The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1905-07-21

ST have the highest salaried team in
the Western Association today" moan
morning i am paying four men $3.50 /
each. have simply been fooled by
lot of high-priced. high sounding, much
talked of players who are not delivering
why? I know now myself why we are
not going up? It isn't hard to figure
out The men we have, at least in the
majority are old fellows, who are COM
ing down the grade, who have been up
in better company, who have now lost
their enthusiasm and are simply look
ing out for piece of money-for their
salaries. That is the situation exactly.
People rave and tear their hair about
my not paying enough. They don't
know that our salary list is the heavi-
est in the league. They don't realize
that fact. Here / have skirmished
around trying to get good ball players,
men with big reputation, high batting
averages and long pedigrees. I got 'em
all right. But are they doing business
for me? Are they winning games? The
scores don't show it. I tell you what
I'm going to do. I'm going to get some
young blood. Henry Leist, owner of the
Sedalia team made a mighty good Sug-
gestion the other day, when he said
that we better go back to first princi-
pies, go back to getting youngsters
with enthusiasm, blood and ambition in
their hearts, boys who will fight for
victory as if their lives depended upon
it. I'll tell you right now that last year
this league had some of those young
sters, boys whose hearts were almost
broken because they lost. We are get
ting men now who are after the money
instead of the games. l have few
boys on my team now to whom TINS
criticism does not apply. There is little
Cole, getting one of the lowest salaries
and playing some of the best ball.
There are my pitchers OF last year
am going to join the team at Leayen-
a. ~. m
the boys talking to that they won't
forget all in a minute. I am going to
tell them that I intend to strengthen
my team with young, fresh, enthuslas-
tic material, and what more I'm gong
to do it as quickly as the chance at
fords I am through right now with
paving big salaries for big regulations.
have four men getting $50 per month
and three $125. No more of that for me.
That is a go, too"
| Ole Olson, last year with Topeka, is
certainly taking his time in going to
Leavenworth. He has not put on the
| Convict garb yet, and should have been
! there two weeks ago.
| A number of Western Association
| players have caught on with the Mis-
souri, Valley league. Hutter, Nickel
| now with the Muskogee club. Meredith,
who started with Springfield and was
hawked around the circuit is on Webb
| City's pay roll as manager.
! Asked why he does not try to get
John F'iIlman released from the Kan
| sas City BIooze on Wednesday night,
| President Sheard of the White Sox re-
/ piled: Jaw, don't think Fillman any
1 thing extra. He has lost lots of games
for Joplin. don't believe that want
him."
From the Oklahoma Daily Times
| Journal: It seems to be a good recon-
rnendation for any baseball player to
| be released from Topeka For instance
| Cravens was released one day and the
/ next day he beat the White Sox. All
| the men that have been released by To-
/ peka since the opening of the season
have better paying positions on faster
/ teams Up in Topeka the town runs
| the ball team. and not the manage
| ment.
The Sedalia Seminal tells about the
| sore spots on the Shoplifters because of
| fI,e game here on last Saturday: The
/ bavs to a unit are sore .a-plenty over
fhe reports sent out by the Topeka cor
/ RESPONDENTS on Saturdays game, and
| while they admit part OF the charges,