The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1905-12-11

Of Class A leagues Plans for tho or
raniea(lon of a third Claas AZ icague
viii also likely be presented at the
meeting.
The hight 20 transfer one place Of
mcctlng of the regular annual sa her
ine of the national commission from
sim francesca to New York. begun Inst
summer by shysiy IN the interests q
tho minot leagues. the most Of when
are located IN the east has terminated 4
succcesfu Is. This meeting is schedules
f5r the FIRST week IN January
Western Association 20 Class 3
western association magnates as rop-
resented by shively al this meeting VIII
present a number Of demands. Amons
these is probably the advancing Of the
association to Glass B Last year INC
..soeialion was advanced from Glass y
to- Glass c. upon the admission q the
! oi.lahona towns 70 tho circuit. The
co,,.nee Of ST. Joseph and Webb city
ana the dropping OF scdalia ana Guth-
,io makes a net increase In the porula-
tion OF the cities in the circuN Of nearly
100 600 The rule Of the national COM
mission In regard 10 classes Is based en-
: tlrely upon popuaton. For o leagae
M entor Class C the cities In the league
must contain 250.ooo; to eater Glass b'
goo 600 ana for Class A. 100000. Tho
ye4ern association is now as near the
mark of Class 3 as Il was of Glass e
when it was advanced last year. Inc
popuiation OF the eight cities, Topeka
r. 81 Joscph. oklahoma Cliy Wicnita'
m Wobb city LeavenWorth Springfield
lo and Joplin. in 1900 was 25o.5oi figur-
IN ing n reasonable per cent OF Increase
a. the population of the eight now Is s5o''
st 600 There are only about i9eoOO ~
o. habgants in the six cities comprising th'
wTtrerw league, Class organization
OK ! Ths minimum for Class p IS 100000
he N ntrr than likely that the ZOO 600 MAJ
,n. be bridgcd and the Western associaiiol
we c,in he advanced to the same class a
"a, the western league The salary limit o
he class C Is $1,000 a year, ana OF Sias9
iy- is 81 500. The cheapest team IN the as
viii sociatlon last season cost at least sl'40
The "A month The wichita team COSY CLOS
10 81 500 month About the only r.
os sun of the advance Of the associauo
rie would be that the managers could inc
My keen within the salary limit. Il wou
not make the players play any be1t'
ban and would not increase the atten'
/. l ance. shively figures on the added pre-
len. tire and the increase In the president
the SALARY. ~.
M Want Kansas city, Kans., Next Yea
and shively will put up a strong hght
,ur- the annual meeting 70 have the u
ltee mile rule suspended and have kans
son city. kans admitted into the We'
AL" crn assocaton George Iebeau'
owns the American association team
to Kansas CITY. Mo. viii oppose This. q
pick ..s., men have fought over the quesu
.hite before ana thvre IS little chance Of q
hem change being made.
se- IL Is certain that al the meeting SO
the system win be devised hY which
mon umpires In the minor leagues wil
the hound ass are the players. The mn
lively leagues haze had enough Of the y
1res- pires jumping out and joining a biB
were league because Of the promise OF
Webb advance in salary
fact A national headquarters for the C
To- mission will, Il is said, be ostaoi's
sent i'm Chicago Al present the aaue
es is commission has no headquarters ana
r the office moves around with the seereu