The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1905-06-05

the Guthrie Western Association base
ball franchise to a stock company in
the Senator town. He was paid a sum
of $1,000, which includes the franchise,
guarantee fund, uniforms, supplies and
all other properties. The new organiza-
ton will be a stock company and all
of the baseball enthusiasts in Guthrie
VIII be asked to SuDScrlDe STOCK, winch
will. be sold at % cents per share. By
this method the franchise will in reali-
ty be owned by the fans of the city,
and will be a permanent organization,
not only for this year, but for succeed
ing ones. The first step which the new
regime took, was to release Manager
Hamilton, and reengage Ed Hickey to
play third base and captain the team.
Hickey was let 90 several days past,
without a reason being given. Though
with the team but a. week he put
ginger into the hearts of the players
and they showed an effective brace
Then the ak fell and he went to the
weeds. Neal got tired of the baseball
business and upon his intimatiOn of
this fact, a stock company was at once
suggested by Guthrie fans, organized,
| and on Saturday made a formal pure
| chase of the team. President Shiveley
was present at the conference at which
the transfer was made. Ben Ben
nett, who played with Guthrie in the
| Oklahoma City State league last year
was appointed temporary manager, and
! he went with President ShiVeley to
| IeaVenWorth where the Senators COM
pleted a series of four games Sunday.
Last night in the Woodpecker town
| Hamilton was given his walking papers
and Ed Hickey given the captalncy OF
the team. Bennett will manage for a
| time to. see how things 60 He may
keep the job all. season.
white did, not get Arson Mott. He
went to Colorado Springs.
From the Chicago Tribune: The spit
! ball is said to be Fastening its own
! funeral. It is accused of undermining
! the constitutions of the pitchers addict
ed to its use. And what looks worse
for it, the baseball scribes who are ex-
| pected to write light and airy Things
about the game are running out of 9TH
er names to call it; Such terms as the
| SaliVated sphere, the sputum spinner,
the Blue Point express, the devil of the
| duct, and the moist meanderer are be-
| ginning to sound trite. The ball should
be prohibited-or at least steriIized be-
| tween innings.
From the Wichita Eagle: Since To-
! peka has placed a dinner gong in the
park, the State Journal says she is get
| ting metropolitan. Tom Sheard learn
| ed that trick in Wichita during the
series here. The best always originates
in Wichita.
It is said that Catcher UIrich of
Leavenworth is slated for release. No
! reasons are given. Armstrong is still
| shaking EN- up over at the Woodpeck-
er town. In fact he has been rafting
/ the bottle so hard that the cork IS
flying out and his team is getting
/ weaker.
! Here. is a COB of interesting baseball
news about the Woodpeckers from the
| Leavenworth Times: Art Rellihan,
the Kansas university star and former
professional baseball pitcher, who
L l. L
made a very creditabIe showing with
/ Fort Scott in the erstwhile Missouri
/ Valley league two years ago, placed
1 his name to a LeavenwOrth contract
and will report INN ediately to be on
duty for the Oklahoma City series
/ Rellihan graduates from Kansas uni
yersity this year. He is looked upon
as A valuable acquisition by number
| of local fans. It was also announced
tween Outfelder s'BilP' Rapps and the
MANAGEMENT had been adjusted salts
factoriIy to both sides and that ne
would be in the game today. w nile
Rapps did not break up the cruz OF
ANYTHING of the sort his absence from
the game necessitated playing pltch-
ers in the field temporarily, tnlng
which always is liable to be more or
less denoralizing. There are rams
who will be pleased to see Rapps back
in left again. Indications are that the
locals will lose Pitcher framing. ne
has geen furnished with transporIa-
ton back to Las V eSdS, from W4ASA e tAS
came and he has notified the manage
ment that he wants $3.50 month
Unless he gets it flaming says he will
Jump. His work this season does not
warrant any such remuneration and
he will be allowed to go and placed
under a blacklist for the season. With
Rellihan.- the local staff will not be
short.
Umpire Lewinsou is sick and for
that reason has not been officiating
during the past few days. But where
is an apology for Deprey?
Springfield is now being called 1.-THE
Slumberers'' in towns where they have
played
8 From the Daily Oklahoman: To-
/ v,A1rar,s are so anxious to secure Ris-
! lev, captain Of the Nets, that they are
endeavoring to create trouble between