The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1903-02-13
SPORTS
PLEASE W AXE EN- Up.
Chicago Scribes Dream That Mime
apolis Baseball Club May Go
to Grand Rapids,
Transfer of St. Paul More Remote
Than Ever-Some Recent
Pipes.

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dispatch from Chicago says that the
transfer of the ST. Paul club to Chicago
may be followed by the abandonment of |
Minneapolis. Grand Rapids, Mich, is |
mentioned the proba bic heir to the |
miller franchise. The story is Indignantly |
denied by President Johnston and Man
ager Wimot Of the local club. There |
was not a word said about this at the
annual meeting in Chicago" said Will
mot, land L know that at that time no
such deal was under consideration. 1t Is I
pure, nonsense to expect that the Ameri-5l
can association would sacrifice city like |
Minneapolis for a little town like Grand /
Rapids Further. We have a nine-year
agreement with the association. and I'M
der no consideration be forced out
OF Minneapolis if we wish to remain here.
It is recognized by baseball men thai
If ST. Paul should be cut out of the cir
cult, the association magnates would
sooner or later try to freeze out Mime
apols. if good town further. east could
be. secured. Minneapolis could not be
thrown out neck and heels. but things
might be made so unpleasant for the local
owners that they would find 1t profitable
to let go. Inasmuch as the transfer If
ST. Paul seems more remote than ever
now, however. Minneapolis is assured Of
ball team for two or three seasons at
least, and if Lemons much touted down
town park proves winner all talk OF
moving either of the twins will be settled
for good The Chicago pipe is not taken
seriously by baseball men.
81 am thinking. am thinking-and still
am thinking said President Lennon OF
the st. Paul baseball club. when Bobbie
Burke Of Chicago asked him Tuesday for
a final decision in regard to the transfer
of the ST. Paul club to the windy city.
And when anyone asks his intentions now,
the sanity city magnate lowers his left
eyeld and says again. Il am thinking.
Meanwhile the scribes are working their
think tanks over time. and the usual crop
of pipes is harvested daily. Now comes
one from Louisville to the effect that the
American association and Western league
have reached ian agreement by which ST.
Paul will remain in the association circuit,
and the Kansas City club be transferred to
Chicago. In return for this concession
which gives Kid Nichols free rein in Kan
sas City. the. Western League is to va
cate Milwaukee and locate in some city
west of the Mississippi. This change will
reduce the travelling expenses OF both
leagues. make the circuits more compa ct,
and leave only one club in each city of the
two circuits. "'+ ..,.--
President Hickey yesterday Indignantly
denied the report. ....' .
Chicago baseball men fear that the
entry OF the American association into Chi
cago may be followed by the elimination
OF Sunday baseball. The site upon which
Burke, and the other men vino want to
back club in Chicago have their eyes,
is the old Congress street park on the
North Side. If the association secures
these grounds, the residents in that neigh
borhood are likely to object to Sunday
games and the prohibition Of games on
the first day Of the week at the American
and NationalEIoaes1l e s7;osind g - sssvfel,
lennon will go to Chicago tonight and
the question Of the St. Paul transfer will
be settled tomorrow in all probability
Lennon expected to make the final deal
for his new park this morning. It is re-
ported that the proposed new grounds
Rre on the West Side, within easy walking
distance Of the business district
In the Indiana senate Wednesday the law
iegalizins professional Sunday baseball in
all cities in the state Of $4,000 population
and over. killed. The bill had passed
the house. Immediately after the defeat
of the bill Senator Thalls, who voted
against the measure, introduced a bill te
allow Sunday ball throughout the state
Friends of Sunday ball claim they will
have three votes more for the new bill
than for the old, which would pass it in
the senate.
nounces that he has signed Virgin Gar
win for the association team this season
Garvin played with the brewers severa
seasons ago. Cantillon has also claimed
Jack katol1 and Willie MacGill
President Johnston Of the Minneapolis
club said this morning that there was nc
chance of transferring the St. Paul clut
to Chicago. Lennon is certain to stand
pat said Johnston. when the league
has just gotten out of one war 1t will not
be In hurry to- enter upon another. a
few Of the owners, notably Tebeau and
Iiavenor. are In favor Of getting into Chi
cago anyway, and would like to place
some other club there If they cannot get
st: Paul, but the others do not see it.
milwaukee, has no call to cut in, any
way, for st. Paul certainly wasn't any
worse on attendance last season than Mil
waukee was. Poor weather had some
thing to do with that. but not everything
Lennon has an option a, good site for
park within easy reach Of the city and
think the interview with him in Chicago
In which he said he thought 1t would be e
good thing to invade the windy city, was
pure fake" ~. s-st -
Johnston explained the trade of Phylt
for Stinlne Stimmel and Schaefer were
traded to St Paul for Robe last ia bu
Robe being under contract to ST Joseph
the deal fell through, leaving Scha efe
and Stimnel still under contract to Kelly
Now Minneapolis has secured Stimmel
but Schaefer. If he plays in the American
association, belongs to St. Paul. Th
Minneapolis magnate ridiculed the stor,
that the Kansas City club might be trans
ferred to Chicago. He said that all TIN
association men were bitterly opposed t
giving in an inch to the Western league
The Butte police J.. have *. arrest
ed Roy Evans upon dispatc1
from Kansas City. Evans
SAID to have passed three checks aggre
eating $3.50. there drawn upon bank a
Hannibal, Mo. Their return led to the al
rest of Evans.
Evans says he is a baseball player an