The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1904-07-22
Where they play Saturday:
Leavnworth at Topeka.
,Sedalia at FIT Scott.
Pittsburg at Joplin.
lola at Springfield.

Roy Bevis has the Sedalia manage
ment where the hair is short. He
can return to Topeka and join the
Saints at his own pleasure or any other
national agreement. BeviS has not
signed a contract with the Goldbugs.
What is more they did not offer him
one until 80 days had expired. He
10 and it was only three or four days
ago that Secretary Codding handed
him the brown paper to sign. Then
BeviS baked. He replied: 81 have
played here thirty days and not
signed 1 won't sign now That
is why the crack fielder can get away.
He wants to come back to Topeka
and viii in all probability again don
the gray and red of the Topeka Saints.
He is welcome here at any time. The
fans were very sorry to let him go,
but received Schrant in exchange.
BeV1s wants to come. He likes To-
peka and does not like Sedalia. He
stated before leaving that his rela-
ton with a number of the Goldbugs
was not all strawberries and cream.
That he is free is evidenced by this
clause from article 16 of the national
agreement rules: AN informal con-
tract whether evidenced by contract
or other writing, shall be valid for a
period not exceeding thirty days, but
a formal contract must be rendered
by the contracting club to the con-
tracing player within said thirty
days" 1t takes no lawyer to decipher
the meaning of that-and it spells
something for Topeka, namely. that
Bevis will come back. There is an
other phase to this affair which might
cause Sedalia trouble. A club play
ing any man not under contract as
it is said Bevis has been doing since
the contractual thirty days expired,
may have such games forfeited as
such player participated in beyond the
limit 1t is not likely that anyone
VIII protest the contests for there is
no reason for such action. Yet Sc
dalia had better keep in touch with
baseball law.
Considerable noise is being made
over the circuit about the PROPOSE
ton to throw all the Sunday games
Springfield and Topeka. The dogs of
war might just well be Ieashed
and laSsoed. for no one ever thou.nt
of such an idea. At the managers
II was considered a right rich and
rare Joke
Becker, a pitcher who belongs to
Springfield. is throwing at Oklahoma
City. The Midget managers are PLAN
ming to put him out of business. Il
With the advent of hot weather.
double-headers. and close scraps for
positions in the standing. almost every
club is looking about for four pitch
ers- Topeka has it's quatrain in
White, Howie, Hughes and Carter
Springfield will add Harry Kane to its
staff Of Horton, Craig and Towers
Leavenworth has put on a new man
named Gordon. The other clubs will
all be strengthened up in a few days
in the slab artist department. 1t is
the regular thing for this time of the
year.
The Leavenworth Times comments
acidly upon the managers meeting at
Kansas City on Tuesday: 1.-The out
come of the m citing of the baseball
magnates of the Missouri Valley
league in Kansas City Tuesday has
been that the local association has lost
another Sunday game and has got in
return one-half of the gate receipts at
the opening Sunday game at Topeka
on the new ball field in that city. The
local club owners objected to the pro-
oeeding but took a large guarantee