The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1903-02-13
BURKE'S OFFER TO
Be TURNED DOWN
Little Chance of Club Owner
Lennon Agreeing to
Transfer.

Although Club Owner Lennon still
withholds the word, it is safe to pre-
diet this morning that the St. Paul
baseball club will continue in the
American association, at least for the
season of 1903. President Lennon s
time for answering the proposal of
Robert e. Burke, of Chicago, expires
today, and the Chicago politician will
without doubt be notified that it has
been decided to continue ST. Paul in
the association.
Since returning from Chicago the
local club owner has been feeling out
the baseball public and has learned
what he has believed from the be-
ginning-that st. Paul is anxious to
continue in the professional baseball
world.
Lennon appreciates, with the other
magnates of the association, the i'm
possibility of presenting paying base
ball at Lexington park, but he also
knows that the st. Paul fans are not
standing in the way Of a downtown
ball park. More than this, he has been
assured that even if the team must
play another season at Lexington, an
effort will be made to boost the gate
receipts.
The local club owner is now con-
WINGED that the fans stand ready to do
all possible toward supporting a team
in the association and as he has not
given up the hope of securing a down.
town ball park he has practically de-
cided to turn down the offer to put his
team into Chicago.
By disappointing Burke Lennon
puts aside a chance to play even on
his losses Of the past two seasons, but
rather than see his home town put
out of the baseball world he is willing
to take one more chance. If he fails
fn n ION W. I,
the last chance, but he is confident that
he will secure a site that will make
it possible for him to hold the team
here without losing money.
No Other. Transfer.
Since the meeting of the association
the air has been filled with rumors.
Kansas City has been picked as the
team to take st. Pauls place in Chi
cago and another story has both ST.
Paul and Minneapolis vacated. Min
neapolis, In this tale, is switched to
avoid the expense of a long jump to
the north and Grand Rapids is given
the Miller team.
Many more stories will be heard be-
fore the session opens, but at this time
the circuit of the American associa-
ton looks st. Paul, Minneapolis, Kan
sas City and Milwaukee in the West
and Columbus, Indianapolis, Louisville
and Toledo in the East.
The failure to transfer the ST. Paul
team ends all possible chance of a
change in the circuit for the season of
1903. The magnateS never planned to
move any team other than st. Paul,
and it is too late for new plans now.
The transfer of the Kansas City
team would improve the circuit by do
ing away with long jump for the
travelling teams, but Kansas City will
not be vacated by the American asso-
citation while the Western league holds
to the Cowboy town and Milwaukee,
and, with st. Paul holding it's place
in the association, the plan to compro-
mise with the Western by having the
Milwaukee team transferred to st. Paul
goes by the boards.
The failure of the associations at
tempt to take the st. Paul team will
give the doubling ones a chance to con-
tInue happy in the belief that the
Saints were never seriously picked for
the proposed switch, but these same
doubters might cut out and paste in
their hats the prediction that one more
year of ball on the losing side Of the
ledger will compel the wind-up of the
st. Paul American association team.
Lennon has saved baseball for st.
| Paul this time, but the local public
cannot expect him to go on year after
year without hope Of reward. The To-
cal magnate has performed his part Of
the task.
The rest is up to ST. Paul
Billy Mac.