The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1905-12-11
SHIvELY AND THE
BASE BALL SIT
UATION
is GUTHRIE REALLY OUTl
PreSidentOf Western ASSOci-
alton Talks Of Plans.

Tho following from the Topeka Her
aid van be OF interest Guthrie ball
fans President d. NJ shively OF tho
Western Baseball association. who was IN /
ropel<a yesterday to give expert testl-
mony in the suit OF Lem Johnson aghns'
Logan and sheard in the court az TO-
peka. was briuful Of news
I For tho FIRST time It IS settled tna'
g, Joe is to replace Guthrie in the
western association circuit next season
| "shorty' Huriburt and J. ID. l.eBolt nave
tslsn over uhe Guthrie franchise and
what is more. have paid $loo into tns
association treasury as their nrst pay
mont OF the guarantee fund Ihey w"
have 10 dig up 5000 more before the
season opens next spring.
Guthrie is raising a howl over los
ing her aeam. shiyely likes the Se'hrle
baseball men personally and mas ony
good words for them. He says
while ! realize that st. Joseph is a
better baseball town than Snthrie'
aia what could for the Guthrie men,
Tbev are the best sort OF sports on inc
J o,rcu;t But six OF the eight club OWE
ars voted for. them to be put out ana
J. tnere Is no chance for them. Hurlbur
4, ana I.eBou's payment Of the guarantees
!, MONEY that they win finish the season
settles the matter for good ana ior "'i'
The Topeka Players
some question has been raised as .
th. rtqht OF Cooley and Grow Pc
Graves from the Guthrie teautna Nmt
IA from the sedalia team and sign then
for Topeka for next season. Both se
dalia and Guthrie are no longer IN 70
of ctrcp,. IL IS u.ue. but it is commo
,v nractice for the players to 80 wilh tn
at franchise TO the new location. shiFei
IS Z not certain. but is under the impres
"a s,o, .bat Gphrie and sedaiia men weT
or s,1a outright to the new owners m wen
w. civ ana ST Joseph. II this is n iac
ty. mono of them can be signed by the ~
he r.i,, team Grow has already SCI
ti- Graves check for $50 and Graves
Of ~ return a contract and a receip' for y
,oy sso shiveiy says hat h Graves q
ID 10, Get away from Hurlburt and
i'm R,lt he viii see that he pays back =
cid s5o before he plays next season WI
10 St Joseph.
ice welter. the Pfttsburg man, can COZ
to 80 rronela II he likes. The NILSSON
vas Valley league has not paid its protee,'
10 fea 10 the national body and any leas
can steal It's players.
nan schedule Meeting Soon.
OF The schedule committee has be
10 called by shively TO meet iit kani
t OF civ early "a January. A good de'l
money was wasted by the teams
the season in useless car fare, as the sen
10 nie was not as well arranged as
mty might have been. a whole day VIII
one dovoed to arranging next seas'
lsh- schedule. Aosize 81 500 has been
coy fered the club managee who presents
lists best schedule 20 the committee. y
me ought to bring out Tho best than
!, li- be figured.
itely The New York Meeting
81 snively wal leave Kansas city sun
have for Sew york. TO attend q special in
"a IN ing or the National Baseball conn
for sion. to be held ia that city on
reei,s cenber l3 He did not state what
lica- object of the meeting is but u IS
aersiood 10 have been called az the
stlpatlon Of the minor club owners
want 10 strengthen their rights
against those o. the newly formed