The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1905-10-15
Calls Manager Cooley to Chicago
for Conference.
DIDN'T SEE sHIVELY.
New Topeka Magnates Won't
Bother With Him.
Expect to Complete Details OF
the Change at Once.

Dick Cooley came to town Saturday
and after a conference with Herman
Crow, his partner in the ownership Of
the Topeka White Sox, and after read
ing a letter from Tip O'Neill. president
Of the Western League. they decided
to complete the arrangements to put
this city into the Western League.
O'NeilPs letter was to this effect:
Come on to Chicago at once. ] can
make up the plans here better than by
letters. I Will take care of you all
right. Come as soon as you can.
Ducky Holmes ia here now and mas
practically completed arrangements to
take a franchise in the Western
League at Lincoln"
For three days Cooley has been
securing Kansas iCty to ind Presi-
dent Shiveley of the Western Associa-
ton, but without success. L looked
high and low for him." said Dick
but he simply cannot be found.
wanted to talk to him about the mat
ter that there was no agreement in
| the Western Association this year. 1
know weu enough there is none, but
thought it only fair to gossip a little
with him about it. Now shall pay no
more attention to him, but shall go
right ahead to Chicago and fix up to
get into the O'Neiu circuit. That is
the thing for US to do. O'Nein wants
us badly and he and Cantillon have
promised to aid me in every way pos
sible to get players. I guess Wen put
| the einch strap on the horse when
| get up there
Cooley left at noon on Saturday for
/ Chicago. He expects to be able TO
announce definitely by the first OF this
week just what the situation is, but
more specifically he expects to say
that this city will be in the Western
league in 1905.
O'Neill is making q grand squirt to
put his league on its legs and IL he
will just about have the incest, fastest
minor league in the country. O'Nein
mentioned nothing in his letter con-
| corning Wichita. The Windy City is
after berth in the Western league.
But after telling that stDuC1Iy'' holmes
of the Chicago White Sox had secured
his release from Conlisiey if he takes
/ a franchise at Lincoln, Tip makes this
very interesting remark; by the
/ kindness of Tebeau we may be en-
abled to put in a team at Kansas City,
Kas. In that instance we viii run
counter to the Blooze, and that means
in all probability that we viii get the
YOU can just hear the Kansas
| Cityans roar when that remark is
\ made. T-E-B-E-A-U is now written
1 in elephantine letters all over the
town at the mouth OF the kaW RMS
means that as in the past few years
the towns down there will still be in
the hands of the undefeatable Pat
/ from Louisville.
It also means something else, name
| ". that Mr. P. T. will not reiinquish
| his hold on the Western league, but
will continue to direct his fortunes
alongside of O'Neill and Canillon. all
bosom friends. It means that Denver
and Colorado Springs or Pueblo, one
of the latter two, will still remain in the
circuit, for it is Pats money that lies
behind Denver and who knows, per-
But it is cinch that O'Neiu and
Cantillon are building q mighty strong
structure if their plans carry. The
linvigorating accession of some new
towns like Topeka, Kansas City, Kan,
Wichita and Lincoln, and the cutting
4 off of a dead one" like ST. Joe will
send new thrills UP and down the
! backbone of the much battered old cir
cult, for which an early death had
been predicted as much as two or three
ssWhy isn't Shiveley in, Kansas
City2'' said Cooley, repeating the
question asked him. ''evhy isn't he?
! Well, I guess Doc is out making hay.
you'll hear him breaking out pretty
suddenly. That boy is a fighter and
there will be some bubbles from him
pretty soon. You just mark my word. -