The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1903-01-26
THE MINNEAPOLIS JOURNAL.
REMAIN IN ST. PAUL
Opinion That Baseball Club Will
Not Be Transferred Is Strong
er Than Ever.

No Decision Reached by Hickey and
Lennon at Their Conference
Saturday.
No agreement was reached by President
Lennon Of the st. Paul baseball club and
President Hickey Of the American associa-
! ton at their conference Saturday. Len
| non says he has option on ball grounds
on the West Side, but wishes Hickey to
view the site before showing his hand.
The general impression that the club will
remain in st. Paul was stronger yesterday
| among twin city fans. .'.% '
Manager Lennie Horne of the Ganny
mede baseball club will have nearly an en-
tire new team this year. Manager w. 8.
Lycan of the Crookston team in the
| Northern league has made offers to Zene
Howell and Earl Howard, the star battery
| of the Gannymedes; Joe Defour, first base;
Billy Hoke, second base, and Rich Speck,
shortstop This leaves the team with only
| four Of last years regulars, and Manager
Horne is already hustling for new men.
Each of the five players named was Of
| fered the Northern league salary limit by
Lycan, so that there is little doubt that
the offers will be accepted.
At a. meeting in Chicago Saturday, man
fagers of star semiprofessional baseball
teams of Chicago and nearby towns or
ganized what will be known as the Inter
| state baseball league. Towns in Wilson,
sin and Illinois, with five clubs to be 10
| Gated in Chicago, will make up the circuit.
A temporary organization was formed
at the meeting, and. the names of the
clubs and towns to comprise the circuit
announced. The five clubs to make Chi
cago their homes are the Spaldings, Gun
theirs, Marquettes, Athletes and the M. &
D. Ranges. {: The out-of-town clubs will be
! the Elgin, Aurora and Sycamore of Hi
nois and the Kenosha and Racine of Wis
consin. :. :':~; 80 :: 4 .:
| According to a local morning paper, the
latest rumor about the st. Paul club lis
that it is to be moved to Chicago, and that
several windy city politicians will be back
of the OUTFIT The rumor was updoubt-
edly late-very late-in reaching the afore-
said morning paper.
The Minneapolis baseball office has re-
ceived a, letter from Otto Newlin, pitcher
on the 1902 team, who says that he lis
playing regularly near Georgetown, ILL.,,
his home. Newlin says he is in fine condi
ton.
The Northern league, composed Of Far
go, Grand Forks, Cavalier, Devils Lake,
Crookston and Winnipeg, has asked to be
taken under the protection Of the Ma
tional association, and territorial rights
have been granted the organization
| Billy fFIave-a-loolz) Byers, the sab
| catcher on the 1902 miller team; is now
operating the weighing machines at one of
! the large coal mines near Bridgeton, Ind.
! is MI nniOn.
Hugh Jennings, one Of the greatest
shortstops in the history of baseball, has
announced his permanent retirement from
the diamond. Jennings throwing arm
has been practically disabled for several
years, and he was forced to change from
shortstop to first base in 1899. :,
That. Minneapolis is to have a strong
baseball team this season: is plainly evil
dent from the fact that not only all the
sporting papers of the country but all the
local papers Of every large city are COM
menting upon this fact and congratulate
ing the Minneapolis management upon the
success Of Wilmots roundup.
Manager Wilnot to- day said that he had
not completed his team. although I
have at the present time signed as strong
a team as any Of the American association
of last year, said Wilrnot, yet I am not
entirely satisfied and will not be till I Sc
cure about three more good men with
whom am negotiating. feel sure that
I will have them under contract inside of
the next two weeks" d. = &-74 -
The trouble over Klingman,t who play I'D
p a fast game at short with the brewe rs
last year, is not settled yet. Though be
has signed with the Columbus club for
this season, Cantillon of the Milwauke lee
team claims he belongs to the brewers and
that he must play on their infeld this
year. This will give Mr.. Hickey sorhe
more work to do, as this dispute must be
decided by him.
It is doubtful if any one, not excluding
Ban. Johnson, has any more trouble ito
contend with than Charles Strobel Of To-
ledo. Several Of his players have al
ready jumped or are claimed by sorne
other club. Nevertheless strobel shou lid
thave good team this year, for he hi as
over thirty men under contract. - - Il
With the new park at Kansas City for
the American association, it looks very
bad for Mr. Van Brunt and the Western
league in that city, as the American asso-
|ciation club had all of the best of it last
tyear. 1t is plainly to be seen that West
ern will be out of it this year in both
Kansas City and Milwaukee,
The Tacoma Ledger to-day says: John
Killing, the star backstop of the Chicago
National league team, has been signed
by Manager B. E. McKibben to play the
coming season with Tacoma in the Pa
cific Northwest league. Killing is rated as
one of the greatest young catchers in the
baseball business, and both American and
National league agents have been hard
after him during the past winter. He
did practically all of the backstop work
for Chicago last season .- 4
J, - TROTTING -. =. -. !. !: -
George H. Ketcham, owner Of Creceus, the
champion trotter. declares that he does not e1-
pect Creceus to lower even equal his record
of92:02A the coming season or probably never
again. ..x+,. a.
4 II will not attempt to drive Creceus against