Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1906-10-28
SPORTING GOSSIP OF WEEK
Rsroival Pipsdream RsoastS Two Of the
Western circuits
REVIVAL OF FOOLISH TALK STARTS
Proposal 90 DROP Denver and Pueblo
for Topeka and wichita, with
50. Joe and Leavenworth
for MakeweiEht.

Dreaming.
Percy lipedreams had a few moments
with the dope one day during the week.
and out OF Des Moines ioated on wreaths
of pungent smoke the fragrant information
that the Western league circuit was to be
reeast. Ditto the Western association.
Denver and Pueblo to the discard; Webb
City. Joplin and a few other Missoo towns
to the scrap heap. Doc shively for presi-
dent Skidoo for Tiperino. -Four towns
form one league and four from the other,
and there's tho alickest little eight ciuD
circuit ever framed Nothin' to It. Every
body is eager for It. except probably six
magnates IN the Western league and eight
In the Western association. It's a simple
problem in mathematics as It stands. In
the two leagues are fourteen clubs; take
six away, and eight are left for the new
circuit. All the impressario Of the scheme
has to do is to get rid of six clubs This
means buying six franchises. That Just a
matter of detail. How are you going to do
ar with the Western league team own
ars big losers ON the last summers work,
II isn't likely that they Will dig very deep
TO buy out Denver and Pueblo; just how
the Doc shively bunch will feel toward the
proposition to put four OF their teams out
Of commission isn't known, but It is GER
tain that no seismic disturbance has been
occasioned in Kansas or Missouri by the
enthusiasm generated by the announce
ment. Percy Pipedream can very likely
furnish the coin, and, OF course, to one Of
his attachments the matter OF securing con-
sent OF the team owners is easy.
What is considered as the best news
from the standpoint of a Western league
patriot that has been heard In long time
IL that which comes out of Denver TO the
erect that Frank Selee Is framing up
deal to buy out Tebeau. This is certainly
to be wished. It would mean the rejuvena-
ton OF Denver as a ball town. Tebeau
has made himself very unpopular in Den
yer by his course, and the failure CT the
patronage out there for the last two sea-
sons is duo entirely to the opposition 20
the management. If Selee gets control of
Denver he will have the advantage of his
personal popularity and viii be a winner
from the start. He would give the town
a first-class team, and this means that
Broadway park would have to be en-
larged to hold the fans. Nowhere on
earth, unless It is I'm Omaha, are there
more enthusiastic supporters of the game
than in Denver. A town Of 175.eO0 people,
with an average of $1,000 visitors daily
during the summer, It offers peculiar ad-
vantages as base ball town. Pueblo will
fail into good hands, and the Western can
go on with the assurance OF much sue
cess, with Omaha and Denver getting tho
old-tim crowds, which are certain to come
with good bali and the proper business
management. The Denver papers are
enthusiastic over the prospect of Seiee
getting the team.
Specifically, It is proposed TO drop Den
yer and Pueblo and take in Topeka and
Wichita. The census Of 1900 gives Denver a
population OF 1Ss,s59 and Pueblo B.157
Against this is to be placed Topeka, with
Bs,6Os, and Wichita, with ash. This means
a loss of potential patronage Of 1097Sz. To
Dffset this 1t is proposed to add st. Joseph,
with a 1900 population OF 102,s79 and Leaven-
worth, with D,7S5 This would mean the
addition Of two towns to the circuit for a
net gain in potential patronage of 1851
As a matter of fact, st. Joseph has been
thoroughly tried out, and proven 3 dead one
rs far as base ball Is concerned. Five sea-
sons I'm the Western league showed con-
clusively that the people of st. Joseph do
not want base ball. In this event. the
change would result in net loss in po-
tantial patronage OF 5000 Can the Vest
prn league afford to do this? 1t wouldn't
seem so on the surface and unless the mag
mates have been smoking at the same
LAUNDRY" with Percy Pipedream, its not
likely that such a change viii be made.
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The Michigan alumni OF Omaha hear all
sorts of rumors and hardly know what