Omaha daily bee., 1902-02-09
S1lCK IN WESTERN LEAGUE
Omaha Certain Of Which olsn Will Ruls
LEGAL Ease Bail.
AMERICAN TAXES FRANCHISE II loUHWLLt
TebeAu 10 Control Team In Kentucky
Metropolis, Leaving Kansas City
In Hands of some One
Not Yet Named.
Not this year.

Ali you rooteTs who were hoping and
praying that Omaha would land In the
American association circuit may as well
make up your minds to take what you can
get. You'll very likely not get any Ameri-
can association. Last Sunday It was given
out that George Tebeau was in Louisville
negotiating for the National league grounds
there, having been awarded a franchise In
the American association for that city.
During the week word came floating along
from Kansas City that Tebeau had sold out
his American association franchise there
and had gone TO Kentucky for good. Well?
Looks good. doesn't II? No name is attached
90 the report other than Tebeau's. While
the identity bf tine reptted pufchaserf Is
shIelded from the public yet II is: a. notice.
able fact that Jimmy Manning has not an
Bounced the signing Of a fourth player, nor
has he leased any additional ball parks.
Not that Mr.. Manning would leave the
Western for the American. Perish the
thought.
II there be any truth In these reports
and no reason to doubt them exists--then
Omaha can say farewell to aspirations for
Easter company, and prepare TO make the
best of the Western league. In this event
Omaha Will be associated with Denver,
Colorado Springs, 81. Joseph and two
other places yet to be named. Sioux City
may be one Of these. Des Moines may be
smother. In Des Moines a wonderful de-
gree of apathy is noted. Messrs. Flynn
and Chase will not listen to any PROPOSE.
tion other than that their interests be pur-
chased. They have done with base ball
Up to date no deal has been reported, al
though II was said early in the week thai
Magnates Rourke and Whitfield would visit
them with a view TO settling the matter
In. Sioux City the public is, as always. red
hot for a bali team. No announcement Of
any Western league negotiations has been
made, however.
Out in Denver there Is a story to the
effect that Tommy Burns, who is playing
the Haroun-a al Raschid part In the West
ern league cast, will buy the Des Moines
franchise from Flynn and Chase and put in
. team there. 1t may be SO in time thai
Mr.. Burns will come to own all the West
ern league franchises. 1t was through Mr..
Burns propensity to pose as a good thing
that he got into base ball. Now that he is
m he might as we'll be pushed along. II
he Is willing to support the team in Dss
Moinos there will be- no objection. He
was to furnish the money to guarantee
Omaha n Kansas City against loss in
event Of there being two teams in each,
thus supporting the fight against George
Tebeau. Up to date the net results Of that
night appear to be that the American as
ISOLATED has constituted its circuit with
out Omaha and that the Western has lost
Kansas City and hasn't completed its cir
cult, either. As a base ball magnate Mr..
Burns is a warm number. And 1t isn't
quite clear in what, II any degree, his un-
relenting luminosity has affected the ma
terial chances of one George Tebeau or
one Thomas Jefferson Hickey. They APP
pear to, be- getting along about nss.weli as
they did before the Colorado Springs man
Of untold means announced his intention OF
spending the wealth Of Cripple Creek II
need be to wipe that pair of the base ball
map. He hasn't dug very deeply into his
pile as yet, but he has wiped Tebeau and
Hickey OF any base ball map tina Colorado
Springs is ever likely to be found on. He
has also ensured Omaha membership in q
six-club league again. For this latter part
We ought to gratefully remember Mr.
Burns.
When Kansas City got word that Tebear
was In Louisville. with a fair prospect Of
success in his venture there, the Journal
young man rose up in his glee and thus ad
dressed himself to Omaha:
What observant fans in western base
ball circles have been watching for and
prophesying has quietly come to pass. The
Indicator on the dial OF. American associa,
tion affairs has been pointing to Louisville
as the practical and in fact the only rehI
solution to the. situation since the forming
Of the. organization. The including OF
louisville In the circuit. which is now
completo and composed Of eight excellent
cities, means hat Omaha will have Il
content itself with minor Western League
ball. The abandonment OF Omaha for the
Ger weeks by those who foresaw the natura
trena zf affairs. and that such a move
WOULD Ne made was firmly believed. 1t Il
hardly 4 abandonment. for Omaha wal
never nsdred as desirable or natural terri
tory. fpr the. American association, ant
smiEfptly a Western league city. 1t com