The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1902-09-04
Baseball Notes.

Umpire Cantillion is to manage club
at Kansas City next year.-Boston Globe.
The American League had 1874 paid
admissions labor day; the National league
42.447; the American Association 2S.Q74 and
the Western league $500.
Henry Killilea, owner of the Boston
American Club, denies that he has made
overtures to anybody for the purchase of
his interest in that team
Charles Comiskey dealt in summary
manner with Virgil Garvin. Garvin was
about his last stumps winning
pitcher, and he won't be missed.
Barney Dreyfuss gave the men until
last night to sign or tell the reason for
not doing SO. Barney will have to listen
to some queer tales. for players are quite
fertile in this line.
If McGaw has already signed the men
he claims, why is it he still securing the
country? Wouldn't he look better on his
own team, working hard for victory. The
truth is, he hasn't got the players and IL
still working overtime
has lost only four of his games this sea-
son, and is wanted by both National and
American League teams. "Cy'' is about
as thick through as a hairpin. and as
long as telegraph pole.
Champions of the New England and
the Connecticut Valley leagues to
play off a post-season. series in two of
the largest cities of both circuits. So
close is the race in the two leagues that
it is difficult to pick a winner in either.
De Montreville denies having signed
with the Senators. This may be good
policy on De Montreville's part. He COW
cred it all when he said his price was too
high for the National, and he knew the
only league that would meet it was the
American.
Besides the blow the twelve-club move
of the National received in this city, it
now develops that Baltimore enters into
the game. 1t was reported easy last
week that the National people had secur-
ed continuance of the lease on Union
Park field. This has been denied by the
agent.
The Milwaukee American Association
team has transferred it's home games to
other cities of the circuit. Hugh Duffy's
Western League team has the call in the
town of breweries. Racing from the bot
tom Of the league to the top in a couple
of months has given Hugh the drawing
powers.
Joe Kelley has rescinded the $25 fine rule
set up by Brush for players put out of
the game for kicking. Joe has started
the game himself and has instructed his
players to stick up for their rights. :"
This has been Joe's long suit, and, as
result there isn't a National League park
and few American League parks from
which he hasn't been elected for batting
the arbitrator,
Henry c'Father') Chadwick wishes to
take back what he said about McGaw at
the time the latter suspended Jones for
striking Umpire Emslie. At that time
Mr.. Chadwick said McGaw had at last
arrived at the stage of a gentlemanly
ball player. Since then the father of the
great game has learned that Jones was
not suspended-merely loaned to Toronto
for the season.
Now comes the story that Pat Powers
has beaten Hickey, just as he promised
he would. Hickey. who broke away from
the National Association of minor leagues
and organized the American Association,
taking such players as he could get from
other minor league teams has been wal
Hoped to standstill, and is now begging
mercy from Powers. Patsy has a good
given.