The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1903-01-28
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HICKEY'S BIG BLUFF
Local Baseball Men -Ridicule Fur
ther Talk of Transfer of St.
Paul Club.
Minneapolis Will Make Trouble for
Milwaukee if Brewers Try
to Hold Phyle. < ~

Local baseball men think that President
Hickey of the American association is
bluffing when he says that the fate Of the
ST.. Paul club Is still unsettled and that he
has given Lennon one more chance. Pres
ident Johnston of the Minneapolis club
said to-day: g. : -
'.'rhe American association is not foolish
enough to try to put a team in Chicago in
the face of the opposition of both the big
big leagues, and l do not think any one is
monkey enough to back team in the
windy city under the circumstances. There
Is no other city the league could take&in
which would be as good as st. Paul! and
even If there were, it Is not pretty, late
to. start on new tack. 1t is an odds on
proposition that st. Paul will keep it's club
next year, and pretty long odds at that.
The Minneapolis club proposes to make
trouble for Milwaukee if Cantilon tries to
hold Billy Phyle to the contract which he
is reported to have signed with the brew
srs. President Johnston Of the local club
said to-day: :
IF Milwaukee wants Phyle, HavenOr
and Cantillon will have to do business with
us before he plays with them. Phyle was
suspended when he jumped to California
last summer, and the last bulletin Of the
National Association of Minor Leagues
still had his name on the blacklist. That
waukee will have to settle our claim be-
fore they use Phyle. -.
II notice Milwaukee is making enough
Of a. howl about Clingnan, just as they
would howl if we attempted to take any
Of their players, and I do not see why we
should let them gobble our men. We have
not completed our team yet, and we may
need Phyle before the season opens. Base
ball is not charitable institution, and as
i did not notice any of the other clubs
falling over themselves to help us out last
season when we needed men badly, do
not see why we should drop our claim
against Phyle or anybody else.'
The local club has heard nothing from
Scllnneer and Anderson, who were reported
some days ago as ready to jump to the
outlaw California league.
The Philadelphia National league base
ball team will not meet the champion
Athletics of the American league in the
spring series of games provided by the
Cincinnati peace agreement between rival
teams loca ted in the same city. The
Phillies' manager, in confirming the story
yesterday, explained his refusal to meet
his American rivals by the statement that
he knew his team would be defeated, and
the management could not afford to lose
the Athletic prestige and money which
such defeat would insure.
Barney Drcyfuss, who represents the
syndicate which is to purchase the Phil
lies, is expected in Philadelphia in a few
days to complete the negotiations for pur-
chase with Colonel Rogers.
Thomas Reynolds has been selected as
playing manager of the Fargo baseball
team in the Northern league. He was
with Reading. Pa, last summer, till thai
league fell through and in the thirty-sis
games batted 405 and folded 1000. The
Northern league will be under the protec-
ton of the National association. The
question of the circuit has not been def
nftely decided. but a final report will be
made at 81 meeting to be held soon, al
which officers will be elected President
Kent announces that he can no longer
spare the time for the work and will re-
sign.
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President Ebbets of the Brooklyn
Baseball club announced yesterday that
he had signed the following new players