The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1905-08-22

On Monday Secretary Logan received
an offer from the Cincinnati Reds for
Tom Hughes. Garry Herman, the own
er OF the Reds, stated that he would
pay $500 cash for the speedy White Sock
at the end of the season. The contents
of Herman's offer was forwarded to
Clark Griffith of the New York Ameri-
cans who says he will give Sheard 1000
for Hughes if he shows up all right
after a try-out. Unless Griffith puts
up his one thousand at once'' said
Logan, 81 will make arrangements to
sell Hughes to Cincinnati. The playing
season of the National league runs al
most three weeks longer than ours and
they think that they can make up a
good estimate on his ability in that
time"
A conversation between Jim McFar-
land and Tom Sheard:
Jim: THAT man Dick Brown has lost
more games for Topeka than anyone
else and has kept many dollar away
from this park
Tom: He has won lots of them for
US, too
jim: I'D like to know where I have
seen every game played in Topeka this
summer and I never saw him win one.
near all your games. Now I'd like for
You to explain how Dick ever won any
for you
IF 1 am able to secure three men
am now dickering for and whom I have
Logan Monday night, I'VE will be able to
win few games None of them are
from this league. I am not able to an
nounce them for the present yet
think, however, that we shall have them
by the end of the week.
From Mondays Sedalia Capital: The
Goldbugs and the Highlanders left last
play series of three games and. will
then go to Joplin fol- a series. Wescott
failed to accompany the team on ac-
count of a Misunderstanding with the
mana cement in the matter of expense
money and he gave it out cold that he
would not join the team if he was not
treated as well as the other players. He
expressed himself to Capital reporter
very forcibly and stated that all the
manager wanted to allow him en- the
trip was Is cents for a shave in each
town and a sack of tobacco, and also
stated that the other players could get
as much of the coin as they wanted.
At a late hour last night he was try
ing to drown his sorrow and said he
didn't know what he would do. He
said: Il may join the team al Spring
field tonight and 1 may go with Dummy
Curtis to the outlaw league Wescott
has never posed as an abstainer while
| in Sedalia, but has pitched more games
| for the Goldbugs than any other pitcher
and has won a majority of his games
and there are a great many fans in
town who hope that he will get his trou-
BILE justified and join the team in time
to take his turn in the box Monday.
From the Joplin News-Herald:
Blackburn has been in communica-
ton with Tony Vanderbilt since his
release from the White Sox, trying to
get on with the Miners, but it is
doubtful if he catches OH. Black
burn can slug the ball with the best
of them, and If he could get sepa-
rated from about fifty pounds of his
superfiuous avoirdupois, he would have
| no trouble getting a berth with any
team in the league.
From the Joplin Globe: Perhaps
| the Wichita Beacon will become
Gained somewhat in it's vicious fight
against President Baker when it is
! known Just what he does in his efforts
| to get and keep good players for the
Joplin team. For the past two weeks
he has been receiving ell kinds of
propositions from the st. Joe Western
! league management negotiating for
the purchase of Dick Bayless, the
Miners star fielder. This morning
another communication was received
from st. Joe offering to give 800 and
| q loan of one good pitcher and a
| fielder for the rest or the season for
1.-THE Immediate release of Bayless. Mr..
| Baker at once wired a reply stating
| that he would not entertain the propo-
| sition at all and further would not
release Bayless at all until the end