The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1905-08-03

/ within the past few days. The local
management has been playing against
hard luck. With a lack of funds and
the loss of several of the best players
it seemed the dissolution of the team
was inevitable. Immediately after the
Sunday game with Wichita it put more
ginger into the fans and they decided
that Oklahoma City would stay in the
game until the season was over. In a
short time $500 was pledged and now
the fund has grown to almost twice
that amount, and more will be con-
tributed TO get new players.
Tom Sheard's charge that Oklahoma
City is raising money by subscriptions
to pay big salaries has this chunk of
evidence from the Times-Journal: An
earnest movement was started yester-
day to secure funds to give Oklahoma
City a winning ball team. Four hun
dred dollars was raised in an hour.
| The Oklahoman is authorized to re-
ceive contributions for this purpose
Dick Bayless is out of the Joplin
lineup temporarily because of the ILL
ness of his wife. He expects to join
the team at Wichita.
| Another Western association player
has gone higher-not to the skies but
! to faster company. On Wednesday
Oklahoma City sold Big John Halla,
|
lean association team for $500. Halla
is one of the cleverest in the business.
He is q left-hander and one of the
men who uses his head more than his
arm. He will make good in Cleveland
just as Morgan and EeIs have stuck in
Kansas City.
A few jolts from the Guthrie Capital
on W Wi, 1Hsc,,ts is the only
ita hasn't got a firm grasp on the pen
nant yet, by any means. The
Jobbers haven't got the Senators out
elassed in any respect Mil
ton doesn't hold enough to entitle him
to a place in the brush.
Jones has got FilIman Skinned at
shortstop any day in the week.
Somehow, some way, His Jumps Re-
gan is proving unsatisfactory before
this series. George Graves
can always be depended upon. as well
as Barry. Pettigrew. Dalrymple and
Henderson. Barrys bunged
up finger did not handicap him, while
the game. Fillman, Wich-
ita's shortstop, is an outcast from the
Kansas City Blooz. He went from Jop-
lin to Kansas City and proved to be
Jonah and was released
While President Shiveley was in
Guthrie the other day he proceeded to
do some pacifying. The story printed
about the composition of the league
next year was given out by himself to
a we'll known baseball man in this city.
! When he got down in the territory
towns, they climbed his frame and he
had to pour on oil. The following is
his interview to the Guthrie Capital:
Whether Guthrie shall remain in
the western association depends entire
~ on the ability and desire of Okla
homa City to stick in the league This
statement was made yesterday by DR..
D. NJ. Shiveley of Kansas City, Kan,
president of the association. He stop
ped over in Guthrie yesterday while
en- route back to Kansas City from
Oklah oma City.
You understand, of course that if
Oklahoma City should drop out of the
league it would be impossible for
Guthrie to remain, because the mile
age would be so great that Guthrie
could not stand 1T, and it would be I'M
profitable for the other clubs to make
the trip. While in Oklahoma City 1
was assured by Manager Barnes that
Oklahoma City would remain in the
league and retain its club, At present
know of no changes that will be
made in the clubs forming the associa-
ton either this season or for next sea-
son, although no one can tell what will
take place. between now and the 1905
season. The story that Oklahoma
City, Guthrie and Sedalia would be
dropped from the league and Kansas
iCty, Kan, ST. Joe and Hutchinson
taken on was printed without authori-
ty of a person in a position to speak.
Guthrie is getting much better and has
as fine a bunch of fans as there are
in any town in the league. OF course
baseball management is just like poll
tics. I will go to California next year
with number of things that desire
to put through and other men will go
to work for other schemes. St Joe is
In the Western league and do not
know that we could place the fran
chise there if we desired. However,
the Western league is making an effort
to take a number OF the clubs of the
Western association. Whether Guthrie
shall remain in the league of course
depends entirely on the attendance and
interest maintained in the capital city
and upon the action of Oklahoma
Cfty.''