The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1904-12-08
Baseball Gossip
ASSOCIATION
WILL ENLARGE
Guthrie and Oklahoma City
May he Taken Into
Big League.

Kansas crh Me-. Dec S-pr II NJ
shively. president OF Tie Western as.
s9ciation retqrnel yesterday from a
trip aroun' the league circuit. which
ne made .a company with Franz
HurIburl Of Springfield, vice president
of the leag1e The maguates we're out
investigating the circuit problem, and
visited Wi hita. Oklahoma Cl'y Guth-
rie and WelJ city lirlhdrt lief
Pfesi lent sliiye,y at IoIin aud went
back to swingfeld President shi,ely
had some Interesting gossip on the cir
,ui adlils OF tho association last
night Z
"Ncthing tch,iitc can be told just
now as 20 the fuu circuit changes,
said the president However. it can
safely be said that there will be no
sweeping 1isconunranr,s Of he pres
ent cities holdiug membership
Runners have zone out that almost
every town in the ritcuit would he re,
placed Nv some others, but these
stories have emanatel fro1, mere
speculation ON the part of different
sport writer's about the circuit. 1nd
have been for Use most pavt guesses.
They are such as usually Goat about
during the winter season move saw
| c,,fta 90 v,uny ,rtt,,,ef.ctfo ,,,a borI
working srort writer's as survive
throughout the riic,.it of the Western
association. With all that they have
male in many instances, good sug-
gestions.
Concerning the reports that have
come on a dispatches from Oklahoma
Cry reear ing sale J will say that
the transfer Of the lola club AID fran.
ohisc io 'hat place ha1 not heei cnn
suumated % rs true thar negotiations
are on fCr the location # two clubs in
Oklahoma city aul Ccthrie aud IL is
qite probable that these places viii
succeed leila alc Fort Scott expect
a meeting probably here al Kansas
City with Mr. Barnes of Oklahoma
City and Nr Neal Of Guthrie. in tn.
course % the next ten days, have
been asked for a3eting and have re-
ce'vcd great encouragement from both
ihese msnagefs
Mr. Rames was not in Oklahoma
City whel was there. or Ne woula
probably have made hnal arrange
ments Mr. Neal at Guthrie assured
me that he was in favor of tho prcpo-
sition made ami that he was satisfied
hat Barnes would likewise appreciate
the conditions loih are apparently
J heartily emhused over the opportunity
Of securing berth in the association.
TO say that MIR Ilurlhurt ard /
We're heaCilv plcased with the two
Oklahoma cities would be putting 81
some@hst mildly OF course. there are
some condit.ons-for instance gen.
graphical which place them at some
little disadvantage, but / an highly of
the opinion that those viii he fully
made uH with the attendance and re.
ceipts There is iatense rlyairy be-
tween Oklahoma City and Guthrie. as.
peoially nj the base bah season Both
have large roomy well equipped
parks, and appear up to date In every
respect The towns are but thirty
miles apart ami the fans fight lite
cats and does every time the two meet
IN a bah game With two OF The West
eru association strong teams TO adj 10
their already GOOD punches. they
wond De m a POSITION 10 give every
. other team in the league a chase foi
: The pennaht.
) While the league would enjoy The
: prosperity that would characterize t1,
play at these two cities there is na
J question bul that the attendance al
n these towns would he greatly increas
ed by the appearance 81 such teams "a,
! Topela Spring6eld joplm sedalia
Z I.eayenworth aua Pittsbnrg It vii
put an Of the larger cities of the thte,
:, great middle states IN one circuit an,
d here can not be a sufficient argumen
I. against coasunmation OF the trans
:. fer" .