The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1904-09-10
SHIVELEY MAY BALK.
President of the Valley League Talks
of Retiring.

Whether DR.. d. NJ. Shiveley of Kan
sas City is president of the missouri
Valley Baseball league again next year
depends entirely upon the turn OF tne
fall. Shiveley is at present coroner Oh
that county, and if he fails OF re-elec-
ton he will not be candidate for the
baseball presidency again.
81 cannot afford to depend upon the
place entirely for my livelihood, says
Shiveley. 1.-The accompanying ex-
penses are too heavy, and the salary
too small" At the present Tune tne
Valley league pays it's president $125
per month and his travelling expenses.
The latter are large.
But the feature to which Shiveley
enters the greatest protest, and whlch
eats the biggest moth-holes into ms ~
income, is the good fellow part or II.
Anyone who knows anything ABOUT
sporting life knows that 1t is Kill
inc" Shiyeley feels that he needs the
additional income from the corone rs ;
Office in Wyandotte county to go under
the "Bills Paid" column at the END OF
the month. -
In case he is not reelected to his
political job in Wyandotte county, ne
will sever his connection with the val
lev league and enter upon the exclu-
sfve vocation of practicing medicine:
His father has a big practice worked
up in Kansas City, KAN, ana ne -
DESTROYS of having his son take it on
his shoulders.
The political conditions in Wyan-
dotte county are peculiar TINS year, as
they usually are. Shiveley IS Ke-
nrblican. but there are two Repubn-
can tickets in the field against one
Denoocratfc The Republicans are
fighting each other, and naturally
their strength is divided Before the
election comes around, however, In
| November, it is planned to form SOME
sort of a compromise.
| Kansas City KaS-, itself is Demo-
cratic like all large towns me couh-
| ty is generally Republican But tne
| factional split in the ranks of the lat
/ ter gives the Democrats their chance.
| Even though a truce is patched UP
| among the Republicans, sore spots VIII
be left, and be good openers lot
| the Democrats.
| Taking these things all in all, one
| can readily see that things are not
| all a bed of roses by any means Tor
| Shiveley's reelection. He was asked
| about two weeks ago about the man.
ner in which things were getting along
| towards his reelection. Il am buster
| than a bird dog" was his reply, and
I shall be so until November" With
/ that he hurried off to do some more
| button-holing.
The fall meeting of the Valley league
managers this year will not be called
| until November IL. after election 81
| made that the date. as to be sure
| to be able to tell the managers just
| what I will do in the matter" said
| Shiveley when asked concerning IT, IL
| I cannot take the place again, want
to be definitely able to say So"
In the event of Shiveley's retirement
from the league, which would be al
| most a calamity, the attention of the
Valley league managers is naturally
| turned to a probable successor Whc
| is he? Where can he be found2 Will
| he fill Shiveley's shoes? Most of the
manag gers in the league write a blank
| after all three of those questions. II
| will take a search warrant to find him
Bart B. Howard of Joplin is said
to be one of the candidates. So is
President Baker of the Joplin club
/ But their intentions are only taker
from newspaper gossip. Neither has
| in a public interview announced any
| intention of going after the place
Jake Elmer House of Topeka is also
suggested.
There will probably be but one thing
| to do, in the event Shiveley will moi
be 4 candidate again under the pres
ent conditions. and that is to make
it worth his while to stay. He is toe
| valuable a man to lose He has made
| the league and all that pertains there
to. He knows ii better than anyone
else, and can make il realize it's pos
| sibilities