The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1906-05-28

introduced throughout the country,
became a furore. and nearly every
city, town and hamlet had its baseball
club
The St Joseph News-Press prints
this story relative to the supposed
transfer of the team to Hutchinson:
The st. Joseph Western association
team viii play at League park June )
with Webb City. The club will return
from its present trip, there being no
intention or disposition on the part OF
the owners to transfer the team to any
other city. In a telegram to the News
Press today ]. D. LIE Bolt. president of
the St. Joseph Western association
baseball club, denies the story about
transferring to Hutchinson, Kan, pub
Iished in the Gazette this morning. The
message reads
wichita Kan, May Is, 1905.
News-Press st. Joseph, Mo:
Nothing in report. Deny it en-
phatically. VIII play at St. Joseph
June 5, sure J. D. LIE BOLT,
Several days before Hurlburt's
bunch left for Oklahoma City rumors
We're circulated that the team would
be taken away if the attendance did
not improve. Hurlburt asked a News
Press reporter to publish similar
stories, as he believed the attendance
would increase If the fans thought
there was danger Of transferring the
club It was reported on the street
Tuesday that Hutchinson business men
had wired Hurlburt an offer of $1,000
cash for the local baseball club. When
asked about it, Hurlburt laughed and.
said it was nothing but hot air." The
hutchinson papers for the last week
have been strangely silent. II such
deal was pending or has been COM
pleted. Furth ermore there is a fair
baseball club at Hutchinson and it IS
doubtful If the people there would
support Western association team.
The day before Hurlburt left he said
to News-Press reporter: Il will
keep the Packers in st. Joseph until
I July 4. no matter If lose money every
day the team is here. We have ha6
such bad luck with our pitchers
that we have not been able to get in
winning form. believe when I re-
turn from Wichita and Oklahoma City
1 will have my pitchers IN good con-
dition again and we will start upward.
1 have the best fielding and best hit
ting team in the league and will get
there
Most baseball fans have heard some
thing about Danberry, the ground
keeper at Wichita He has gone to Jop-
lin and the Beacon breaks forth in this
piece of historic reflection:
William Danberry, keeper Of the base
/ ball preserves in a half dozen leagues
throughout the middle west, has hidden
J
veteran groundkeeper goes his assist
ant, William Ashburton Chauncey
Danberry, educated In modern methods
/ Of baseball park ethics and an adept
with the rake and hoe. Likewise from
| within the walled enclosure has disap-
( peared the famous Danberry kennels,
no less than six bloOded dogs of low
/ breeding, the majority of the cur type.
However. it has long been known that
Danberry chafed under the restraint
| imposed by the management of the
1 Wichita club. The street car company
refused to extend a midnight service
4 to the south side park as a matter of
/ accommodation. He was also refused
/ a commission as q special officer with
authority to wear a star and tote
gun" Likewise he was forced to arise
at a m Since the installation Of
WaterWOrks system at Association park
Danberry has discarded the title of ball
| park tender and haughtily wrapped him
/ self in the mantle of engineer"
Frequently therats of an impending
strike have been carried to the ears Of
1 Manager Kimme1 Naturally of a
studious nature, DanberFy has, unas-
/ sisted, mastered the details of an i'm
mense system of pipe lines, such as is
maintained at Association park. He
was an accomplished windmill operator
/ and under ordinary circumstances was
able to start and stop the wind engine
with all the ease and grace Of a Lord
| Chesterfield
Manager Kimmel asserts that Dan
/ berry's tastes have recently turned to-
wards Immaculate dress. HIS laundry
bill amounted to seven cents each half
month He purchased a new tie when
( ever his latest creation Of neckwear
4 failed to hang about his throat He
( was likewise the possegsor of no less
than two distinct styles Of sweaters.
/ Headwear was another point on which
I Danberry's taste was displayed.
His matrimonial ventures have been
numerous and romantic. Home plate
/ weddings were his speciality. He WAS
: ever ready to provide an attraction OF