The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1904-07-16
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lquires more time than money. In fact
the rush act in organizing a ball
team means the wasting of much
cash. Joplin in the last three years
wasted more money than any team in
the league and it was not until this
year that it got first division or
ganization. Joplin used to rely on
money entirely and expected immediate
results In the first two years it re-
leased many good men because they
failed to show up properly or the very
start This is point which good
managers always reconsider. While
they did not expect to win the pen
nant they know that it is easier to or
ganize gradually as the season pro-
crosses rather than attempt to collect
a bunch of world beaters as soon as
tn season opens. 1t is true that the
big leagues play havoc with the
minors which have fast teams at the
beginning, but the minors get some
money for the drafting and the
chances are strong that the drafted
players will come back before the sea-
son is two weeks old. A club which
permits its list to run down to MOTH
ing because the season is about fin
1shed Will find itself handica pped
when the new season starts. The phe-
noms from amateur ranks are not
plentiful. In all leagues the same old
faces are stars for almost a genera
tion. and it is so in the Missouri VAL
ley"
President D. M. Shiveley has called
the meeting of the Missouri Valley
league managers to rearrange the sche-
dule SO as to give Topeka Sunday
games, for Kansas City, at the Balti-
more hotel on Wednesday, July 20. That
is open date in the schedule for four of
the teams in the circuit and for that
reason is desirable. Little difficulty
will be experienced in giving this city
Sunday games. Manager Hurlburt. OF
Springfield, about struck the idea when
he said the following: why not give
the good towns in the league the Sun
day games for the rest of the season.
While do not care to name the So
called poor Sunday towns. all the man
ayers know them and next Wednesday
when they get together they can fix il
up SO that the games can be exchanged
and Topeka given Sunday dates for al
most all the rest of the year. It will
be beneficial all around. 1t takes NOM
ey to keep baseball going and you will
not find a single club which is not maxi
ing money that will not be glad to come
to Topeka on Sunday for a game"
Working on the basis suggested by Mr..
Hurlburt a schedule for the remaining
Sunday dates would be about as fol-
lows: Sunday, July "a, Leavenworth at
Topeka; Sunday, July 81, Pittsburg at
Topeka; Sunday, August z, lola at To-
peka; Sunday, August IA, Topeka at
ka at Joplin; Sunday. August 2s. Sc
dalia at Topeka; Sunday, September 4,
open date to play rain-date or post
poned game; Sunday, September II.
Topeka about six Sunday games yet
this season, and a Sunday contest In
Joplin and Springfield, both rafting
good towns, meaning an excellent mon
ey-making proposition all around. tits
very probable that the Encouragement
will be along the lines suggested by
Mr.. Hurlburt. President Shiveley thought
favorably of the plan when it was laid
before him the other day when he was
in Topeka.
The morning paper says: THE Leav-
enworth Times announces that it will
hereafter call the Topeka team the
Saints That makes two newspapers
such as they are,-the Times and the
lected by the Journal" Here are the
facts. The following newspapers which
carry accounts every day of the Mis-
souri, Valley league games speak of the
Topeka team as the Saints; the name
selected by a committee of citizens:
Kansas City Times, Kansas City Star,
Kansas City Journal Topeka State
Sentinel, Sedalia Democrat, Joplin
News-Herald, Joplin Globe. Pittsburg
Headlight, Springfield Leader, Fort
lola Record. The Capital sporting edi.
tor is about the only one on the circuit
who calls the team Boss-Busters, and
he would like to let go awful badly
a member of the committee to select
an appropriate name but he had found
one of his own and wouldn't play.
Instead of going to lola tonight for
the scheduled three games, Springfield
will go to their home and the Gaslight-
ers will go with them. Iola's ball park
is again under water and Manager
White telephoned Hurlburt of Spring.
field in Topeka last night that he would
like to take the series to Springfield.
That makes six games in the Midgets'
town next week between themselves
and the people from the gas belt.
Excursion to Kansas City, Santa I'e.
Sunday, July II. Round trip S12s.
Tickets at Rowely & Shows and Santa
Fe depot. Train leaves $500 a. m.
Everybody invited.