The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1906-03-10
BASEBALL NEWS.
Items of Interest About West
ern Association.

The Hutchinson Independent springs
rather hot baseball story. It is hard
to tell just what is meant, for the state
ment is made that Manager Sh1vely OF
the Western League has offered Hutch
inson a franchise" Here is the story
from the Independent:
THE directors are now looking for
location for the season Manager
Shively, of the Western league, has
telegraphed Hutchinson, offering us
the vacant franchise in that league.
The other towns are ready to get busy,
and are but waiting the entrance of the
last town to close up and start the
work. If we take this franchise, which
was vacated by Guthrie, we viii have
to put up about $500 as a forfeit. This
will be returned al the close of the
season. if the team plays through. It
viii take some money to pay the play
ers to stand the hot pace set by the
Western league. We think we can
stand the speed. 1t may take some ex-
ira money. Mr.. S NJ Johns stated
this morning that he would be one of
twenty men to put up 800 each as
guarantee fund for the season. Out
of this $4,000 any deficiency for the
season would be paid. Mr. Johns
thinks the guarantors would not be
/ called on to pay anything"
The Wichita ball-players are already
reporting. lyons. a catcher, Nash,
pitcher, and Jimmie Frick, long rated
the best third baseman Of the Shively
circuit, are working out on the Jobber
The Wichita ball park is to be a
/ hummer Twenty-Five boxes have been
/ built i'm the grandstand for the patrons.
What is more. practically all of them
( have already been rented for the sea-
son.
Wichita has unique solution for
/ the much troublesome problem of lad
/ les free days Instead Of making the
4a1r- I, --e,+~
/ fore, ladies can only gain free admis-
sion to the grandstand on ladies' days
/ by holding season Ladies free day
! erandstand' ticket. This ticket costs
one dollar and is good for all the free
1 days during the season. Ladies not
4 holding these tickets are charged the
regular fifteen cents asked on general
days.
/ Leavenworth will have new grounds
/ this summer. The Leavenworth Times
! tells this story of the abandonment Of
/ League Park: League park. which
/ has seen most of the championship
i-games for the pennants of the Missouri
! Valley league and Western association
PLAYED in this city, will be abandoned
and a new location viii be sought by
/ the stockholders of the local baseba
/ team. The site has practically been de-
cided upon and the terms for it have
4 been made and favOra bly, considered,
! but the deal has not yet been definitely
/ settled and for that reason the base
! ball club wishes no publicity given. The
fence on the old grounds north of
! Fourth and Marion streets. will be torn
away within the next ten days and re-
moved to the new site. As soon as the
/ final collections Of the grandstand fund
/ are in, the work of erection will be
started. It is represented that T. J.
4 Lotus, as representative of the Ryan
estate. refused to come to terms on the
I leasing of the old park and has decided
to plant the ground in corn. The base
! ball people wanted a lease for three
years. but terms were not to be ar
ranged"
Frank Genins, who played with Ok
homa City last year, is signed up with
] st. Joseph.
On March Il and Is the Western as
ISOLATION magnates meet in Kansas
F., City for a conference on the schedule
and some routine matters
The officers and individual club own
ers Of the Western association are as
Joplin. A. J. Baker. president; NJ.
W. Wolfarth, secretary and treasurer.
Webb City: T. c. Hayden, president;
II George Moore, secretary
i Springfield: Gus Bennett. president:
4 John Shinn. secretary
I st. Joseph: J. D. LeBolt, president;
/ Frank Hurlburt, secretary and man
ager.
Topeka. Dick Cooley. president and
manager; Herman Grow, secretary.
Wichita: j. ". Kimmeb president,
secretary and manager.
Oklahoma City: j. H. Chinn, prest-
dent, secretary and manager.
Frank Hurlburt. famous old ''Shor-
ty.' is to manage ST. Joe this sum
r,a- He has left his old love Spring