The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1902-10-31
SPORTING GOSSIP

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The American siassociation-West
league squabble is still on.
The fanatics hoped when the matter
was taken up by the National associa-
tons board Of arbitration that peace
full settlement was about to be reach
ed, but the board adjourned to Nov.
Is and there is nothing doing.
President Powers, rof the association
of minor leagues, stood ready to for
give President Hickey and George Te-
beau, but the American magnateS re-
fused the terms going with the offer
of the magnanimous Powers.
The American, judging from it's de-
mands made at the meeting of the
board, is not asking for forgiveness,
but for a complete surrender of all
disputed territory by the Van Brunt
organization.
The American insists that the West
ern must withdraw from Milwaukee
and Kansas City before any settlement
can be discussed.
The Western is willing to divide the
disputed territory or to purchase the
Americans baseball rights in both
Kansas City and Milwaukee.
The American representatives have
refused both offers. They insist the
Western must get out or the war must
continue.
The board of arbitration evidently
considers the Americans stand plain
attempt to show that the Hickey
league, while willing to patch up the
troubles of the past, believes itself
strong enough to go on with the war,
II war is necessary, and has ad-
Journed to Nov. Is to allow the i'm
preston to settle.
This may be, but the Hickey league
ho,. I've
gested by Van Brunt at the New York
meeting. The American will hardly
want one of the two towns responsible
for all this trouble and it cannot afford
to sell the two towns to the Western.
The offer to take care of the Western
league owners in Milwaukee and Kan
sas City is the only apparent logical
offer the American can make and the
Hickey men may still insist upon the
same terms when the November meet
ing of the board of arbitration is held
Christy Mathewson is versatile
youth. He can pitch ball, play foot
ball and sign contracts far ahead Of
the average player. If the claims Of
the big league managers may be be-
lieved Christopher sfWill soon be re-
turning advance money or busily en-
deavoring to beat the authorities in
sprint Tor the D0undafy line.
*S#ts*
About the time. the Gopher rooters
began their zig-zag parade down the
Iowa City streets after that football
game the sky begansto leak disappoint-
ed eggs and then the fight started. Uni
form hats looked good to the Iowa mob
and seventeen ofsthe band on ahead
lost their bonnetss The students had
a lovely time. before they reached the
train. AS usual the common everyday
folks who know nothing of college
traditions are blamed for the muss. A
student would scorn to hand out tired
hen fruit after being fairly defeated.
"Hurry-up" Yost is wearing a wor-
ried look and is chasing the Wolver-
ines through hard signal and scrim-
mage practice, but don't rush out offer
ing odds on the Badgers.
The let UP in the hard luck stories
from Madison means that the Wiscon-
sin students realize they can get pretty
capper tales.
Terry McGovern is preparing to ac-
cept a city nomination in Brooklyn.
If there are many. Hebrews in that
ward Terrence had better cut out his
jos Welch turn until the, votes come
in. ezse ss
Michigan and Wisconsin have al
ready clashed' thress times. In 1892
Michigan defeated WISCONSIN by the
score of 10 to 6 Sin 1898 Wisconsin won
by the score of 81 to IS, and in 1899
Wisconsin won again by the score II
to 5.
Big Jim Kennedy evidently expects
the American league magnates to come
up and put that New York manager
job in his hand. Kennedy has started
for Europe. His tale of being 1t would
be more generally believed if he had
remained to assist in the search for
ball grounds.
When the American association war
is ended it will be up to the National
association-if it desires to hold what
little prestige it now has-to drop
Powers and elect a. new leader. Pow
ers and his lieutenants declared over
and ever again that the American
would not be recognized with Hickey
at it's head and tliss crawl makes the
noble leader look AVERY sad affair.
Billy Mac.