The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1905-08-21

RISLEY NEXT YEAR
Leader of Nets May Be New
Leader of White Sox.
Negotiations to This End Now in
Progress.
BUY HIS TEAM MATES.
Plan Is to Purchase Release of
Strongest Ones.
Baseball in Oklahoma Not a
Paying Venture.
BUY HIS TEAM MATES.

bud Risley. at present in charge of
the Oklahoma City team, is the pro-
spective manager for the White Sox
for 1906. Beginning with today,
Sheard will be in the territory me. rop-
oils for three games, and while there
will negotiate with Gene Barnes, the
principal stakeholder of the Nets, for
Risley. When the latter was here
with his team last week, a conference
between him and Sheard and Logan
was held, at which time Dud formally
expressed his desire to come. The To-
peka owners held out announcement
TO him to the extent that if he can be
secured at a reasonable figure he will
be put at the head of the local team
1t is believed by some of the wise
acres, however, that the negotiations
have gone farther than that and that
Itlsley has practically ALREADY been
secured: Oklahoma City will not be
IN the league next year. With Guth-
RE, the town has been a financial
failure. Barnes and his company are
anxious to dispose of their property,
for Gene, it is understood has de-
c1ded to go out of the baseball business
and Will not go to some other town
to Which his franchise may be trans
ferred or sold. He holds the majority
of the personalities under reserve and
is willing, it is said on good authority,
TO sell them out reasonably. The
plan under way now is to have Risley
come here and bring with him as
many of the Nets as are desired.
Sheard is willing to pay a reasonable
figure to Barnes for the release of q
number of Them for instance, Scog-
gins, Mclean, Wilson, Milsap Root
| Woods, and possibly Hurlburt, if the
latter does not go up higher. The
| local management has definitely de-
faT. 1o6 To oa4i Ill
present gang off the map, with the
exception of two or three. They would
| like to retain Catcher Henry above all
the others, but it is probable that he
will be advanced into faster company
next year. Something definite on the
| score of Risley's acquisition may be
| expected during the present visit of
the White Sox to Oklahoma City.
1t will be practically known by the
middle of the week whether the nego-
tiations will carry through. Sheard
and Logan could not do better thing.
Risley is a star par excellence as a
manager and a great ball player. He
| is not a gutter such as we have
several on the White Sox pay roll. He
fights for every game right up to the
| last minute. Should he be able to
bring some of his present teammates
and add to these from other sources.
Topeka might at least feel sure of
having a first division team. This year
Oklahoma City started out like a pen
nant winner. But the real brand of
hard luck overlook them. Halla went
to pieces and then just as he was be-
! ginning to reeuDerate was sold to
Cleveland, to brace up the failing for
tunes of Barnes exchequer. Jimmie
| Prick, the best third Sacker in the
| league, went the same route namely,
to Seattle for $500. Then Speck Hurl-
burt got on a tear and was out for a
number of days and the team lacked
his fine fielding and great hitting. A
reaTTanUam0nt necessary With
his customary ingenuity for landing on
his feet, RiSley secured Genins, Ogee
and MilsaD and is making a hard squirt
for honors again. That is the kind of
a manager Topeka wants and needs
even though he is of the lighting"
kind.
Secretary Logan was asked this morn
ing about the deal to get Risley and re-
piled: 'Dud asked us for the place last
week.
Did you hold out any encouragement
to him?''
Yes" was the answer
''Win Sheard try to get him while he
is down there this series?''
He will see what can be done?'' an
SWered Logan.
The White Sox secretary would talk
no further about the matter. in fact he
turned down the whole matter as sub
ject not yet ready for the public But
the fact that an effort is actually being
made to get the star Olxlahoman will be
just at the present they are mighty
hungry to know what will be done for
next year. Over 1000 people went to the
park on Sunday to see the most chill
ing frost ever put on and their only
question on returning FROM the park
was, What will we do next summer %
Risley was under consideration last
year by Mr.. Sheard. He wanted to
come here instead of going to Oklahoma
But his figure was $3.50 per month and
the local magnates!" thought that was
too strong. Then, too, just before the
| season closed, bud pulled his team off
the field in Topeka one day because of
a close decision. or rather a bad decis-
ion against him, by the umpire. This
naturally lost him the game and lost
his owner, Herman Tholen of lola, a $50
fine. This year Sheard has found out
| that $3.50 is not too much for good
| ball player. He has also realized Ris-
| ley's great capabilities at running a
| taem. He has come to his own and is
| trying to land him, and the fans will
be mighty glad to know it.