The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1906-12-31
FIELD DAY FOR
MICHAEL KELLEY
Voted Back Salary and Offered
a $4,000 Job by the
Cantillons.
BY O'LouqhlIn.

Minneapolis interest in the annual
meeting of the American association
at Chicago, yesterday, centered solely
in the final disposition of the Kelley
case; From this mornings news it
would appear that'Joe and Mike Cantil-
Ion have told the anti-Kelleyites of the
organization to keep hands off; that
they were going to settle the Kelley
case themselves. They started to do
this, when Joe Cantillon wired Mike
Kelley today an offer of $4,000 Der
annum to look after the Cantillon in
terests at Des Moines in the Western
league.
Kelley has the offer under considera-
ton, and expects to talk over the mat
ter with Josephus and Michael when
thsH frrye here Later in tie week The
blacklisted by the recent action of the
association, and that they will hire him
and show that he is not on the bad
list. This looks like big dig in the
eye of Ban johnson by the Cantillons,
the Banlet having declared that Kelley
was virtually out of organized base
ball. If the Cantillons intended it as
such slap in the eve, it will add
greatly to their popularity among the
Minneapolis baseball following.
Salary to Be Paid.
The association also ordered the paw
ing of the $1,000 back salary due
Michael for his services in the Gus
Koch coop beneath the grand stand at
the close of last year. Taken alto
gether, it was something of field day
for Michael.
Love and harmony was smeared all
around. According to the veracious
chroniclings of the reporters two bot
ties of So wine set the meeting in such
a good humor that it voted life fran
chises, gave Milwaukee Joe O'Brien a
boost in salary and three-year lease,
named name Papa Bryce director, called
circuit, and put him with G Tebes aa and sna
Bryce on the schedule committee, Had
another bottle been opened, it is proba-
BILE that they would have voted the
Columbus cutters the worlds cham
plonship pennant and crowned Sweet
stephen Kane the queen of May. 1t
must have been a gorgeous affair with
the lamb-like Watkins thrusting his
head into the mouths of the lions, Len
non and Havenor. About the onlv one
who didn t get anything, to Judge from
the reports, was Bill Armour-pe perhaps
he cut in on the So wealthy water.
Other Proceedings.
1t was decided to stick to the l54
game schedule and to start the monkey
house proceedings on April II, and close
on Sept. l6, if all of the money is in
The box office by that time The play
ing Of exhibition games during the
championship season is to be prohibited
by one of the 999,999 bylaws of the or
ganlzatlon. That was about all that
came off.
Joe and Mike Cantillon will arrive
in Minneapolis the latter part of the
week and will probably be ready to an.
nounce their plans for the season. Their
action in behalf of Kelley, if they
have gone thru with it, and it looks
as tho they had, has been one of the
most most 3pportune movements of their
the hostility which Kelley's friends
club and viii put the Gantil hon le esin
right with local fans. 1t will not,
however, lessen, in any degree. the feel.
ing against the men who have bounded
Kelley for just exactly one wear. The
Cantllions appear to have been trotting
ing friendship for Kelley. The rest of
the bunch on the circuit cut little ice.
In addition to re-electing o 'Brien for
three years, his duties have been in.
creased to cover the positions Of secre-
tary and treasurer.
1t was decided to have O'Brien ad.
vertise for bids for the official balls
aud instruct him to contract for next
year, supply, according to his own
Judgment, after the bids were received.
1t was generally understood among the
delegates that this was the last chap
ter in the famous fight between the
advocates of the Reach and Victor ball