The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1904-05-26
Where they play Friday:
lola at Topeka.
Springfield at Sedalia.
Pittsburg at Leavenworth.
Joplin at Fort Scott.

There is a story going the rounds
of the circuit that Joplin has a salary
limit this year of $3.50 and Topeka
one of 81 400. The rest of the cities
are not quoted, but whoever made
those figures would probably stick up
all the rest of the towns pretty high
with the dope" rating bureau. VIVA t
Joplin is doing is hard to tell. This
departm ent does not profess to know.
But it viii vouch for the statement
that the Saints are not being paid
any 1,40O a month, or anything like
1t. 1t costs about that much with
each change of the moon to run the
team, but in that item must be in
cluded hotel bills, transportation, and
forty-eleven minor expenses, and
these. as many baseball manager
knows, come mighty close to dupIi-
eating the salary once in a while
There are apparently very good
grounds for saying that some of the
teams are over the salary limit else
there would not be so much talk
about it. While a number of PLAYERS.
managers and newspaper men were
sitting in the lobby of the MetropoIi-
tan hotel at Springfield last SUNDAY
someone stated that Fred Hornadav.
owner OF the Fort Scott tailenders
was going to get after The TonIin
team for being over the $500 limit.
In That ton limitations Of
others being out of bounds were
made, but there was not enough evil
dence around to even convict q man
who was deaf, dumb, blind and para
lyzed and who couldn't defend him
SELF The limit clause in the rules of
the national agreement state that i.
manager is liable to a fine of $500 for
being over the limit of his class The
Valley league is in class d and the
sum total of salaries which NAV he
paid must not exceed $500 There is
one thing dead certain that if all the
clubs are over the limit none will
raise howl, but if some are under
tn 7safv
TO the jumping proclivities's of 9TH
ers' there will be some trouble.
The Pittsburg team is getting a
proper sort of shake-up, and it
needs it. Before leaving for Teaver-
worth on Wednesday afternoon. Man
ager Baldwin stated that he will have
four new players before the week is
out They are Tommy Cope. first
base; Pitcher Nelson, from the Mem
PMS Southern league teams Baerwald.
\ catcher from the Des Moines West
ern league team, and Chuck Sanitary,
an infelder from Aurora, Ill. where
ne managed a team last year. San
tany used to play in Topeka and was
aihliated with one of Claud East S
semi-professiOnal teams here several
years ago That means that a num-
per OF the Pirates are to be released.
Moshair, who played such a poor
game IN Topeka on Tuesday. was
gwen I ms ms walking papers before the
team left the city. He will have
company in a few days.
Here is story about Frank Wooli-
Yer from the joplin Globe. The To-
peka fans remember him with tbe
Leavenworth team. He did the liz
dances UP and down the COACHING line
1t is pretty rough:
ing baseball stunts tbro,7gbo,,t ~
mining district since Jack was dis
covered, is again in trouble. He has
raised the ire of Eli Gates and was
gwen MS walking papers by the
Leavenworth manager Sunday nigbt
and the latter made threats thai he
would attempt to blacklist him, FTraT,I-
has not been setting the grass afire
in left field with his brilliant x,-orI~ a
Leavenworth this season. When the