulties
with a certain ex-president whom people
to this day persist in calling ''Kroojer.' 1t is
libel upon English people. however, to suggest.
as is done in the paper referred to. that few
million of them think the president Of the
United States Is Boer. The Germans, are
told, think of him Jew, while the French
regard him as a German, especially since he
talked so fuently In that language with Prince
Henry. President Roosevelt must he satisfied
with the reflection that there are other names
quite as often nispronounced as his own. such
for instance. as Goethe' and Pepys and even
Sophocles. whom but to-day we heard rhyming
with .sInonocles.