The Topeka state journal., 1904-10-01

next year at any cost" some one said tC
President Shiveley the other day. 81
Fred is a good. game fellow, who does
things for the league. The Valley owes
him a good deal"
If Johnny FilIman makes good with
the Kansas City American Association
team next spring, Tony Vanderbilt will
be made captain and field manager.
Otherwise Fillman will be back at the
helm again.
Bankhead. Iola's second baseman.
has been signed up for a tryout with
Minneapolis in 1905.
Since lola won the pennant and had
a congratulatory banquet, the newspa-
pers and fans of that town are insist
ent that the Gaslighters have a team
in the Valley again next season. Sew
eral monied men like Mr.. Tholen are
willing to finance it.
Fred Hornaday of the Fort Scott
team is said to have tied up Gus AL
berts for 1905 to manage the Giants.
A1berts refuses to talk in regard to the
matter. If Wichita gets into the Val
ley, he wants to manage the Windy
City.
President Shiveley was questioned
pretty closely recently as to what clubs
will drop out of the league. He was
mum as an oyster for quite while
Are they lola, Pittsburg and Fort
Scott?" was asked. He grinned and
then winked suspiciously as he said:
You forgot Sedalia." The Bug town
has not been a money-maker. But
President Leist is already signing up
players for next year, and his name
Dutch Henry does not belle him. He
is grit all the way through.
What do you want for your team
was asked of President Sheard today,
lin case the Western League wants to
buy in" Have no price" replied
Sheard. 81 do not intend to pay atten-
isn't worrying me a bit- 1 am laying
plans to stay in the Valley and have a
crack team next year" With that he
broke off the Western League part of
the talk, and jumped into what he is
fixing up for 1905.
All Topeka needs now is to get mix
ed up in fracas with the all-famous
George Tebeau and it will be a full
f1edged baseball town with all the
trimmings. The chance for this dis
tinction is good in the present West
ern-Valley squabble.
corbin will manage next years
Leavenworth team He decided to
keep two men, Bill Rapps and Fred
Ulrich. While he was busy with his
keep" programme, the Columbus
American association team quietly
stepped in and drafted both Rapps and
Ulrich for next year. So what will
poor Robin do then?
There is a moral to be drawn from
Lew Armstrong; running away from
the Topeka team. He could not get
a baseball job in this city again from
the present management for love and
money. Time and time again the fans
signaled his coming to the bat with
Kisses. Some of the lola players,
with whom he was identified in 1908,
call him names. The Fort Scott man
agement says that in Armstrong it
''got a package" When he was in
looked over the new baseball field and
then at the 1000 Sunday crowd and
commented, with a far away look in
his eyes: This is a mighty good base
ball town."
If the Western league breaks up, as
many confidently expect it to, many
of it's players will come to the Missouri
Valley league for jobs, with the result
that Shiveley'S organization will be
immensely strengthened. The majori-
ty of the Western league players are
unable to get into faster company.
Some are too young, others too old,
who have tried and fallen back to
their proper level. Naturally if Sex
then the players will look for berths
in the Northern, the Three-I. the Tex
as and the Valley leagues. The latter
being the closest at hand for most of
the players, and more satisfactory as
to climate than any of the others,
they will naturally prefer to remain
here. In such an event the Valley
leagues in the United States.