The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1902-01-26
TO LEAVE FREEDMAN
BOSTON IS PREPARING TO DE-
SERT TO THE SPALDING
CAMP
JUMP SHOULD END TROUBLE
Move WOuId Break Existing Dead
lock and TangIe Could Be
Strengthened Out-AnnOunce-
ment Is Expected.

CHICAGO, Jan. 25.-Word comes from
the East that Soden, Conant and Billings,
who own the Boston National League
club, have tired of this fierce baseball
conflict and are about to desert the
Freedman faction and cast their fortunes
with the four club owners who have Sc
lected A. G. Spalding as their leader and
elected him president of the league,
The events and incidents of the last
forty-eight hours give strong colorlng
of truth to this latest report from the
New England metropolis. The fact that
Soden spent Wednesday and Thursday Of
this week comforting with certain trusted
agents of the Spalding faction and at
the same. time made it point to. Keep
away from Freedman'S office, was GER
titled by letters received in Chicago yes
terday While Soden was in New YORK
looking over the ground, his two part
neTs, Conant and Billings, were at nome
in Boston talking for publication.
In their carefully prepared lnProinPt4 u
interviews, Conant and Billings PAID
glowing tribute to the personal lntegrltt;y
and talents of A. G. Spalding and lnI-
mated that he was the one man caPdple
of leading the National league out OIL me
slough of despond in which 1t IS now Ell IL
headed In brief, while Sooen was II ~
Gotham perfecting the prelmmaFles A1l
the coming jump of the Boston cruz 70
the Spalding camp, his partners MTle the 1s
Some preparing the populace Tor Il u
shock of their desertion from the f reeu-
man faction through the medium o. ca
fully WOrded newspaper interviews. eo-
THE dicker between the SpaluiIlS L. 20
+io,1 ard the Boston club dates pach Swo
weeks When A. G. SpaldlhS was ~ he
ca0o a few DAYS ago he was asheu u
direct question as to the Irqe s -" bSIieved
Wss asked whether or not ne I pellT' 70 70
+l1at Boston would stick to freeu!!lafI -
The hitter end Instead OF aHSWeI1li So, -
or no, Mr. Spalding gave Q pe , d zion
,o1o+ic and eVaSiVe answer to Ine HuSE99 ~ :
H. simply said that he entertalhe9 t ne
warmest regard for the owners s Uh no
Boston club and that ne c oui9 RilIin is9
reason why SOden ConahC anu
should stick to Freedman; ia 70 cav
iThis was all that SpaldlnS hau ~ @ GO
~ tho subject vet it was pam 70 -
from his manner that he was well s atlS-
fed with the Boston angle. AS a ma 49,
af fact Standings agents IN the Naoe
we're at that time dickerlng WIN ~
P0Ston club owners, and the mes 10 10
i,ed reached such an advanced staSe 5Ilat
Snaldin@ was justified in feeling cohilueIlS
Of ultimately winning Soden, CohanI on"
Rinings over TO his own way OIL lhliih-
ing. or+ Interested in
this latest move see fit to make oIlcldt
announcement of their change OF hea .II
the situation in the National league WIN VIM
be materially changed: Inc CO of tbe
eight votes in the league. ana tLI0
means working majority. FurtheriI5 more,
If will clear his title to the preSiuehcS
of the organization and practlcalIy en-
able him to shape and control the future
pS on the other hand, the desertion OF
Boston would prove body blow 10 IiIG
Freedman Brush faction. For WI
leave them with only three CLUBS name
". New York in the East and Clncln-
natl and ST. Louis in the West.
From the viewpoint of an Impartial
and unbiased outsider, the breaking OF
the existing deadlock between the Spalu-
ing and Freedman factions will result
in all probability, in some sort OF com
promise between the contending FORCES
bv the terms of which Freedman VIII re-
tire from active control of the New YORK
club and allow himself to be succeeded as
nresident of that club by his friend and
ally John T Brush, who In turn Will
dispose of his controlling interests In the
Cincinnati club to local syndicate head
ed by Judge Howard Ferris.
Directly this is accomplished the last
annual meeting of the National league
which. by the way, was never formally
adjourned. will reconvene in New YORK
at an early date, and the existing tanSle
be quickly Strengthened out. The law
suits brought by Freedman against
Spalding. and which are now pending
will be dropped, the election of Spalding
as president will be approved, and things
will resume their normal condition.
Having accomplished this much. the
magnates of the National league will get
together and de their very best to agree
on some scheme by which they can meet
the club owners in the American league
and frame up treaty of peace sauSfac-
tory to themselves and their lustv young
rival
The leading men in both the National
and the American leagues are anxious
for peace, and it will not be difficult for
them to construct a new national agree
ment and a new salary limitation, under
the terms of which both the big eight
club circuits can be operated in peace
and harmony.