The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1905-08-31

The Oklahoma City team. last year of
lola, will play series of three games
at the latter town this fall with Ma
tional Guard team. The people in the
gas town are planning on a big event.
The management of the Chlllicothe
Athletics has signed Roy ST. John, for
merly a member of the Leavenw worth
team in the Western Association, to
play shortstop for the remainder of the
season. st. John was one of the stars
of the Western Association. He was let
out of the Leavenworth team on &C
count of the drink habit and since then
has been recuperating in Kansas City.
Pitcher Harry Kane, formerly of
Springfield, now of the Savannah club
OF the South Atlantic league, who has
to his credit many notable feats, set
new mark recently, when he retired the
Jacksonville club without a hit and
gave but two bases on balls. but lost,
his opponents scoring a single run in
the thirteenth inning. Gnadinger, who
tailed was given a base on balls, ad-
vanced to second on a wild pitch. to
third on Kane's tumble of a bunt, the
first error recorded against him this
season, and scored GA an infield out.
Downs and Jones have a Damon and
Pythias affection for each other, says
the Guthrie Leader. When Downs makes
O rotten error it is ten to one shot
the Jones will follow up with one in
side of 20 minutes. Yesterday Downs
had the yellow fever. and was off
watch; shortly after Jones took on the
collie The local management has been
too easy With the none-sucheS. A
bench and SO fine would help some.
Milwaukee. Aug. 31.-President Norris
O'Neill of the Western League was here
Wednesday comforting with President
O'Brien of the association. President
O'Neill stated that the Western League
next year will undoubtedly be increas-
ed to eight clubs with the following
cities: Des Moines. Sioux City, Omaha,
St Joseph, Lincoln, Topeka, Denver and
Pueblo. He also said that Pitcher Miner
had been sold to the New York Amerl-
can League club.
Up starts Banquo's ghost again. Not
less than ten or fifteen times since it
has been seen that baseball is a pay
ing proposition in Topeka, have stories
come out of the west to the effect
that the Western League would estab-
liSh a team here.
President ShiveIey two weeks ago in
an interview to the Topeka State jour
nal said that the only direct intimatton
which he has vet had was an offer from
President O'Neill to trade st. Joseph.
Mo, for Topeka AT no time has any
cash offer for the Kansas capital been
made to me- he said. I'VE don't care
to have Topeka in the Western League
and will not voluntarily surrender the
town. Under the provisions in the Ma
tionaI agreement, ONeill could BUY IN
to Tonaka for $500 and we could not
help ourselves. But the wise thing for
this town, to do is to remain right where
it is
Both Secretary Logan and T. E.
Sheard are against the plan to join the
western League. That they could get
in next year, should they do so volun-
tarily, is an assured fact But whether
the western League, broken as 1t is ru-
mored in finances, is willing to pur-
chase the franchise is another question.
It is not a vague guess to say that To-
peka would in all proba bility support
western League team. In fact it
draws better right now than st. Joseph
and some others of O'Neill's towns. But
it might mean so cent baseball here, and
that might make difference.
O'Neill's statement made in Milwau-
J1ee on wednesday shows that he is sim
ply calculating on the addition of two
new towns to his present six-club cir
cult Topeka and Lincoln are to be the
new acquisitions. Just why Lincoln is
wanted is something of a mystery for
the simple reason that Sunday ball is
tabooed in the Nebraska capital That