The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1904-12-20
Guthrie Chosen
ADMITTED TO WESTERN
BALL LEAGUE
Base Ball Enthusiasts Here
Buy the Fort Scott
Franchise.


at Kansas City Yesterday at confer
ence tc.wcen ". D. N. shively pres
.deat OF the association and Fred
Hornaday of Fort Scott. owner Of the
Fort Scott FRANCHISE The franchise
was sold 10 Guthrie people fo~ 81 200
They wcr. not IN Kansas City. bit
wired tha.r sanction to the arrange
ment and MS ructei President shive-
ly to draw on them for the amount.
According to President Shively. the
Western association circuit, even with
yesterdays change is not yet perm
anenty established He says that
Wichita ami webb Chy are still after
representation aud hints ihat The on
sune of tie l'e5 season may find
these cities inchrled in The circuit
oklahoma cry Was taken nto the
circuit FAST week. and with the ad mis-
sIon Of Guihne yesterday the league
becomes eligible for class c represon-
tation i;i tho National association Of
Professional Base Rail leagues. Pres
dent Shively fayors the advance 10
the higher class. bnt save the ques-
tion viii be decided by the magnates
a. their meeting n, Kansas City en-
January 26
Il am highly pleased a. getting this
deal through said DIR. Shively. at
Kansas City IN discussing the admis-
sion OF Gu'hrie. Il have been trying
for two years TO line up Oklahoma City
aAd Guthrie In this league, ard | am
satisfied rcw that it is going to ins
crease greatly the interest Ia the Oh
SANITATION and make 4 better financi-
ally. We have been goirg along with
the old circuit for the past three years
aud few OF the ,luls have been max
ing much money We cane to the con
clusion early this fall that the only
way 10 increase business was to get
nto cities Of larger population. and to
this end We started on this nyasirn
Of the territory and have seen 1t to a
successful finish It adds greatly to
the population Of the circuit. okla
homa CITY alore being as large Is
Fort Scott and lola together.
This change now puts us in line
20 advance to class c in the National
association and this question will
come up without dcubt al he January
meeting OF the leapue am not GER
iain that this move win 90 through
This year on account Of tho fact that
some OF the managers feel That we
could prosper more IN a class L or
sanization on account ot the salary
limits However. the salary limit IN
class c 10 only 5000 a month more
than in class 9 being $1,000 and in
class d $500 think that the league
should at this time change to a class
Z organization II Il does not, It sure
ly viii newt year. It viii make tho
league faster and will add to its in
portance IN the base ban world Then
100 he league world receive better
prices for i's players as the drafting
p-ice from class c is $iQ0 more than
&c is from class II
Mr. Neal the purchaser OF the
Guthrie club saws that a stock com
pany is being formed to control the
club in Guthrie and that everyone is
aighly pleased at the prospects. They
are going 20 huld a new plant that
will be modern in every respect and
located in the business center OF the
city While there are eight cities at
present m good standing IN the league,
the clrclit proposition Is yet 90 be set
tied finally. and othere may be more
franchise dealing within The next week
or ten lays shalt he cry busy for
the next week with investiga; ions OF
one OF two other clubs aud am still
looking toward Wichita and Webb
Citv. have no doubt but that one Of
these towns will be included IN the
circuit yet before he season of lsas
opens am n, correspondence with
Wichita parties at The present tiwe.
and may mako a flying trip over there
any day 10 look into the base ball
situation. II any team falters we will
not lose much time grabbing up one
or both OF these other places. ex-
pect 10 ga this week 10 Joplin and
Webb city, and have another confer
ence with the nromnler AZ Mehh I